Tour of California, Stage 3: Checking the Time

With the Polka Dot jersey of King of the Mountains on his shoulders, Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) went in the early break hoping to add to his point tally.  Not to be outdone, Oscar Clarke (Holoweska/Citadel) joined in the assault of the multiple climbs on the day.  .The duo swapped summit victories, leaving the jersey on the shoulders of Huffman until the final climb of the day, assuming he would be in amongst it at the finish.  Tucked onto the tail of the seven man break away group was Krists Nielands (Axeon Hagens Berman).  However with the big climb at the end of the stage, it was unlikely that the peloton would make the same mistake as they did on Stage 2.

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Tour of California, Stage 1: Got Anything Left?

After the final intermediate sprint, Oscar Clark (Holowesko/Citadel) but in a hard acceleration which only Jacob Rathe (Jelly Belly) and Daniel Patten (Team Wiggins) could follow.  Clark and Rathe soon shucked Patten and the pair pushed on in hopes of staying away from the closing peloton.  With the big teams and their fast men looking for a victory in the opening stage of the Tour of California, it was unlikely the pair had much of a chance.  With Rathe looking to see if Clark had anything left in his legs, it was almost a forgone conclusion the the pair would soon feel the wind of the passing peloton.  However Clark had done enough on the day to claim the first Polka Dot jersey of best climber.

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