In a new feature, the Cyclingnews team pick their rider of the day from the Tour of California. Peter Stetina is the third rider to be chosen, and we will be selecting a rider after each stage.
Just over a year ago, Peter Stetina (Trek-Segafredo) was in a Spanish hospital wondering if a horrific crash at Pais Vasco had laid waste to the rest of his cycling career. The then-BMC rider had shattered his patella, cracked the whole tibia and broke five ribs when he smashed into an unmarked traffic bollard.
He returned to racing at the Tour of Utah, and despite using a cane to compensate for the limp that affected his walk, he managed to finish what is considered by many to be the hardest race in the States. He signed with his new team in the offseason and continued to recover, putting an exclamation point on his return
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Tuesday during the summit finish of the Tour of California's queen stage on Gibraltar Road outside of Santa Barbara.
Stetina attacked the select group of climbers with Lachlan Morton, then attacked again before Julian Alaphilippe flew up the mountain to take the stage win ahead of the Trek-Segafredo rider.
"It's been a long spring, and I've been going through a lot of ups and downs and wondering if I could even continue as a pro cyclist," he said. "But I had really earmarked this race and this stage as the place where I really needed to be back, and it's just a testament to mental fortitude and really believing in yourself.
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