Hot Tubes dominates stage 2

After failing to place a single rider in the top three of the morning time trial, Hot Tubes decimated one of the best fields of junior riders ever assembled to race in the US by sweeping the afternoon's road race podium and laying claim to all but the King of the Mountains Jersey.

The first half of the race saw a flurry of attacks but nothing stuck. There were valiant efforts by Max Durtschi of Hammer / CMG and AJ Meyer of the Hincapie Development Team but their assault missed the target - only striking at those at the back end of the field.

The racers only came under real duress at the first King of the Mountain line when the attacks started coming fast and furious. In the rush for the first sprint point, a group of eight riders established a gap which would never be brought back though additional riders would eventually make it across. The break swelled to twelve before the fireworks went off at the second King of the Mountain point.

In the end it was two Hot Tubes riders - Anders Newbury from Vermont and Nathan Brown of Tennessee who rode off the front and crossed the line as teammates without ever contesting the sprint. Newbury and Brown were followed by fellow Hot Tubes rider, Ian Boswell, who soloed in ahead of the remaining breakaway to complete the Hot Tubes podium sweep.

Racing resumes Wednesday morning in Winchester, KY as the riders face 22.7km time trial.