For the second consecutive day at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, a relatively unknown rider outperformed the pre-race favourites to take the day’s win and force the elder statesmen of US cycling to step aside.
During Thursday’s Yucaipa Road Race, it was 21-year-old Sepp Kuss (Gateway Harley Davidson) who grabbed the glory. On Friday, Axeon Hagens Berman's Nielsen Powless won the Greenspot time trial by 8 seconds over Silber Pro Cycling teammates Matteo Dal-Cin and Nigel Ellsay.
Overnight leader Janier Acevedo (Jamis) finished sixth on the day, 14 seconds off Powless’ time to keep his leader’s jersey.
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Powelss covered the rain-soaked 11.4km out-and-back course in 15:11, pacing himself over the uphill first half to leave himself gassed at the turnaround and then simply willing himself back the finish for the victory. The 19-year-old from Roseville, California, was as surprised by the win as the spectators watching in the light Southern California rain.
“If I had gotten anywhere in the top 10 I would have been happy,” Powless said while waiting for the podium ceremony. “I’ve had good TTs in the past, but I haven’t beaten any of these guys like [Evan] Huffman or [Tom] Zirbel. Those guys have always come in pretty far ahead of me.”
The nature of the course was well-suited to Powless’ skills, and the young rider went deep on the way to the turnaround, hoping his momentum and gravity would carry him back to the finish with a good time.
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