Patrick Gretsch has boosted a bad week for HTC by taking the prologue of the USA pro cycling challenge.
Gretsch adjusted to the altitude the best, on the time-trial, to pip Christian Vande Velde by a mere two seconds. The 24-year-old has added this two his other two victories, as a pro rider, and will do his prospects for next year no harm. Brent Bookwalter, who finished third, was the first of three BMC riders to take a top ten position. George Hincapie and Cadel Evans finished only a second apart and seven seconds behind Gretsch.
