After three days of racing at the Tour of Alberta, the final general classification looks like it will come down to a battle between US Continental team Rally Cycling and US WorldTour team Cannondale-Drapac.
Rally has stage 1 winner Evan Huffman in the race lead, while teammate Sepp Kuss is second, 18 seconds back. After Sunday's stage win, Cannondale's Alex Howes jumped to third place overall, with teammate Tom-Jelte Slagter in fourth, both at 31 seconds.
UnitedHealthcare's Chris Jones is 33 seconds back, while Aevolo revelation Jack Burke is currently sixth at 35 seconds. Next up in GC is Huffman's teammate Colin Joyce, 40 seconds down.
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The dynamic with two teams stacking the top four should play out dramatically on Monday's tricky, hilly final stage in Edmonton's city centre.
"We're not totally out of it on GC, so, Evan, you're on notice," Howes said at the post-stage press conference, turning to Huffman on the dais a smile. "But we'd like to win tomorrow, and at the same time we want it to be a race all the way to the end for GC."
The final Edmonton stage, which consists of 11 laps around a 11.3km circuit, has been used for the past four years, with Daryl Impey dramatically stealing the overall win from Tom Dumoulin in 2014 after Dumoulin led the race from the opening prologue. On a wet and cold Monday afternoon, Impey took the stage win and the 10-second time bonus that went with it, moving past Dumoulin by just one second.
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