Small, Carpenter claim Cascade Cycling Classic wins

Published 12:06 pm Wednesday, June 28, 2017

MCKENZIE PASS — Still bitter after being left off the U.S. Olympic team, Carmen Small took out some of her frustration on the road up McKenzie Pass to win a field sprint and claim today’s stage 1 of the pro women’s Cascade Cycling Classic.

The Cylance Pro Cycling rider pulled away from second-place Tara Whitten of the Cyclery Opus with just 50 meters to go atop the pass in the 89-mile race that started at Smith Rock State Park.

Alison Jackson of Twenty16 finished third.

In the pro men’s race, Robin Carpenter of Holowesko-Citadel sprinted away from a group of about 40 riders at the finish line to take the stage win in the 112-mile McKenzie Pass Road Race.

Taylor Shelden of Jelly Belly finished second. Carpenter’s teammate Travis McCabe took third.

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