Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) finished with the lead group on Wednesday at the USA Pro Challenge to retain the Colorado State University Best Young Rider Jersey for the second day in a row. The 21-year-old is also in contention for the general classification, where he sits fourth and trails race leader Brent Bookwalter by 10 seconds.
"We've got two riders up there in the overall, and young rider classification, so we are going to put all our eggs into defending those right now," Carthy said before the start of stage 3. "We will still look for the breaks, we always race aggressively. We are going to carry on as we have done and hope for the best."
Carthy comes from Preston, England and currently makes his home in Pamplona, Spain. After riding for the British Rapha-Condor program for two years, Carthy signed with Caja Rural for 2015 and 2016. It has been a seamless transition for Carthy, who is comfortable with the lifestyle of a European professional.
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"I don't have a problem learning languages," Carthy said. "I picked up Spanish pretty quickly and without much drama. I fit in pretty well and I have good race program here. I've got another year next year so I'm pretty happy."
Carthy raced the USA Pro Challenge with Rapha-Condor in 2014, placing fifth in the Best Young Rider category, and that experience in Colorado has served him well. On Tuesday's stage he rode comfortably in the field as BMC set a steady pace, keeping a watchful eye for the final move of the day on the road to Arapahoe Basin.
"I came here last year to do the race so I kind of knew what to expect. "After the first climb it was downhill the whole way so you could recover, and eat plenty and prepare for the last stage of the race," said Carthy of stage 2.
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