Bookwalter: 'Anything is still possible' with time trial looming in California
American still in the hunt after respectablᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe 5th place on Mt. Baldy
Like every pro at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Amgen Tour of California this year, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) dreamed of glory atop Mt. Baldy during the queen stage 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:on stage 5.
Bookwalter fell short of victory, finishing fifth on the day, but he took consolation in watching friend 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andrew Talansky (Cannondale🀅-Drapac) 🎃ascend to the top of the podium.
"I could tell Talansky was strong," Bookwalter told Cyclingnews. "I'm proud of him fo♕r winning. He'🗹s my buddy. I was in his wedding a few years ago and we're pretty close. He's had a little bit of a rough year, so it was nice.
"𒅌I was hoping I could take it to him, but good riding to him. If I can't do it, I'm happyไ for him."
Bookwalter was part of a select group that arrived at the bottom of Mt. Baldy together, eventuallℱy reeling in escapee Rob Britton (Rally Cycling) and setting off on a battle royale for the queen stage honours.
Multiple attacks from Talansky jettisoned Bookwalter from the lead group in the final kilometres, with Talansky, overall leader Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe), Ian Boswell (Team Sky), George Bennett (LottoNܫL-Jumbo) and Lachla💎n Morton (Dimension Data) going clear.
At the 🐭finish, Talansky nipped Majka for the win, Bennett came in next, followed by Boswell and then Bookwalter eight seconds down.
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"I was actually more comfortable than I thought in the fl🏅atter spots in the first two kilometres," Bookwalter said, adding that the final steep switchbacks in the final three kil♑ometres were his undoing.
Despite missing out on the win and t🅘he opportunity to cut precious seconds from his rivals ahead of Friday's 24km time trial at Big Bear Lake, Bookwalter remained optimistic about his and his team's chances.
"We came here with big ambitions to win, and we're a little off," he said. "But we still have an important time trial stage tom𝓡orrow, and I think anything is still possible."
Growing up in Missoula, Montana, Pat competed in his first bike race in 1985 at 𒁃Flathead Lake. He studied English and journalism at the University of Oregon and has covered North American cyclin🐲g extensively since 2009, as well as racing and teams in Europe and South America. Pat currently lives in the US outside of Portland, Oregon, with his imaginary dog Rusty.