Eisenhart wins 2017 Redlands Classic

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An aggressive ride from Francisco Mancebo saw the Spaniard take the final day spoils at Redlands Classic with Canyon Bicycle teammate Steve Fisher capping off a one-two to close out the race. TJ Eisenhart and his Holowesko-Citadel team did enough on the fifth stage to claim the overall victory 44 seconds ahead of Brandon McNulty (Rally Cycling).

"It was every team attack, attack, attack," Eisenhart said of the stage. "If they had teammates up there, they would still attack. It just makes it more special when you really, really deserved it and the team worked really hard for it. I’m extremely stoked by this."

Coming into the stage, Mancebo was sitting in sixth place but quickly became a threat on GC once he got away and quickly built a two-minute lead. The veteran explained that initially he as going for the stage but also had intentions for the overall once it became apparent the peloton had given him a long leash.

"My goal was to get to the circuit solo, after working so hard all day," Mancebo said. "I didn't know how many laps I had to go before the final because my Garmin was dead. I didn't know if I was at the finish or not. When it started raining, that was the moment to try and get the GC. It didn't work, almost but we won the stage."

Despite the best efforts of Mancebo, he could only rise to fifth in the overall standings. In the points classification, stage 4 winner Gage Hecht (Aevolo) took home the spoils with Alex Cataford (UnitedHealthcare) the mountains classification, UnitedHealthcare the top team prize.

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