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Stage 6
Sunday, July 26
Awbrey Butte Circuit Race
83 miles (5 laps) |
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BISSELL's Cascade Classic: 2 stage wins, Day in Yellow, and Day in Green
The final stage of Cascade was another scorcher with a 5 circuits totaling 133K. There were early breaks initiated by BISSELL, BMC, Felt-Garmin, and Team Type 1; however, Rock kept the tempo high to bring back all the early moves. On the 3rd lap just after a decisive climb, a 9 man break got away and included BISSELL’s Omer Kem. The cohesive break worked together to build up a 3 minute gap. While most were striving for the finish, there were also intermediate battles going on for the KOM. Chris Baldwin (OUCH) and Peter Stetina (Felt-Garmin) fought on the climbs with Stetina capturing enough points to secure his lead in the KOM competition. Unfortunately, the breakaway captured all sprinters points available for the day so Ben couldn’t grab the few he needed to recapture the green jersey from Raymond Kreder (Felt-Garmin). The pace in the main group continued to escalate and gaps formed in the steeper sections of the feed zone. The day’s successful breakaway made it to the finish and Anthony Colby (Colavita) jumped ahead of his break mates on the final climb to take the win. BISSELL’s Jeremy Vennell finished in the next group and moved up to 6th in the final GC. Cascade Classic lived up to its reputation as being one of the best domestic races and BISSELL came away with great results including 2 stage wins, and BJM’s days in yellow and in green.
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Photo courtesy of
Brian Hodes - VeloImages |
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Photo courtesy of
Brian Hodes - VeloImages |
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