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RESULTS: Stage 3 of the Colorado Classic

Day three of the four-day Colorado Classic bicycle race had the men traversing a 100-mile course that wrapped up in Denver's River North Art District. Women raced in a timed criterium.
Credit: KUSA

Pascal Eenkhoorn of the LottoNLJumbo Cycling team finished first for Stage 3 of the 2018 Colorado Classic, the four-stage cycling race that is back for the second year in Colorado.

“It was a really great race for me. I didn’t expect to win,” Eenkhoorn, 21, said. “I was dropped at the first climb. I came back and told my team I was feeling good. With the headwind the last 20K we were grouped together. With 1K to go, two guys screamed my name and I just followed them."

Edwin Avila Vanegas of the Israel Cycling Academy team finished second, and Gavin Mannion of the UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team took third.

“After the team rode the front for 100 miles I felt I had to do my best for the sprint,” Mannion said. Mannion won the Stage 2 time trial in Vail.

“We were nervous all day," he added. "It was the strongest guys in the race in the break. To have my teammates keep them within a minute and ride them back was amazing. We had to chip in a bit at the end.”

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The Colorado Classic, which is broken down into four stages, started in Vail on Thursday with the men's 64.1-mile circuit race and the women's 35.2-mile circuit. Stage 2 was the 10.1-mile Vail Pass Time Trial.

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Today's men's Stage 3 was the 100-mile "queen" stage that traversed Lookout Mountain, Red Rocks Park, Evergreen, Cragmont Drive and Indian Hills before wrapping up in Denver's River North Art District.

The women's stage was a timed criterium (50 minutes plus five laps) around the Velorama Festival. The Velorama Festival is a celebration of cycling and music in RiNo.

Jennifer Valente of the Twenty20 pb Sho-Air team was first, followed by Kendall Ryan of TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank and Emma White of Rally Cycling, respectively.

Stage 3 men's results can be found here.

Stage 3 women's results can be found here.

More race results can be found here.

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