Dramatic final stage shifts men's and master's GCResult 1 Jeremiah Bishop WN (Cannondale Factory Racing) 13:11:56 2 Alex Grant WN (Cannondale Factory Racing) 0:14:36
Three riders. Two podium positions. Seven seconds.
Alex Grant (Cannondale Factory Racing). Brandon Draugelis (PAValleys.com). Christian Tanguay (Team CF).
That was all the information needed to know that the final day of the inaugural Trans-Sylvania Epic for the elite men's field. With six days behind them and a GC that was anything but locked in save for a solid lead by Cannondale's WN user Jeremiah Bishop, the legs and lungs of these battle weary racers were tested a final time on the final stage of Trans-Sylvania Epic.
Trusting his improving form, having already erased a double digit deficit from the start of the week to stand tied for second, Cannondale's WN user Grant, with help from teammate Bishop, used the tactic of hitting them hard and hitting them early to put Tanguay, racing with an deep muscle bruise sustained the previous day, into difficulty before the race had left the race headquarters' trails.
Continuing to pile on the pressure, Grant slowly and gradually pulled away from Draugelis eventually putting more than two minutes into the PAValleys.com racer and locking up second place on the final podium.
Full Results
| Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremiah Bishop WN (Cannondale Factory Racing) | 1:23:28 | |
| 2 | Drew Edsall (Yeti) | 0:00:07 | |
| 3 | Alex Grant WN (Cannondale Factory) | 0:00:32 | |
| 4 | Brandon Draugelis (PAValleys.com Racing Team) | 0:04:10 | |
| 5 | Blake Harlan (Team Jamis) | 0:07:38 | |
| 6 | Mark Weir (WTB) | 0:07:5 |
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