This is a 2.2 mile loop with a cross-wind sprint and a tailwind on the back stretch. I was sitting 4th in the GC starting stage 3. Our team strategy was simple, keep the team in the race unti two laps to go and then go to the front and block while I shoot off the front with Fernanco and Francisco. They are in last and second to last place in the GC and they are strong so it's safe to go on a break with them. I was aboutn a minute back from the leader starting the last stage. The race was horrifically fast the whole race, my computer said we had an average speed of 26 mph when we were done. I sat at the back basically the whole race because I wanted to save it for the lasp two laps and I had a strong team that could chase down anything if anything happened to go off the front. Nothing managed to get away so I was safe at the back. 5 laps to go I started to move up and as I passed ORC riders I told them to start moving to the front as well. Everything was going perfectly smooth when halfway through lap 5 a massive crash occurred, it took out half the field and all ORC members were on the ground except Eric. Since we were all together moving up when the crash happened, we all went down right next to each other. I never went down and managed to stopin time. I immediately got off my bike, ran through the carnage and put my chain back on. Luckily Mitch was already up and riding and I called to him to wait up so I could get some help for the chase back on. We picked up another guy soon and then we slowed down a lot. I decided this wasn't a fast enough pace to catch the field so I took my pull at 28 mph and for some reason Mitch didn't hop on my wheel so I was on my own. For the next three laps I averaged 27 mph and caught back on ahlfway through 2 laps to go. I was still planning on going on a breakaway, I told Eric to get on the front and right when I said that a major attack came and I never got the chance to go. On the final lap a two man pack managed to get up the road and I couldn't latch on and nobody would chase; we were now sprinting for 3rd. I moved up into 2nd wheel to start the sprint. We took the final turn and I gave it all the THUNDER I had but it was all gone. By the time I crossed the line I was at the back again. I finished 4th in the GC and missed 3rd place podium by 24 seconds.