Evans takes stage in Mexico tour

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Cameron Evans (OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis) won a three-up sprint to take the victory at the end of Stage 6 of la Vuelta Mexico.

The rolling, 190 km stage saw a break succeed for the third consecutive day. And for the third consecutive day, an OUCH rider made the most of it.

“We knew a break had a good shot to stay away to the finish,” Evans said. “We wanted to make sure we had a guy in every move.”

As has been the case all week, attacks came early and often, with Brad White of OUCH covering one short-lived break. But another one went shortly after that break came back, and Evans covered. This group grew to about 15 riders, including race leader Jackson Rodriguez (Serramenti).

“We knew the break wasn’t going anywhere with him in it,” Evans said. But as the initial group was about to be reabsorbed, a seven-rider group formed from it sans Rodriguez, and the newly re-constituted group, including Evans, established a gap on the peloton.

That gap extended to over five minutes, and as the break went over the first KoM, three riders dropped off, leaving Evans, Chris Baldwin (Rock Racing), former race leader Juan Pablo Magallenas (Mexican National Team) and John Freddy Parra (Tecos).

Heading up the second KoM, the Colombian Parra dropped off, leaving three riders together over the top with a lead down to 1:30 on the peloton, and another mostly downhill or flat 25 km to the finish. But the three riders were able to open the gap a bit on the descent and gain a little breathing room to play the inevitable cat and mouse games coming into the finish.

“Baldwin attacked a couple times,” Evans said. “I covered the first one, and Magallenas covered the second. I knew he was pretty strong, but I was feeling pretty good and thought I had a good chance at the finish. I just need to be patient.”

The patience paid off, with Evans taking the three-up sprint and a big stage win for the team.

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Results

Stage Results: | (GC Results)

1 EVANS,Cameron ELITE OUCH-MAXXIS 04:44:05

2 MAGALLANES,Juan Pabl ELITE SELECCIO?N NACIONA same time

3 BALDWIN,Christopher ELITE ROCKRACING s.t.

4 RANGEL,Hector Hugo ELITE CANEL’S TURBO 1:20

5 RAMOS,Florencio ELITE TECOS DE LA UGA 1:30

6 SOTO,Gerardo ELITE REGION 1 PUEBLA T 1:30

7 ALCOLEA,Arnold ELITE SELECCIO?N CUBA 1:33

8 SOBRINO,Joaquin ELITE BURGOS MONUMENTAL 1:33

9 MATA,Enrique ELITE BURGOS MONUMENTAL 1:33

10 MILNE,Shawn ELITE TEAM TYPE 1 1:33

11 VAQUERA,Cesar SUB23 ORVEN 1:33

12 FRAZER,Mauricio ELITE ARENAS TLAXCALA 1:33

13 MACIAS,Luis Fernando ELITE SELECCIO?N NACIONA 1:33

14 FERNANDEZ,Rodolfo ELITE ORVEN 1:33

15 FOGNINI,Fausto ELITE AMICA CHIPS – KNA 1:33

16 SARABIA,Ignacio ELITE SELECCIO?N NACIONA 1:33

17 CARROLL,Austin SUB23 SELECCIO?N USA 1:33

18 RIOS,Marco Antonio ELITE ORVEN 1:33

19 GUTIERREZ,Enrique ELITE ROCKRACING 1:33

20 GUAMA,Byron ELITE BURGOS MONUMENTAL 1:33

1 RODRIGUEZ,Jackson ELITE SERRAMENTI PVC 27:14:04

2 LOPEZ,Carlos ELITE CANEL’S TURBO at 30

3 VITORIA,David ELITE ROCKRACING at 42

4 SARABIA,Ignacio ELITE SELECCIÓN NACIO at 47

5 CHADWICK,Glen Alan ELITE ROCKRACING at 53

6 COLEX,Bernardo ELITE SELECCIÓN NACIO at 1:02

7 GOMEZ,Jose de Jesus ELITE CANEL ?S TURBO at 1:02

8 MOSER,Leonardo ELITE SERRAMENTI PVC at 1:14

9 SIMONI,Gilberto ELITE SERRAMENTI PVC at 2:08

10 GUTIERREZ,Enrique ELITE ROCKRACING at 2:18

11 LADINO,Gregorio ELITE TECOS DE LA UGA at 2:21

12 GUAMA,Byron ELITE BURGOS MONUMENT at 2:23

13 KOBZARENKO,Valery ELITE TEAM TYPE 1 at 2:30

14 STETINA ,Peter SUB23 SELECCIÓN USA at 2:30

15 GABINO,Alfredo ELITE REGION 3 ESTADO at 2:30

16 MAGALLANES,Juan Pablo ELITE SELECCIÓN NACIO at 2:42

17 OCHOA,Carlos José ELITE SERRAMENTI PVC at 4:18

18 RANGEL,Hector Hugo ELITE CANEL ?S TURBO at 4:53

19 ARGIRO,Alvaro Antonio ELITE ARENAS TLAXCALA at 6:29

20 PANCOATL,Jorge ELITE REGION 1 PUEBLA at 6:38

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