Redlands Bicycle Classic (2016) Photos April 6 - 10

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Stage 2:  Yucaipa Road Race, 76 mi  Full Results and Report

The rollout from Sunnyside for the 76 mile City of Yucaipa Road Race		The peloton on Oak Glen Road, part of the 4.1-mile circuit (5 laps)
Jamis setting the pace for their race leader	Sand Canyon Road	Sand Canyon Road
Team Jamis	The break
Teams Jelly Belly and Silber at the front of the chase on the final lap for their GC guys	Chris Horner (Lupus Racing Team) was 9th today + 11s (8th overall + 27s)	Rally Cycling
The remnants of the break: Robin Carpenter (Holowesko|Citadel| HINCAPIE Sportswear) and Silber rider	Robin Carpenter (Holowesko|Citadel| HINCAPIE Sportswear). With 1 km to go, his valiant effort ended	The stunned, disbelief victory salute that comes with an upset win. 1st Sepp KUSS (USA/Gateway Harley Davidson / Trek) in 3:40:55, 2nd Lachlan MORTON (AUS/Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis), 3rd Janier ACEVEDO (COL/Team Jamis) and 4th Matteo DAL-CIN (Silber Pro Cycling)
Sepp Kuss successfully attacked with 1 km go		Sepp Kuss said post race that his late attack may have succeeded because he's unknown to the peloton
Mara Abbott (USA/Amy D Foundation) won the Women's Stage 2	2nd Kristin Armstrong... spent	The former Women's race leader (Stage 1 winner), Scotti Lechuga, needless to say had a tough day
Your Stage 2 podium: 2nd Lachlan MORTON (AUS/Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis), 1st Sepp KUSS (USA/Gateway Harley Davidson / Trek) in 3:40:55, 3rd Janier ACEVEDO (COL/Team Jamis), the new race leader	3rd today Janier ACEVEDO (COL/Team Jamis) and the new race leader by 2s	Your Women's Stage 2 podium: 2nd Kristin Armstrong (USA/Twenty16-RideBiker), 1st Mara Abbott (USA/Amy D Foundation), 3rd Katie Donovan (USA/Colavita-Bianchi)
Superwoman, Mara Abbott (USA/Amy D Foundation), the new race leader

Stage 3:  Greenspot Individual Time Trial, 7.1 mi  Full Results and Report

3rd Jasmin Glaesser (Rally Cycling) Women's TT +24s, getting the Canadian women and men off to great start	Kristin Armstrong won the Women's Stage 3 Greenspot Individual Time Trial, 7.1 km in 16:54	Race leader, Mara Abbott (Amy D. Foundation) had a tough time managing her collarbone injury, She finished 7th + 1:06 but remains optimistic
2nd Amber Neben (The Dare to Be Project) + 22s	Kristin Armstrong's winning margin was 22s which moved into the overall lead	Today's TT favorite struggled in the rain, 10th Tom ZIRBEL (Rally Cycling) + 28s
Stage 1 road race winner, Ruben COMPANIONI (Jamis) was 20th + 39s	Men's Stage 3 TT winner, Neilson Powless (Axeon Hagens Berman), 7.1 km in 15:11	Neilson Powless (Axeon Hagens Berman)
43rd Chris Horner (Lupus Racing) +1:06	6th Janier Acevedo (Jamis) + 14s and leads by 2s	Your Stage 3 ITT winner, Neilson Powless (Axeon Hagens Berman), just 20 years old
Your Stage 3 Men's ITT podium: 2nd Matteo Dal-Cin (Silber Pro Cycling) +8 and now 2nd overall +2s, 1st Neilson Powless (Axeon Hagens Berman) 15:11, 3rd Nigel Ellsay (Silber Pro Cycling) + 8s

Stage 4:  Redlands Criterium, 45 mi  Full Results and Report

Today started out with the Handcycling Race	Kristin Armstrong pondering todays race before the women's start
Womens Stage 4 crit in full action	Today's race leader	With one to go, race leader Armstrong bossing it at the front of the women's race
Lauretta Hanson (TeamColavita) wins the women's race	Next up, the men's 45 mi crit	The men on the first turn
	From one turn to the next
		Jamis protecting the yellow of the race leader
Silber Kristofer DAHL caught a pedal in the final corner which led to a pile up. That's Travis MCCABE (Holowesko) sent airborne.	Leading through the final corner has its benefits, Ulises CASTILLO (KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo) stays out of trouble to win Stage 4	He was a little shook up by the crash but Matteo DAL-CIN (Silber) will fight tomorrow to erase his 2s deficit on GC
Your Stage 4 men's podium: 2nd Elliott DOYLE (CAN/Silber Pro Cycling), 1st Ulises CASTILLO (MEX/KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo), 3rd Edwin AVILA (COL/Team Illuminate)

Stage 5:  Sunset Road Race, 94 mi  Full Results and Report

The women's race on the Sunset RR circuit
The Stage 5 women's winner, Leah Thomas gets a kiss from her Twenty16 - RideBiker teammate during the team's celebration which included overall winner, Kristin Armstrong.	Rollout for the men's race, same course	Kristin Armstrong
Your overall 2016 women's overall winner, Kristin Armstrong		Jamis chasing the breaks early on
		Men's race: Unlike the women's race, it didn't go well for the men's overall leader during the Sunset RR. Janier ACEVEDO (Team Jamis) looking back for help in the chase but it isn't going to come from Silber
Travis MCCABE (Holowesko) wins ahead of yesterday's stage 4 winner, Ulises CASTILLO (KHS-Maxxis-JLVelo)	Gord Fraser and his winning GC squad...	3rd today, Matteo DAL-CIN (Silber Pro Cycling) easily erased his 2s GC deficit after dropping the race leader to capture the overall win
Your 2016 Men's Overall Redlands Classic podium: 2nd Neilson POWLESS (Axeon Hagens Berman), 1st Matteo DAL-CIN (Silber Pro Cycling), 3rd Travis MCCABE (Holowesko|Citadel| HINCAPIE Sportswear)	25 year-old Canadian Matteo DAL-CIN (Silber Pro Cycling) and his overall winner's trophy	The jersey winners for the week. More photos to come...