Hecht flies Aevolo flag with Colorado Classic stage win

17 August 2018 12:55
Gage Hecht surprised a lot of people on Thursday in Vail when he soloed away from a breakaway over the final 14.1km circuit at the Colorado Classic, taking the biggest win of his career and the biggest-ever win for his second-year Aevolo Cycling development team. The 20-year-old from Parker, Colorado, bridged to a three-rider move about halfway through the 109km race, joining up with Trek-Segafredo's Niklas Eg, Pascal Eenkhoorn (LottoNL-Jumbo) and UnitedHealthcare's Alex Cataford. In the post-race press conference, Hecht admitted he started the move with low expectations.ADVERTISEMENT "To be honest, no, really," he said when asked if he imagined Friday's result was possible when he started the day. "My first thought when I started that bridge was, 'Maybe I can make it up to this break and score, like, one or two KOM points and have my name on the results, which would be really cool at the end of the day.'" Hecht definitely accomplished getting his name in the results, but rather than a single line in the mountain-points standings, Hecht took the stage win and the leader's jersey, as well as the points jersey, the mountains jersey and the jersey for best young rider. Not a bad haul for a guy who said he didn't expect any of his moves to stick. 'I've learned so much' You can read more at Cyclingnews.com.read full article

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