The final stage at the Redlands Bicycle Classic has a reputation for getting the last word in the race's general classification, and it proved to be the case again this year as Silber Pro Cycling's Matteo Dal-Cin jumped into a breakaway that made it to the finish line and launched him past Jamis rider Janier Acevedo for the overall win.
"I'm over the moon," Dal-Cin said. "It's hard to believe that it panned out the way it did. It's just an amazing feeling, and it was exceptional after last night. It was definitely redemption for the team today."
The night before, Silber had set up a perfect lead out to contest the downtown criterium win, but when Kris Dalh clipped a pedal and caused a pile up in the final turn, those plans came crashing down. The overall win on Sunday definitely helped ease the pain from the day before.
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Holowesko-Citadel's Travis McCabe also rebounded from the criterium finish – where he was sitting third wheel coming out of the final corner but was knocked out of contention by the crash – to take the stage 5 win and move into third place overall. Axeon Hagens Berman's Neilson Powless made the winning break and moved up to second in GC.
"I was in pain all day, but the whole team rode aggressive and caused that split early on," McCabe said. "I just stayed toward the front. Once we knew Matteo had the win, I was just looking for the stage win, and I finally got it. I was second last year on this stage and now first this year. I'm extremely happy. This is just fantastic."
The stage 5 Sunset Road Race started in downtown Redlands and took riders uphill to the 10.4km Sunset circuit in the hills southwest of town. The up-and-down circuit wove its way through a residential neighborhood, with significant climbing coming in the first four kilometres.
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