It’s not uncommon in cycling for the breakaway to take it to the wire before the peloton closes in and shuts down the escapee’s dreams of stage glory, but Hincapie Racing’s Robin Carpenter had even more on the line than the stage victory during stage 4 of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on Thursday.
Carpenter started the day sixth overall, just eight seconds down on overall leader Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare). The 23-year-old, who won a stage of the USA Pro Challenge last year, said he picked stage 4 in particular this week as a day to shake things up in the breakaway.
So when the moves started to go up the road, Carpenter fought his way into the breakaway that finally stuck.
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“I went out there knowing full well that I was going to get chased down and the gaps were going to be small,” Carpenter said. “I knew everyone else in the break was going to be a little upset with me, but I was going for the whole enchilada, you could say.”
The 10-second time bonus on the line at the stage finish could have lifted Carpenter into the race lead even if the peloton finished with the same time or near it. So the Hincapie rider had extra motivation to make the break work.
In the group with Carpenter were Ben King (Cannondale-Garmin), Tim Roe (Drapac), Songezo Jim (MTN-Qhubeka), Daniel Eaton (Axeon), Nicola Tanovitchii (Jelly Belly-Maxxis) and Luis Lemus (Airgas-Safeway).
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