This really should be a two horse race between Phinney and Dombrowski. They’re in a tier of their own, but with a well-timed attack, one of the others may have a chance, since both have only one teammate to control the race.
Startlist
Spoiler
Warbasse
Lawrence
Carlsberg - Danske bank
Eaton
Daniel
Desigual
Jones
Carter
Desigual
Rhim
Brendan
Desigual
Young
Eric
Desigual
Carpenter
Robin
DK - SVA Zalgiris
Boswell
Ian
eBuddy
Dombrowski
Joseph
eBuddy
Barta
William
Festina - OAKA
Powless
Neilson
Gazelle
Brandt
Tyler
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
Craddock
Lawson
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
Cruz
Freddy
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
King
Ben
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
Sebright
Aggrey
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
Simpson
George
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
Daniel
Gregory
Isostar - Specialized
Phinney
Taylor
Isostar - Specialized
Revard
Thomas
King Power
Brown
Connor W
McCormick Pro Cycling
Curran
Geoffrey
McCormick Pro Cycling
Eisenhart
Taylor
McCormick Pro Cycling
Granigan
Noah
McCormick Pro Cycling
Hoehn
Alex
McCormick Pro Cycling
Keough
Luke
McCormick Pro Cycling
Kuss
Sepp
McCormick Pro Cycling
McCutcheon
Connor
McCormick Pro Cycling
McNulty
Brandon
McCormick Pro Cycling
Mostov
Zeke
McCormick Pro Cycling
Rathe
Jakob
McCormick Pro Cycling
Wilson
Nathan
McCormick Pro Cycling
Barton
Chris
Minions
Haga
Chad
Minions
Selander
Bjorn
Minions
Owen
Logan
Podium Ambition
Bush
Robert
Polar
Mostly thanks to McCormick, the pace is pretty high and the pros are among themselves on the first long ascent already.
McCormick have done a tremendous job to reduce the main group, now it’s up to Kuss to finish the job. He follows the acceleration by Warbasse, as do Dombrowski, Brandt and Phinney right behind him. 4 kilometers to go.
The aforementioned five lead the final group of 10 into the final 2 kilometers. Now Phinney accelerates!
Kuss, Dombrowski and Barta follow, Warbasse seems done after his initial attack. Just over a kilometer to go.
These four are clearly the strongest. Dombrowski draws level with Phinney onto the final stretch.
It’s an incredibly tight race between the two top favorites, Phinney has the slightest advantage.
And he takes it! Taylor Phinney is the new US American Champion. Dombrowski is second, Kuss third, justifying his team’s courageous performance. Barta with a good fourth place, Warbasse finishes as best of the rest 23 seconds later.
Result
1
Taylor Phinney
Isostar - Specialized
1h56'20
2
Joseph Dombrowski
eBuddy
s.t.
3
Sepp Kuss
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
4
William Barta
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
5
Lawrence Warbasse
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
+ 23
6
Tyler Brandt
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
7
Chad Haga
Minions
s.t.
8
Robin Carpenter
DK - SVA Zalgiris
s.t.
9
Carter Jones
Desigual
+ 31
10
Neilson Powless
Gazelle
+ 45
11
Bjorn Selander
Minions
+ 1'51
12
Ian Boswell
eBuddy
s.t.
13
Lawson Craddock
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 2'12
14
Connor McCutcheon
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
15
Brendan Rhim
Desigual
+ 2'46
16
Nathan Wilson
McCormick 2
+ 3'34
17
Brandon McNulty
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 3'50
18
Chris Barton
Minions
+ 4'11
19
Thomas Revard
King Power
+ 4'19
20
Alex Hoehn
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 4'35
21
Taylor Eisenhart
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 6'59
22
Gregory Daniel
Isostar - Specialized
+ 7'38
23
Geoffrey Curran
McCormick 2
+ 8'43
24
Logan Owen
Podium Ambition
+ 9'14
25
Jakob Rathe
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
26
Connor W Brown
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
27
Daniel Eaton
Desigual
+ 10'12
28
Luke Keough
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 10'28
29
George Simpson
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
30
Robert Bush
Polar
s.t.
31
Zeke Mostov
McCormick 2
+ 13'23
32
Eric Young
Desigual
+ 15'30
33
Noah Granigan
McCormick 2
+ 16'03
34
Ben King
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 17'27
35
Aggrey Sebright
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 19'27
36
Freddy Cruz
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 21'18
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US Championships - ITT
Phinney is going for the double and it’s hard to see anyone stopping him. But the fight for the other medals should be interesting, at least.
Sebright is out on the road early, his time will be the measuring stick for all other ambitious riders at 1h00’12
Teammate Craddock comes closest, he’s a single second slower.
Barton is provisional third, 42 seconds off the lead. The third Glanbia rider, Brandt comes in fourth shortly afterwards.
Daniel held the lead at the first two checkpoints, he was even 38 seconds faster than Sebright at the second, but that flips completely, the Isostar rider is 33 seconds behind him at the finish, third place right now. Looks like Sebright had a tremendous final sector.
Phinney comes through the second checkpoint just 19 seconds ahead of Daniel, but 58 ahead of Sebright. That should be enough, right? But times for the final sector are all over the place.
After most of the stage racers finish without making much of a dent ( Warbasse as 8th was the best of them), Powless does a little better to finish provisional 6th.
Eaton matches him to the second, but slips ahead into 6th place himself.
With Sebright and Craddock still 1-2, Glanbia is guaranteed two riders in the Top 3 - can Cruz top his teammates? No, but he makes it a 1-2-3 for now, coming in third, 21 seconds off the lead. But we already see the man behind him …
… and that’s Taylor Phinney, who destroys any hopes of a Glanbia title and takes the double championship for himself! Almost a minute ahead of everyone else.
US Championships - RR 
