HOW IT PLAYED OUTįor the second day in a row the California sunshine was absent as the peloton rolled out - this time from South Pasadena. There’s not too much more I could have done.”Īlexander Kristoff (Katusha) beat out Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) in the battle for best of the rest, eight seconds behind the American duo.īen King (Cannondale) out-sprinted Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) to win Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California. Ben was just a little bit stronger than me. We had the chance to make it to the finish. We worked well together, but it was touch and go. I got the first two, and he let me have the last one. “Once I was out there, I was trying to win those sprints, but Ben gave me a run for the money. “The team plan was to race for the breakaways, to try to get the KOM points,” said Huffman. Huffman was disappointed to come so close to victory, but took home the King of the Mountains jersey as a consolation. In the end, Evan led out the sprint, and I was able to come around.” So we were committed to make the breakaway stick. “I was hesitant to let it come down to a sprint, but I couldn’t drop him on the climbs. “I knew Evan is a pretty quick sprinter, he smoked me in the KOM sprints,” King said. It’s a big surprise.”Īmerican Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) was the only of four to stick with King all the way to the finish, and though he was forced to lead out the sprint from the front, he had still gotten into King’s head. “Every result in my career has come from the breakaway, when the peloton kind of underestimated the break.” King said. It was yet another victory from a daylong breakaway for the Virginian, to go along with his win at the 2015 Criterium International, as well as his 2010 national road championship. The win had a much deeper meaning for King after he had to battle back from a broken leg in January suffered during a crash while out training. KRISTOFF Alexander, Team Katusha: 0:08Īmerican Ben King (Cannondale) took a thrilling victory in stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California into Santa Clarita, as the remnants of the stage’s breakaway narrowly survived the fast-closing peloton. KING Benjamin, Cannondale Pro Cycling: 03:52:09 2. Monday 16th May 2016 Stage 2: South Pasadena > Santa Clarita 1.
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