After the fireworks from the night before in Kenosha, and with the extra incentive of the "Super Prime", the Downer Ave. stage was shaping up to be a barn burner. The Super Prime reached $7,000 and the Columbians were in full flight trying to get their hands on that cash, but Justin Williams of Rock Racing got the better of them and took the money just before the finale of the race itself. There was some debate about the KBS/Medifast leadout train and if they were going fast enough to do a proper leadout, and I guess not, because Rock's Sterling Magnell took a flyer with 3/4 of a lap to go and gave it full gas. The Jittery Joes boys, trying to defend the lead of Johnathan Cantwell, deferred to the KBS leadout hoping that they would pull back the former yellow jersey. However, the leadout fizzled and Magnell soloed in for the victory, perhaps the biggest of his career and he was reduced to tears afterwards. The strain of over two weeks of racing was showing through and the battle lines have been fierce. Rock Racing came out on top tonight but it still looks to be Jittery Joes in control of both the red and yellow jerseys with one day left, the Whitefish Bay Criterium.
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