Ben King had his best stage finish of 2016 on Tuesday when he placed third in the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Espana. King was part of a limited number of riders within thirty seconds of the stage winner, finishing 15 seconds behind Lilian Calmejane. King was not the only American near the front as Chad Haga was eighth, 37 seconds back, and Larry Warbasse was 11th, 42 seconds back. Andrew Talansky also placed in the top 50, 2:06 back in 32nd. Ian Boswell (68th) and Tejay Van Garderen (84th) also placed in the top 100.
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Talansky is still the the top American in the overall standings, 2:14 back in 17th, while King moved up to 46th, 4:06 back, and Warbasse moved up to 46th, 4:19 back. Haga is up to 59th with Boswell up to 74th. Joe Dombrowski is also in the top 100 at 82nd with Kiel Reijnen in 87th and VanGarderen in 91st.
King took 18 classification points on Tuesday (16 from finishing third, two from being second at the intermediate sprint) and is in seventh in the points standings through four stages. Stage five on Wednesday will be a 106-mile flat stage.
On Sunday the one-day EuroEyes Cyclassics was held in Hamburg, Germany. The only American in the field was Joey Rosskopf. Rosskopf finished 93rd in the race and was 2:35 back.
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