George Hincapie won today’s stage from Gunnison to Aspen over Cottonwood Pass and Independence Pass. We were predicting a Colombian would win and George’s parents are from Colombia, so he qualifies.
The yellow jersey is now on the back of Tejay Van Garderen of HTC-Highroad.
Cottonwood Pass was a pretty rough road on the Gunnison Valley side. Lots of dirt, ruts, pebbles and rough road. There weren’t a lot of tourists though plenty were riding up on my way down.
Independence Pass was another story. It pretty close to a Tour de France mountain stage. Lots and lots of cycling fans, riding their bikes up and dressed in costumes.
Rafael Infantino of the EPM-UNE Team was first over the top of Independence Pass.
