USA Pro Cycling Race Ends in Les Cuspides

Following the final stage of the U.S.A. Pro Cycling Race, a 15.3 kilometer time trial, the order of the racers was shook but all 96 came home, leaving the race without a Point d’Appui. Peter Velits of Omega Pharma-Quickstep and Serghei Tvetcov of Team Exergy finished on the cusp for the general classification at the end of the seven-day race through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Velits was 27 minutes and 47 seconds behind the overall winner, Christian Vande Velde of Garmin-Sharp, and more than an hour ahead of the Lanterne Rouge, Sergey Klimov of RusVelo.

Stage 7, itself, finished with Roman Kreuziger of Astana and Michael Friedman of Team Optum splitting the middle of the pack.

Only two stages of the race ended with an odd number of racers, and therefore a Point d’Appui:

  • Stage 1: Andrew Bajadali of Team Optum
  • Stage 5: Benjamin King of RadioShack-Nissan