Australian star Rohan Dennis has claimed overall leadership in cycling's USA Pro Challenge after making a solo charge to victory in stage four.
Dennis gave his BMC Racing team their third stage win of the 2015 race when he surged up and over the final climb of the 202.5-kilometre race and was able to free-wheel to the line in Breckenridge, Colorado.
He took over the race lead from teammate Brent Bookwalter who placed second in Thursday's stage.
"I was playing mind games with myself the whole way up," said Dennis.
"I was waiting for the one-kilometer-to-go banner to the king of the mountain. Then I saw the 200-meter sign and the crowd was going nuts.
"I thought I would click into a bigger gear and go. It hurt still, I won't lie.
"But there was the adrenaline of knowing you are going over the top first and and there was a gap. That gives you a bit of a boost."
Dennis became the third BMC Racing Team rider to wear the yellow leader's jersey after Taylor Phinney claied stage one and Bookwalter soloed to win from Dennis at the summit of Arapahoe Basin on Tuesday.
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