From the start of the Tour of Alberta on Thursday, all eyes have been focused on Sunday's stage 4 time trial as the day that will likely decide the general classification.
Now that the day has arrived, 10 riders separated by 31 seconds will battle on their road bikes for the overall lead on a 12.1km course at a venue shared by the Edmonton ITU Triathlon. Once the triathletes have finished, Rally Cycling's Jesse Anthony will be the first rider to roll out of the start gate at 5:15 p.m. local time.
After three days of racing, Anthony's teammate, Evan Huffman, leads the general classification by two seconds over Robin Carpenter (Holowesko-Citadel) and 10 seconds over stage 1 winner and previous race leader Colin Joyce (Axeon Hagens Berman). Cannondale-Drapac's Alex Howes is fourth, 17 seconds down, followed by 2015 Tour of Alberta winner Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) in fifth at 18 seconds back.
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The rest of the top 10 includes Alex Cataford (Silber Pro Cycling), Daniel Eaton (UnitedHealthcare), Antoine Duchesne (Canada), Angus Morton (Jelly Belly-Maxxis) and Silber's Nigel Ellsay. The time gap to 11th-placed rider Tyler Williams (Axeon Hagens Berman) is 2:16.
The 10-rider battle for the general classification was set up on the opening day when a group of 11 riders finished more than two minutes up on the field. Skydive Dubai's Francisco Mancebo was initially among the leaders after the opening day, but he struggled on stages 2 and 3 and now sits second-to-last, nearly 29 minutes down.
Huffman, who seized the race lead with a stage win Saturday in Drayton Valley, is an accomplished time trialist who won the US under-23 national title in 2012 before spending two years with Astana and a year with US Continental team SmartStop. He moved to Rally this year.
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