![]() Racing was fast and aggressive on the 66.5-mile road race as the riders sped through gently rolling, but wide open farmlands. ‘I want to hold the jersey as long as possible but when Rory comes back or another rider, I don’t care as long as it’s the team, the main thing is the team.’ But he also said he has no problem passing the leader’s yellow jersey on to one of his teammates. With a slim, one-second lead over three-time Nature Valley Grand Prix champion Sutherland, Frster said he wants to defend. ‘I knew that I was only 11 seconds behind Rory, so we tried to make the leadout for me today, Frster said. Just like Frster said it was drawn up at his team’s pre-race meeting, the German sprinter took the race lead from teammate Rory Sutherland with the help of a 12-second time bonus at the finish. Robert Frster took top honors and the race lead, while teammate Jake Keough was second and Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly presented by Kenda) finished third. The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team made it three in a row Thursday night by winning the Stage 3 Cannon Falls Road Race at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. UnitedHealthcare Makes It Three-For-Threeīy Lyne Lamoureux, Nature Valley Grand Prix The jersey typically changes shoulders on each stage. We knew we had good sprinters in the bunch, so either way we knew we had good cards to play.’Īll of the jerseys remained the same after today’s race, including the Freewheel Bike Most Aggressive Rider jersey that went to Shelley Olds (Diadora-Pasta Zara-Manhattan). It was good out there and the wind wasn’t too strong. I think every team was out today to draw everybody out. ‘The race went really fast, we were always concentrating. ‘It was a really good race and there was always something going on,’ said Rushlee Buchanan (Colavita Forno D’Asolo), wearer of the Trio Orthopaedic Best Young Rider jersey. Yellow jersey wearer Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co. But they were caught shortly afterwards.įrom then on, no other breaks were allowed more than 20 seconds of freedom, with all teams contributing to the chasing. Leah Kirchmann (Colavita Forno D’Asolo), Rachel Warner (Missing Link Coaching Systems/Specialized), and Amity Elliot (Team Kenda presented by Geargrinder) took the top points, respectively, up the first QOH. The most prominent break of the day gained nearly a minute’s lead in anticipation of the first Sport Beans Queen of the Hill competition. We’re going to see how the race plays out, what the other teams do, and take it from there.’ ‘We have a really incredible team here, and we’re sitting in second and fourth overall, so we have a lot of options. ‘We’re going to be aggressive and race smart,’ Evelyn Stevens (HTC-Highroad) said before the start. Several teams set out to make the race hard and attacks were launched nearly continuously. The majority of Thursday’s 66.5-mile race traveled through gently rolling farm lands surrounding Cannon Falls. ![]()
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