Robert Britton (Rally Cycling), Gavin Mannion (UnitedHealthcare), Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly) and Neilson Powless (Axeon Hagen Berman) sat in a deadlock — less concerned with Ciccone and his result and more worried about where the overall leaders would finish.
First, Ciccone’s teammate Simone Sterbini made his move, which allowed him to finish second. Next, it was 20-year-old Neilson Powless, who made his attack with just less than a mile to go, hoping to gain some time and move up from fourth place on the overall leaderboard.