COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 17, 2018) – PRESS RELEASE – The Gran Fondo National Series (GFNS), the largest series of Gran Fondo events in the USA with a nationwide calendar of 13 events, today announced the addition of the Cache Gran Fondo to its 2018 calendar, bringing GFNS estimated attendance to nearly 10,000 riders. Located in the beautiful northern Utah mountain setting of Cache Valley Utah, the Cache Gran Fondo offers open roads, clean air and a cycling-friendly community. The event is always held on the second Saturday in July which in 2018 is July 14th.
At the 2017 Cache Gran Fondo. Photo by Gary Bird, courtesy Cache Gran Fondo
Named one of the Top Gran Fondos in North America in 2018 by Gran Fondo Guide, the Cache Gran Fondo takes place at 4,500 feet above sea-level in a beautiful mountain valley in Northern Utah. The event offers four routes of 38, 50, 70 and 100 miles. All participants who finish the event receive a big and ‘blingy’ finisher’s medal, along with a light breakfast, lunch from one of five different vendors, and well-stocked support stations. The event also offers thousands in prizes for competitive and non-competitive categories.
“Cache Valley is on the border of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, and the topography is mostly flat farmland, surrounded by majestic 4,000 to 5,000-foot peaks,” explains race director and event organizer, Troy Oldham. “The popularity of the ride has really grown, and we believe some of the main reasons are the beautiful scenery, wide-open roads and clean mountain air.”
The GFNS nearly doubled the series’ number of events and tripled the number of riders in 2018, following a strategic partnership with Haute Route, the most prestigious multi-day event series for amateur cyclists worldwide. GFNS will continue to work with Haute Route to grow the sport in the United States.
“We’re thrilled to add this popular Western US event, the Cache Gran Fondo, to the GFNS calendar,” said GFNS Series Director Reuben Kline. “Our growth this year has been impressive with nearly double the total number of events from 2017 and we’ll continue to look at ways to grow amateur cycling opportunities in the U.S. with our partners at Haute Route.”
“As a partner of the Gran Fondo National Series, Haute Route is proud to offer special benefits to the riders of the Cache Gran Fondo,” explains Alain Lambert, Executive Chairman of Haute Route in North America. “These benefits are detailed on the Cache Gran Fondo registration page and will expire on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 12:00pm MST or when registration gets to 1500, whichever comes first, so don’t wait to sign up.”
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FULL GFNS CALENDAR 2018
March 3-4 – Malibu GRANFONDO (Malibu, California)
March 24-25 – Gran Fondo Florida (San Antonio, Florida)
May 5-6 – Tour of Georgia Gran Fondo (Helen, Georgia)
June 3 – Highlands Gran Fondo (Butler, New Jersey)
July 14– Cache Gran Fondo (Logan, Utah)
July 22 – Gran Fondo Asheville (Asheville, North Carolina)
August 5 – Bluewater International Gran Fondo (Sarnia, Ontario)
August 4 – Tour de Big Bear/HC Gran Fondo (Big Bear Lake, California)
August 4-5 – Boone Gran Fondo (Boone, North Carolina)
August 16-19 – Vermont Challenge (Manchester, Vermont; Stratton, Vermont)
August 26 – Golden Gran Fondo (Golden, Colorado)
September 23 – Gran Fondo Maryland (Frederick, Maryland)
September 29 – Jensie Gran Fondo of Marin (Marin County, California)
The Gran Fondo National Series (GFNS) was established in 2012 as the Gran Fondo National Championship Series by Reuben Kline who has more than 25 years of experience in the cycling industry, including five years as a professional mountain bike racer, 13 years as a full-time race director, and over 22 years as promoter of the Michaux Endurance Series. GFNS is comprised of 13 European-style rides staged across the United States and Canada. Part personal challenge, part serious competition, the GFNS leads riders through country roads with challenging climbs and incredible scenery on some of the most beautiful courses in North America. For more information, or to register for an event, go to www.granfondonationalseries.com.
About the 7th Annual Cache Gran Fondo
Named one of the Top Gran Fondo in North America in 2018 by Gran Fondo Guide, the Cache Gran Fondo is always held on the 2nd Saturday in July, and provides a mostly-flat course, (except for a hill challenge in each), through one of northern Utah’s best-kept cycling secrets, Cache Valley, Utah. Many riders register for their first century, the challenge of a 50-miler, a new 38 and 70+ mile route, or as a training ride for bigger regional events like Ultimate Challenge and LOTOJA. 2018 7th Annual Cache Gran Fondo: July 14, 2018. Logan, Utah
EGAN BERNAL BECOMES FIRST COLOMBIAN AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA CHAMPION; COUNTRYMAN FERNANDO GAVIRIA SWEEPS SPRINT STAGES AT SACRAMENTO RACE CONCLUSION
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 19, 2018) – Egan Bernal, Team Sky’s 21-year-old Colombian rider, defended his lead from yesterday to claim the 2018 Amgen Tour of California championship by the second largest margin in race history, +1.25” ahead of BMC Racing Team’s U.S. rider Tejay van Garderen. Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale’s Daniel Martinez (COL) rounds out third place overall.
Gaviria wins with a bike throw! Men’s Stage Seven, Sacramento, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
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Coke seems to be the beverage of choice in the peloton. Men's Stage Seven, Sacramento, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
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Coke seems to be the beverage of choice in the peloton. Men's Stage Seven, Sacramento, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
The Amgen Race Leader Jersey traded between the two leaders after van Garderen’s blazing time trial Wednesday put him ahead of the Team Sky rider for two days. Bernal, who initially claimed the race lead on Monday’s Gibraltar Road summit stage, took back enough time on yesterday’s climbing stage to win back the coveted yellow jersey and a comfortable lead of +1.25”, leading to his first overall WorldTour race win today. Van Garderen himself still holds the race record for the largest winning margin of all time with his 2013 overall win +1.47” ahead of Michael Rogers.
“I’m so happy because it’s my first overall win on the WorldTour level,” said the 21-year old who will also go home with the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey. “Today I feel great. The team did a really good job on the race and I won, and I’m just happy.”
Presented by Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM, the men’s Stage 7 race conclusion was a 90.7-mile trek that began and ended in downtown Sacramento with three circuits that the peloton’s world-renowned sprinters were hungry for after being shut out all week by Quick-Step Floors’ Fernando Gaviria (COL). In the final stretch, Gaviria’s bike throw over the line seized the photo-finish win over Team Sunweb’s Maximilian Walscheid (GER), followed by Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Caleb Ewan (AUS). Gaviria held off lauded sprinters who have won this stage in past editions including Team Dimension Data’s Mark Cavendish (GBR) and Team KATUSHA ALPECIN’s Marcel Kittel (GER), bringing his total stage wins this week to three – a clean sweep of the expected sprint finish stages – and clinching the prestigious Visit California Sprint Jersey competition.
Gaviria was happy, “The feeling is really good. Today the victory was closer… A really good job by the team all week because always we were together for the sprint, good positioning for me, and I’m really happy with this team, and we’re really happy for this week.”
Today’s breakaway began early again and lasted until midway through the finishing circuits, containing Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s hometown rider Neilson Powless (Roseville, Calif.), Rally Cycling’s Adam de Vos (CAN), United Healthcare Pro Cycling’s Jonathan Clarke (AUS), and Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team’s U23 World Champ Mikkel Bjerg (DEN), who was awarded the Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey.
Overall Race Result:
Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR) 25h34’19”
Tejay van Garderen (USA), BMC Racing Team (USA) +1’25”
Daniel Martinez (COL), Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale (USA) +2’14”
Adam Yates (GBR), Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) + 2’16”
Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR), Team Sky (GBR) +2’28”
Jersey Winners at Race Conclusion:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Fernando Gaviria (COL), Quick-Step Floors (BEL)
Lexus King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey –Toms Skujins (LAT), Trek-Segafredo (USA)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey –Mikkel Bjerg (DEN), Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team (USA)
Overall Team Winner:
Team Sky (GBR)
Stage 7 Podium:
Fernando Gaviria (COL), Quick-Step Floors (BEL) 3h07’39″”
Maximilian Walscheid (GER), Team Sunweb (GER) +00”
Caleb Ewan (AUS), Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) +00”
Stage 7 Results:
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 7
SACRAMENTO – SACRAMENTO
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split
1 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL B:10″ 00″
2 136 *WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard SUN GER B:06″ ‘ ‘
3 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS B:04″ ‘ ‘
4 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK ‘ ‘
5 152 *BRYON Miguel HCA USA ‘ ‘
6 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR ‘ ‘
7 107 *RICE Michael HBA AUS ‘ ‘
8 65 MAGNER Tyler RLY USA ‘ ‘
9 116 MCLAY Daniel EFD GBR ‘ ‘
10 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA ‘ ‘
11 104 *GARRISON Ian HBA USA ‘ ‘
12 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA ‘ ‘
13 15 OSS Daniel BOH ITA ‘ ‘
14 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA ‘ ‘
15 13 KOLÁR Michal BOH SVK ‘ ‘
16 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG ‘ ‘
17 51 KITTEL Marcel TKA GER ‘ ‘
18 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO ‘ ‘
19 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL ‘ ‘
20 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN ‘ ‘
21 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR ‘ ‘
22 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL ‘ ‘
23 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR ‘ ‘
24 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL ‘ ‘
25 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA ‘ ‘
26 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA ‘ ‘
27 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG ‘ ‘
28 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL ‘ ‘
29 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR ‘ ‘
30 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI ‘ ‘
31 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS ‘ ‘
32 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FelipeEFD COL ‘ ‘
33 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL ‘ ‘
34 144 DURASEK Kristijan UAD CRO ‘ ‘
35 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI ‘ ‘
36 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI ‘ ‘
37 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL ‘ ‘
38 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL ‘ ‘
39 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA ‘ ‘
40 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL ‘ ‘
41 57 *ZABEL Rick TKA GER ‘ ‘
42 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA ‘ ‘
43 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA ‘ ‘
44 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR ‘ ‘
45 41 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR ‘ ‘
46 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA ‘ ‘
47 111 PHINNEY Taylor EFD USA ‘ ‘
48 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED ‘ ‘
49 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL ‘ ‘
50 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX ‘ ‘
51 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT ‘ ‘
52 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR ‘ ‘
53 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA B:03″ ‘ ‘
54 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN ‘ ‘
55 26 *VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BMC BEL ‘ ‘
56 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA ‘ ‘
57 44 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS ‘ ‘
58 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA ‘ ‘
59 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA 16″
60 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA ‘ ‘
61 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS ‘ ‘
62 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA ‘ ‘
63 102 *BARTA William HBA USA ‘ ‘
64 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA ‘ ‘
65 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI ‘ ‘
66 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL ‘ ‘
67 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA ‘ ‘
68 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED ‘ ‘
69 63 CARPENTER Robin RLY USA ‘ ‘
70 76 KLUGE Roger MTS GER ‘ ‘
71 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU ‘ ‘
72 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR ‘ ‘
73 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU ‘ ‘
74 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL ‘ ‘
75 86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR ‘ ‘
76 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA ‘ ‘
77 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI ‘ ‘
78 67 PATE Danny RLY USA ‘ ‘
79 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA ‘ ‘
80 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR ‘ ‘
81 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA ‘ ‘
82 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS ‘ ‘
83 17 SAGAN Juraj BOH SVK ‘ ‘
84 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA ‘ ‘
85 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL ‘ ‘
86 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER ‘ ‘
87 35 KEISSE Iljo QST BEL ‘ ‘
88 151 MURPHY John HCA USA 28″
89 124 RAST Gregory TFS SUI 39″
90 101 *BJERG Mikkel HBA DEN 42″
91 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED 51″
92 4 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED ‘ ‘
93 117 *OWEN Logan EFD USA ‘ ‘
94 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL ‘ ‘
95 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL ‘ ‘
96 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS ‘ ‘
97 12 BODNAR Maciej BOH POL 01’13”
98 134 STAMSNIJDER Tom SUN NED ‘ ‘
99 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI ‘ ‘
100 132 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER ‘ ‘
101 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS ‘ ‘
102 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA 01’21”
103 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA ‘ ‘
104 42 *DAVIES Scott DDD GBR ‘ ‘
105 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER ‘ ‘
106 74 HAYMAN Mathew MTS AUS ‘ ‘
107 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS 01’33”
108 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 01’40”
109 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS 02’08”
110 64 *DE VOS Adam RLY CAN B:06″ 02’26”
111 162 CLARKE Jonathan UHC AUS B:03″ 02’34”
112 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR 00″
Final GC:
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 7
SACRAMENTO – SACRAMENTO
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018
Distance: 1039.200 km
Time of the first: 25h34’19”
Average: 40.629 km/h
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split
1 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL 25h34’19” 00″
2 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 25h35’44” 01’25”
3 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FeElipFeD COL 25h36’33” 02’14”
4 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR 25h36’35” 02’16”
5 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR 25h36’47” 02’28”
6 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL 25h37’20” 03’01”
7 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA 25h37’47” 03’28”
8 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL 25h38’09” 03’50”
9 144 DURASEK Kristijan UAD CRO 25h38’18” 03’59”
10 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI 25h38’20” 04’01”
11 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA 25h39’59” 05’40”
12 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA 25h40’30” 06’11”
13 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED 25h41’22” 07’03”
14 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR 25h41’24” 07’05”
15 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA 25h41’44” 07’25”
16 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN 25h41’52” 07’33”
17 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA 25h42’16” 07’57”
18 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA 25h42’26” 08’07”
19 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT 25h42’29” 08’10”
20 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA 25h42’43” 08’24”
21 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA 25h44’14” 09’55”
22 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA 25h44’35” 10’16”
23 102 *BARTA William HBA USA 25h44’52” 10’33”
24 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA 25h47’39” 13’20”
25 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA 25h48’59” 14’40”
26 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA 25h49’14” 14’55”
27 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL 25h49’46” 15’27”
28 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
29 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA 25h49’59” 15’40”
30 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI 25h50’52” 16’33”
31 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS 25h51’15” 16’56”
32 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR 25h51’21” 17’02”
33 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN 25h52’44” 18’25”
34 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR 25h52’54” 18’35”
35 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL 25h54’30” 20’11”
36 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS 25h54’56” 20’37”
37 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI 25h56’30” 22’11”
38 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED 25h56’31” 22’12”
39 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX 25h56’36” 22’17”
40 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU 25h56’48” 22’29”
41 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL 25h58’09” 23’50”
42 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL 25h58’20” 24’01”
43 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA 25h58’51” 24’32”
44 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 25h59’04” 24’45”
45 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA 26h00’17” 25’58”
46 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS 26h01’43” 27’24”
47 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL 26h02’29” 28’10”
48 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU 26h03’32” 29’13”
49 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR 26h04’43” 30’24”
50 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL 26h05’14” 30’55”
51 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL 26h07’16” 32’57”
52 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA 26h07’23” 33’04”
53 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA 26h10’33” 36’14”
54 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI 26h10’51” 36’32”
55 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS 26h10’53” 36’34”
56 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR 26h10’54” 36’35”
57 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER 26h11’33” 37’14”
58 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK 26h12’17” 37’58”
59 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 26h15’17” 40’58”
60 101 *BJERG Mikkel HBA DEN 26h15’29” 41’10”
61 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO 26h15’50” 41’31”
62 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR 26h16’26” 42’07”
63 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA 26h16’38” 42’19”
64 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL 26h16’41” 42’22”
65 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA 26h16’43” 42’24”
66 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR 26h17’01” 42’42”
67 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA 26h18’24” 44’05”
68 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED 26h18’38” 44’19”
69 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS 26h19’05” 44’46”
70 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG 26h20’17” 45’58”
71 74 HAYMAN Mathew MTS AUS 26h20’34” 46’15”
72 104 *GARRISON Ian HBA USA 26h22’13” 47’54”
73 4 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED 26h22’17” 47’58”
74 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI 26h22’30” 48’11”
75 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL 26h22’35” 48’16”
76 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS 26h22’53” 48’34”
77 63 CARPENTER Robin RLY USA 26h22’59” 48’40”
78 15 OSS Daniel BOH ITA 26h24’00” 49’41”
79 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 26h24’51” 50’32”
80 124 RAST Gregory TFS SUI 26h25’06” 50’47”
81 86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 26h25’09” 50’50”
82 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG 26h25’41” 51’22”
83 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI 26h26’00” 51’41”
84 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS 26h27’03” 52’44”
85 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA 26h28’25” 54’06”
86 65 MAGNER Tyler RLY USA 26h29’17” 54’58”
87 111 PHINNEY Taylor EFD USA 26h29’47” 55’28”
88 151 MURPHY John HCA USA 26h29’56” 55’37”
89 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA 26h30’13” 55’54”
90 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL 26h30’53” 56’34”
91 12 BODNAR Maciej BOH POL 26h31’00” 56’41”
92 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS 26h31’32” 57’13”
93 57 *ZABEL Rick TKA GER 26h32’17” 57’58”
94 132 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER 26h32’33” 58’14”
95 116 MCLAY Daniel EFD GBR 26h32’44” 58’25”
96 107 *RICE Michael HBA AUS 26h32’56” 58’37”
97 35 KEISSE Iljo QST BEL 26h33’01” 58’42”
98 41 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR 26h33’19” 59’00”
99 152 *BRYON Miguel HCA USA 26h33’27” 59’08”
100 67 PATE Danny RLY USA 26h33’42” 59’23”
101 76 KLUGE Roger MTS GER 26h34’09” 59’50”
102 42 *DAVIES Scott DDD GBR 26h34’45” 1h00’26”
103 117 *OWEN Logan EFD USA 26h35’28” 1h01’09”
104 162 CLARKE Jonathan UHC AUS 26h36’17” 1h01’58”
EGAN BERNAL REGAINS RACE LEAD, DOMINATING CLIMBS ON PENULTIMATE RACE DAY AT THE 2018 AMGEN TOUR OFCALIFORNIA
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (May 18, 2018) – Egan Bernal, Team Sky’s 21-year-old Colombian rider, may have ceded his King of the Mountains lead to Trek-Segafredo’s Toms Skujins(LAT) in today’s mountainous stage, but he regained the overall Amgen Tour of California race lead with a daring solo uphill finish that pulled him +1.25” ahead of BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen (Tacoma, Wash.), who now sits second overall going into tomorrow’s Sacramento race finale.
Egan Bernal (Team Sky) points to his team name acknowledge the support they gave hiim to win Men’s Stage Six, Folsom to South Lake Tahoe, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
Victory salute Egan Bernal (Team Sky). Men’s Stage Six, Folsom to South Lake Tahoe, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
Egan Bernal (Team Sky) shakes hands with teammate & 3rd place finisher Tao Geoghegan Hart who gave his all in assisting Bernal on the cilmb up to South Lake Tahoe. Men’s Stage Six, Folsom to South Lake Tahoe, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) leads the “laughing” group of late finishers on Men’s Stage Six, Folsom to South Lake Tahoe, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
Presented by Visit California, Stage 6 was a 122.1-mile trek from Folsom to South Lake Tahoe with seven categorized climbs that began in short order after the riders departed. Bernal, who won Monday’s mountainous Stage 2 atop Gibraltar Road, attacked on today’s penultimate Daggett Summit climb and continued to put time on overall race leader van Garderen, who had ousted Bernal at Wednesday’s time trial.
“Today was a long day, but I felt so good, and the last long climb the team did a really good job,” said Bernal. “They made a really hard pace….After this climb we were like 10km to ride, so I just kept pushing hard, but I’m happy with the result and I’m happy for the team.”
Bernal had nurtured his solo lead to 1.5 minutes on the chase group with 1km to go to the uphill finish line at Heavenly Mountain Resort. Most of the top-10 GC riders were off the front of the main group on the descent before the final climb, including Michelton-SCOTT’s Adam Yates (GBR), Team Sky’s Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) and Rally Cycling’s Brandon McNulty (USA), who took second, third and fourth for the stage respectively, as well as Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale’s Daniel Martinez (COL), who successfully retained third place in the overall standings. van Garderen placed seventh for the stage.
Bernal also won the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey for the fifth day. The Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey went to Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale’s Lawson Craddock (Austin, Texas). Craddock noted, “Pretty chill stage, right? Every rider looked at this stage coming into the week and knew it was going to be pretty insane. Half the peloton wanted to be in the breakaway because on a 100km climb, no matter where you are, you’re pretty much are doing the same effort, so fortunately I was able to jump into the breakaway. We cooperated really well. I think at one point it was four or five minutes, but I think there was a rider in there a bit too close on a GC for BMC to let the leash go too much, which is a bit unfortunate. In the end, Sky had their tactics set all day. They wanted to make it hard. I was sitting up there a bit frustrated, ‘oh, what’s Sky doing, why are they doing this,’ but you can’t really doubt those results that they pulled out today.”
Stage 6 Podium
Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR) 5h30’58”
Adam Yates (GBR), Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) +1’28”
Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR), Team Sky (GBR) +1’30”
Jersey Winners after Stage 6:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Lexus King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey –Toms Skujins (LAT), Trek-Segafredo (USA)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey –Lawson Craddock (USA), Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale (USA)
Stage 6 Results:
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 6
FOLSOM – SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split
1 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL B:10″ 00″
2 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR B:06″ 01’28”
3 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR B:04″ 01’30”
4 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA 01’33”
5 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS 01’38”
6 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI ‘ ‘
7 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA ‘ ‘
8 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL 01’45”
9 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA 01’46”
10 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FelipeEFD COL 01’50”
11 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL ‘ ‘
12 144 DURASEK Kristijan UAD CRO 01’57”
13 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA 01’59”
14 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS 03’12”
15 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA 03’16”
16 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA 03’25”
17 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN ‘ ‘
18 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA 03’43”
19 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR ‘ ‘
20 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED 03’48”
21 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA 03’50”
22 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL ‘ ‘
23 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT B:03″ ‘ ‘
24 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA 03’56”
25 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA 04’07”
26 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA 05’10”
27 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX 05’46”
28 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR 05’59”
29 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA ‘ ‘
30 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL ‘ ‘
31 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI 07’34”
32 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA ‘ ‘
33 102 *BARTA William HBA USA ‘ ‘
34 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL ‘ ‘
35 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA B:03″ 08’56”
36 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL ‘ ‘
37 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA 09’33”
38 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN 09’38”
39 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR 09’48”
40 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA B:01″ 09’51”
41 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA 10’15”
42 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED B:01″ ‘ ‘
43 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS ‘ ‘
44 101 *BJERG Mikkel HBA DEN ‘ ‘
45 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI ‘ ‘
46 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED ‘ ‘
47 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL 10’37”
48 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 11’18”
49 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL B:04″ 12’46”
50 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL 14’24”
51 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK 17’00”
52 15 OSS Daniel BOH ITA ‘ ‘
53 17 SAGAN Juraj BOH SVK ‘ ‘
54 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA ‘ ‘
55 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU ‘ ‘
56 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI ‘ ‘
57 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL ‘ ‘
58 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER ‘ ‘
59 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO ‘ ‘
60 4 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED ‘ ‘
61 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA ‘ ‘
62 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA ‘ ‘
63 65 MAGNER Tyler RLY USA ‘ ‘
64 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU ‘ ‘
65 63 CARPENTER Robin RLY USA ‘ ‘
66 74 HAYMAN Mathew MTS AUS ‘ ‘
67 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL ‘ ‘
68 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR ‘ ‘
69 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA ‘ ‘
70 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR 18’34”
71 132 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER ‘ ‘
72 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL ‘ ‘
73 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR ‘ ‘
74 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS ‘ ‘
75 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR ‘ ‘
76 104 *GARRISON Ian HBA USA ‘ ‘
77 86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR ‘ ‘
78 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG 19’20”
79 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS ‘ ‘
80 124 RAST Gregory TFS SUI 21’10”
81 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA 23’42”
82 117 *OWEN Logan EFD USA 24’27”
83 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS ‘ ‘
84 107 *RICE Michael HBA AUS ‘ ‘
85 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL 25’14”
86 35 KEISSE Iljo QST BEL ‘ ‘
87 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA ‘ ‘
88 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI ‘ ‘
89 42 *DAVIES Scott DDD GBR ‘ ‘
90 26 *VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BMC BEL ‘ ‘
91 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL ‘ ‘
92 136 *WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard SUN GER ‘ ‘
93 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI ‘ ‘
94 64 *DE VOS Adam RLY CAN ‘ ‘
95 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA ‘ ‘
96 116 MCLAY Daniel EFD GBR ‘ ‘
97 57 *ZABEL Rick TKA GER ‘ ‘
98 41 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR ‘ ‘
99 44 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS ‘ ‘
100 51 KITTEL Marcel TKA GER ‘ ‘
101 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS ‘ ‘
102 134 STAMSNIJDER Tom SUN NED ‘ ‘
103 13 KOLÁR Michal BOH SVK ‘ ‘
104 12 BODNAR Maciej BOH POL ‘ ‘
105 67 PATE Danny RLY USA ‘ ‘
106 162 CLARKE Jonathan UHC AUS ‘ ‘
107 152 *BRYON Miguel HCA USA ‘ ‘
108 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG ‘ ‘
109 151 MURPHY John HCA USA ‘ ‘
110 111 PHINNEY Taylor EFD USA ‘ ‘
111 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS ‘ ‘
112 76 KLUGE Roger MTS GER ‘ ‘
Did not finish
146 MIRZA AL-HAMMADI Yousif UAD UAE
153 COMPANIONI Ruben HCA CUB
2 rider(s).
Did not start
87 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz SKY POL
1 rider(s).
GC after Stage 6:
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 6
FOLSOM – SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018
Distance: 896.200 km
Time of the first: 22h26’40”
Average: 39.920 km/h
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split
1 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL 22h26’40” 00″
2 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 22h28’05” 01’25”
3 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FeElipFeD COL 22h28’54” 02’14”
4 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR 22h28’56” 02’16”
5 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR 22h29’08” 02’28”
6 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL 22h29’41” 03’01”
7 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA 22h30’08” 03’28”
8 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL 22h30’30” 03’50”
9 144 DURASEK Kristijan UAD CRO 22h30’39” 03’59”
10 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI 22h30’41” 04’01”
11 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA 22h32’20” 05’40”
12 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA 22h32’51” 06’11”
13 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED 22h33’43” 07’03”
14 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR 22h33’45” 07’05”
15 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA 22h34’08” 07’28”
16 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN 22h34’13” 07’33”
17 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA 22h34’21” 07’41”
18 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA 22h34’31” 07’51”
19 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA 22h34’48” 08’08”
20 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT 22h34’50” 08’10”
21 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA 22h36’35” 09’55”
22 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA 22h36’40” 10’00”
23 102 *BARTA William HBA USA 22h36’57” 10’17”
24 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA 22h40’00” 13’20”
25 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL 22h41’16” 14’36”
26 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA 22h41’19” 14’39”
27 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA 22h41’20” 14’40”
28 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL 22h41’51” 15’11”
29 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA 22h42’04” 15’24”
30 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI 22h43’13” 16’33”
31 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS 22h43’20” 16’40”
32 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR 22h43’26” 16’46”
33 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN 22h45’05” 18’25”
34 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR 22h45’15” 18’35”
35 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL 22h46’51” 20’11”
36 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS 22h47’01” 20’21”
37 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED 22h48’36” 21’56”
38 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI 22h48’51” 22’11”
39 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU 22h48’53” 22’13”
40 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX 22h48’57” 22’17”
41 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL 22h50’14” 23’34”
42 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL 22h50’41” 24’01”
43 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA 22h50’56” 24’16”
44 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 22h51’09” 24’29”
45 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS 22h52’31” 25’51”
46 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA 22h52’38” 25’58”
47 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL 22h54’34” 27’54”
48 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU 22h55’37” 28’57”
49 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR 22h56’48” 30’08”
50 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL 22h57’35” 30’55”
51 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA 22h58’23” 31’43”
52 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL 22h59’37” 32’57”
53 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER 23h02’33” 35’53”
54 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA 23h02’54” 36’14”
55 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI 23h02’56” 36’16”
56 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS 23h03’14” 36’34”
57 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR 23h03’15” 36’35”
58 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK 23h04’38” 37’58”
59 101 *BJERG Mikkel HBA DEN 23h07’08” 40’28”
60 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 23h07’38” 40’58”
61 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO 23h08’11” 41’31”
62 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA 23h08’43” 42’03”
63 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR 23h08’47” 42’07”
64 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA 23h09’04” 42’24”
65 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL 23h09’12” 42’32”
66 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR 23h09’22” 42’42”
67 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA 23h09’24” 42’44”
68 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED 23h10’08” 43’28”
69 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS 23h10’35” 43’55”
70 74 HAYMAN Mathew MTS AUS 23h11’34” 44’54”
71 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG 23h12’38” 45’58”
72 4 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED 23h13’47” 47’07”
73 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL 23h14’05” 47’25”
74 104 *GARRISON Ian HBA USA 23h14’34” 47’54”
75 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI 23h14’35” 47’55”
76 63 CARPENTER Robin RLY USA 23h15’04” 48’24”
77 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS 23h15’18” 48’38”
78 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 23h15’32” 48’52”
79 15 OSS Daniel BOH ITA 23h16’21” 49’41”
80 124 RAST Gregory TFS SUI 23h16’48” 50’08”
81 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI 23h17’08” 50’28”
82 86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 23h17’14” 50’34”
83 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG 23h18’02” 51’22”
84 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS 23h18’11” 51’31”
85 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA 23h20’30” 53’50”
86 65 MAGNER Tyler RLY USA 23h21’38” 54’58”
87 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS 23h21’45” 55’05”
88 151 MURPHY John HCA USA 23h21’49” 55’09”
89 12 BODNAR Maciej BOH POL 23h22’08” 55’28”
90 111 PHINNEY Taylor EFD USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
91 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA 23h22’34” 55’54”
92 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL 23h23’14” 56’34”
93 132 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER 23h23’41” 57’01”
KATIE HALL REPEATS HISTORY AND SEIZES RACE LEAD IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH WOMEN’S RACE CONCLUSION ON THEHORIZON
A pair of California riders, UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling’s Katie Hall (Oakland, Calif.) and Trek-Drops’ Tayler Wiles (Fairfax, Calif.), jumped out of the pack with about 5 miles to go in today’s mountainous South Lake Tahoe stage, with Hall ultimately pulling ahead to a solo stage victory, which she also claimed last year on the same stage finish. Having lost the race lead last year to Anna van der Breggen by just one second gained through Sprint points on the final circuit stage in Sacramento, Hall’s goal today was to gain enough time to protect her lead tomorrow on the same course.
2018 Tour of California Women’s Stage 2 Photo Gallery by Dave Richards
A small group of riders from the shattered peloton on the slopes of the Daggett Summit climb. Women's Stage Two, South Lake Tahoe, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
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A small group of riders from the shattered peloton on the slopes of the Daggett Summit climb. Women's Stage Two, South Lake Tahoe, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
“I just wanted to come out and race my bike and give it another good, hard try, and I feel good to come away with a 29 second gap today,” said Hall.
Battling a very steep final kilometer into Heavenly Mountain Resort, Wiles trailed in next over the finish line, with CANYON//SRAM Racing’s Kasia Niewiadoma (POL) in third. The three hold the same positions on the overall leaderboard going into the race conclusion tomorrow, with Hall at 29 seconds overWiles and 1’07” over Niewiadoma.
Snow remains at the top of Heavenly Valley Ski Resort high above the riders on the final climb of Women’s Stage Two, South Lake Tahoe, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
Wiles commented, “It was pretty good up Kingsbury. It was a little different than last year because we had Boels (Dolmans Cycling Team) here last year, and Boels kind of dictated the pace from the bottom. So it was a little different this year, but with 5k to go, attacks started to go, and people started to shed, and I looked at the back of Katie’s wheel and held on for dear life.”
Presented by Visit California, Stage 2 (W) was a 67.1-mile climb-centric day in South Lake Tahoe. The day included the 7,740-foot summit of Luther Pass and the grueling HC climb up Kingsbury Grade, a monster of a climb at 8 miles in length, 2,600 feet elevation gain, and an average 6% grade.
Hall’s ride earned her the Lexus Queen of the Mountain Jersey as well as the Visit California Sprint Jersey. Hagens Berman | Supermint Pro Cycling’s Lily Williams (USA) earned the Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM Most Courageous Rider Jersey for spending a portion of the day in a solo break, and the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey goes to Rally Cycling’s Sara Poidevin (CAN).
Stage 2 Podium
Katie Hall (USA), UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA) 3h06’41”
Tayler Wiles (USA), Trek-Drops (GBR) +25″
Kasia Niewiadoma (POL),CANYON//SRAM Racing +1’01”
Jersey Winners after Stage 2:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Katie Hall (USA), UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)
Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTMMost Courageous Rider Jersey – Lily Williams (USA), Hagens Berman | Supermint Pro Cycling (USA)
Lexus Queen of the Mountain (QOM) Jersey –Katie Hall (USA), UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Katie Hall (USA), UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Sara Poidevin (CAN), Rally Cycling (USA)
Stage 2 Results:
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 2
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE – SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split
By Nate Gibby — CEDAR CITY, Utah — In his first ever cross-country mountain bike race, Apex/NBX/Hyperthreads rider Jules Goguely took the elite men’s division title while K.C. Holley (Kuhl Cycling) won her second straight elite women’s race in the Intermountain Cup’s Three Peaks Classic held in Cedar City, Utah.
As the Intermountain Cup cross-country series returned to the Three Peaks Recreation Area for the first time in years, the approximately 8-mile course featured 500’ of gain per lap with protruding granite slabs, single track dirt, and a handful of sand bogs to keep riders on their toes.
Elite men’s riders in the 2018 Three Peaks Classic from left to right: Joules Goguely, Spencer Maughan, Chris Holley and Gabe Noorda. Photo by Nate Gibby
As a veteran road racer, Goguely outpaced the competition to claim first place on the podium for the elite men’s race in his first ever cross-country MTB race. With a tight pack of elite riders keeping pace throughout two of four laps, Goguely created enough separation on the third lap and held on throughout the final lap to edge out 16-year-old phenom Gabe Noorda (Summit) by 30 seconds and Chris Holley (Kuhl Cycling) by nearly a minute. “The sport is so fast that every turn matters,” said Goguely. “The course a nice power course… fast and hard.”
KC Holley on her way to claim the women’s elite title in the 2018 Three Peaks Classic. Photo by Nate Gibby
Chris wasn’t the only Holley to podium as his wife K.C. won her second straight Intermountain Cup in the elite women’s race. Erika Powers (Bingham Cyclery/Peak Fasteners) and Emily Guffin (9Seventy Racing) got out of the starting line quickly and maintained the lead up until the first of the single track. K.C. pulled ahead at that point and had created a 13-second gap by the end of first lap. She continued to create separation through the remaining two laps to win by nearly two minutes. On her victory K.C. said, “I felt like I played my week really well and that paid off today.”
Emily Vaughn rides the 2018 Three Peaks Classic. Photo by Nate Gibby
K.C. and Chris Holley are Intermountain Cup regulars who place on the podium frequently. They have a four year old daughter and mountain bike together when they can between balancing family, full time work, and training.
In the high school divisions, Natalie Quinn (ImpactDevo/Bountiful Bicycle), Torrey Turner (Summit Bike Club) and Grace Jencks took the top spots respectively in the varsity girls category. The varsity boys category winners were respectively Luke Heinrich (Kuhl Cycling), Porter Hawkes and Andrew Draper (Maybird Reyes-Psych).
About I-Cup
Founded in 1991, the Intermountain Cup consists of X-country and endurance MTB races throughout Utah. With seven X-country races of approximately 25 miles and one endurance races of approximately 50 miles, the series covers some of the most pristine and difficult rides in the state.
Next up in the Intermountain Cup is the Wasatch 50, the lone endurance race in this year’s series, is. Held in Heber City, Utah on June 2, the trail features a 21-mile loop nestled between Jordanelle Reservoir and Mount Timpanogos.
More information about the Intermountain Cup MTB Race Series, including a full schedule and complete race results is available at intermountaincup.com.
FERNANDO GAVIRIA CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTORY ON TURBULENT FINISH AT STAGE 5 OF THE 2018 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
ELK GROVE, Calif. (May 17, 2018) – Quick-Step Floors’ Fernando Gaviria (COL) claimed his second win at the 2018 Amgen Tour of California, his sixth of the season. Gaviria further cements his comeback from a hand injury earlier this year, with the stage podium result duplicating Sunday’s Stage 1.
Photo Gallery by Dave Richards
Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) ponders what's for lunch. Men's Stage Five, Stockton to Elk Grove, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
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Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) ponders what's for lunch. Men's Stage Five, Stockton to Elk Grove, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
“We are happy because [it was a] really nice victory today…these guys [teammates] are really strong, and I’m really happy,” said 23-year-old Gaviria.
A breakaway formed just after today’s Stage 5 presented by Visit California took off in Stockton and lasted until the last few miles containing Stijn Vandenbergh (AG2R La Mondiale), Michael Rice (Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team), Tanner Putt (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling), and teammates Ruben Companioni and Fabian Lienhard (Holowesko|Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources).
Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) celebrates the wind on Men’s Stage Five, Stockton to Elk Grove, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
The final miles of the mostly fast and flat course to Elk Grove saw chaos on the road beginning with Team Dimension Data’s decorated sprinter Mark Cavendish (GBR) suffering a wheel mechanical with under 10 miles left to ride. Despite losing time on the repair, he was able to work his way back up to the main group, narrowly escaping a crash in the final couple of miles that took several riders out of contention.
Favored sprinters for this stage suffered tire punctures in the final few miles: Team KATUSHA ALPECIN’S Marcel Kittel (GER) and Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Caleb Ewan (AUS), who was able to rebound and propel himself in the final meters from fourth position to end the stage in second, just ahead of BORA-hansgrohe’s World Champion Peter Sagan (SVK). Ewan’s ride earned him a start tomorrow in the Visit California Sprint Jersey.
There is no change to the overall standings with BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen (Tacoma, Wash.) retaining the Amgen Race Leader Jersey and his 23-second lead over Egan Bernal, Team Sky’s 21-year-old Colombian rider.
“It’s gonna be a really aggressive race tomorrow. Bernal is gonna for sure do everything he can to try to wrestle this jersey off of me, and I’m gonna do everything I can to keep it on my back,” said van Garderen, the 2013 Amgen Tour of California Champion.
Bernal retains the Lexus King of the Mountain Jersey and the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey for the fourth day. For his part in the breakaway, Fabian Lienhard (SUI) received the Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey.
Jersey Winners after Stage 5:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Tejay van Garderen (USA), BMC Racing Team (USA)
Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey- Fabian Lienhard (SUI), Holowesko|Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources (USA)
Lexus King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Caleb Ewan (AUS), Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Presented by Visit California, tomorrow’s Stage 6 (M) and Stage 2 (W) both include the HC climb up Kingsbury Grade. The women will spend the day on a 67.1-mile climb-centric day in South Lake Tahoe, where the men will also finish after a 122.1 mile trek including seven categorized climbs that they’ll begin to encounter shortly after they depart from Folsom.
The 2018 edition of America’s premier cycling stage race covers 645 miles of roadways, highways and coastlines during seven stages from Long Beach to Sacramento May 13-19, while the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM, showcasing the world’s best women cyclists, runs concurrently May 17-19, covering upward of 187 miles over three stages. The annual professional cycling events are the only U.S. races on the UCI WorldTour calendar and continue to attract some of the most renowned cyclists and teams in the world.
Results
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 5
STOCKTON – ELK GROVE
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split
1 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL B:10″ 00″
2 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS B:06″ ‘ ‘
3 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK B:04″ ‘ ‘
4 57 *ZABEL Rick TKA GER ‘ ‘
5 151 MURPHY John HCA USA ‘ ‘
6 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA ‘ ‘
7 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG ‘ ‘
8 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR ‘ ‘
9 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR ‘ ‘
10 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA ‘ ‘
11 104 *GARRISON Ian HBA USA ‘ ‘
12 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS ‘ ‘
13 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA ‘ ‘
14 152 *BRYON Miguel HCA USA ‘ ‘
15 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA ‘ ‘
16 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR ‘ ‘
17 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FelipeEFD COL ‘ ‘
18 116 MCLAY Daniel EFD GBR ‘ ‘
19 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS ‘ ‘
20 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA ‘ ‘
21 144 DURASEK Kristijan UAD CRO ‘ ‘
22 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA ‘ ‘
23 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA ‘ ‘
24 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG ‘ ‘
25 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR ‘ ‘
26 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA ‘ ‘
27 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR ‘ ‘
28 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL ‘ ‘
29 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI ‘ ‘
30 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED ‘ ‘
31 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL ‘ ‘
32 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA ‘ ‘
33 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL ‘ ‘
34 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL ‘ ‘
35 41 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR ‘ ‘
36 102 *BARTA William HBA USA ‘ ‘
37 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI ‘ ‘
38 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL ‘ ‘
39 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR ‘ ‘
40 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL ‘ ‘
41 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT ‘ ‘
42 63 CARPENTER Robin RLY USA ‘ ‘
43 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA ‘ ‘
44 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO ‘ ‘
45 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL ‘ ‘
46 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU ‘ ‘
47 4 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED ‘ ‘
48 13 KOLÁR Michal BOH SVK ‘ ‘
49 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL ‘ ‘
50 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA ‘ ‘
51 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA ‘ ‘
52 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA ‘ ‘
53 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA ‘ ‘
54 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS ‘ ‘
55 162 CLARKE Jonathan UHC AUS ‘ ‘
56 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA ‘ ‘
57 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN ‘ ‘
58 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR ‘ ‘
59 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA ‘ ‘
60 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL ‘ ‘
61 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR ‘ ‘
62 146 MIRZA AL-HAMMADI Yousif UAD UAE ‘ ‘
63 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI ‘ ‘
64 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL ‘ ‘
65 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED ‘ ‘
66 124 RAST Gregory TFS SUI ‘ ‘
67 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL ‘ ‘
68 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS ‘ ‘
69 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA ‘ ‘
70 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA ‘ ‘
71 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR 23″
72 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI ‘ ‘
73 67 PATE Danny RLY USA ‘ ‘
74 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN 27″
75 76 KLUGE Roger MTS GER ‘ ‘
76 17 SAGAN Juraj BOH SVK 33″
77 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL B:03″ 49″
78 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA ‘ ‘
79 111 PHINNEY Taylor EFD USA 52″
80 12 BODNAR Maciej BOH POL 57″
81 35 KEISSE Iljo QST BEL 59″
82 101 *BJERG Mikkel HBA DEN 01’00”
83 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL 01’02”
84 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI B:05″ 01’09”
85 15 OSS Daniel BOH ITA ‘ ‘
86 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI 00″
87 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 01’26”
88 51 KITTEL Marcel TKA GER ‘ ‘
89 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA B:03″ ‘ ‘
90 74 HAYMAN Mathew MTS AUS 01’45”
91 117 *OWEN Logan EFD USA 02’02”
92 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA ‘ ‘
93 86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR 02’09”
94 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU ‘ ‘
95 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA ‘ ‘
96 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 02’51”
97 42 *DAVIES Scott DDD GBR 04’18”
98 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL 04’20”
99 44 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS ‘ ‘
100 134 STAMSNIJDER Tom SUN NED ‘ ‘
101 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER ‘ ‘
102 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX ‘ ‘
103 65 MAGNER Tyler RLY USA ‘ ‘
104 87 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz SKY POL 05’04”
105 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA 05’06”
106 64 *DE VOS Adam RLY CAN 06’17”
107 132 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER 06’58”
108 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED ‘ ‘
109 136 *WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard SUN GER ‘ ‘
110 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS ‘ ‘
111 107 *RICE Michael HBA AUS 07’25”
112 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS ‘ ‘
113 153 COMPANIONI Ruben HCA CUB B:01″ ‘ ‘
114 26 *VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BMC BEL ‘ ‘
115 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS ‘ ‘
Did not finish
106 *PHILIPSEN Jasper HBA BEL
1 rider(s).
GC After Stage 5:
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 5
STOCKTON – ELK GROVE
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
Distance: 699.700 km
Time of the first: 16h55’29”
Average: 41.342 km/h
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split
1 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 16h55’29” 00″
2 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL 16h55’52” 23″
3 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FeElipFeD COL 16h56’06” 37″
4 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR 16h56’36” 01’07”
5 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR 16h56’44” 01’15”
6 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL 16h56’58” 01’29”
7 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA 16h57’37” 02’08”
8 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL 16h57’42” 02’13”
9 144 DURASEK Kristijan UAD CRO 16h57’44” 02’15”
10 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA 16h58’03” 02’34”
11 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI 16h58’05” 02’36”
12 102 *BARTA William HBA USA 16h58’25” 02’56”
13 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED 16h58’57” 03’28”
14 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR 16h59’04” 03’35”
15 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA 16h59’12” 03’43”
16 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA 16h59’14” 03’45”
17 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA 16h59’23” 03’54”
18 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN 16h59’50” 04’21”
19 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA 17h00’00” 04’31”
20 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT 17h00’05” 04’36”
21 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA 17h00’07” 04’38”
22 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
23 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA 17h00’08” 04’39”
24 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA 17h00’51” 05’22”
25 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU 17h00’55” 05’26”
26 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA 17h01’59” 06’30”
27 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS 17h02’07” 06’38”
28 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL 17h04’19” 08’50”
29 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA 17h04’23” 08’54”
30 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR 17h04’29” 09’00”
31 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
32 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI 17h04’41” 09’12”
33 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL 17h05’19” 09’50”
34 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA 17h06’14” 10’45”
35 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR 17h06’29” 11’00”
36 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL 17h06’34” 11’05”
37 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL 17h07’03” 11’34”
38 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR 17h07’16” 11’47”
39 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED 17h07’24” 11’55”
40 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI 17h07’38” 12’09”
41 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU 17h07’39” 12’10”
42 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL 17h08’19” 12’50”
43 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 17h08’53” 13’24”
44 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL 17h11’39” 16’10”
45 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA 17h12’07” 16’38”
46 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX 17h12’13” 16’44”
47 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL 17h12’59” 17’30”
48 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS 17h13’42” 18’13”
49 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS 17h14’25” 18’56”
50 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER 17h14’35” 19’06”
51 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA 17h14’48” 19’19”
52 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA 17h14’56” 19’27”
53 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI 17h14’58” 19’29”
54 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR 17h15’17” 19’48”
55 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK 17h16’40” 21’11”
56 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL 17h17’41” 22’12”
57 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL 17h17’53” 22’24”
58 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 17h18’06” 22’37”
59 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS 17h18’21” 22’52”
60 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI 17h18’23” 22’54”
61 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA 17h18’32” 23’03”
62 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS 17h19’06” 23’37”
63 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR 17h19’15” 23’46”
64 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 17h19’20” 23’51”
65 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR 17h19’50” 24’21”
66 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO 17h20’13” 24’44”
67 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS 17h20’17” 24’48”
68 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA 17h20’45” 25’16”
69 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI 17h20’56” 25’27”
70 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA 17h21’06” 25’37”
71 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL 17h21’14” 25’45”
72 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA 17h21’26” 25’57”
73 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG 17h21’50” 26’21”
74 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS 17h21’59” 26’30”
75 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG 17h22’20” 26’51”
CALIFORNIAN KENDALL RYAN WINS STAGE ONE OF WOMEN’S THREE-DAY RACE
AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S RACE EMPOWERED WITH SRAM
As the women’s race kicked off today, the anticipated sprint to the finish ended with Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank delivering their 2015 National Champion (Criterium) Kendall Ryan, (born Thousand Oaks, Calif. / resides Ventura, Calif.) to the stage victory.
“Today I just was able to surf the bunch and stay hidden from the wind and my teammates just made sure that I was protected and in the right spot in the end,” said Ryan, whose sister Alexis Ryan is also in the race with Canyon//SRAM. “All the hard work and heartbreak and all the suffering I’ve gone through just finally paid off… It’s just huge for me – I’ve never won yellow, I’ve never been on a stage like this before and won a race like this… You’re with the best of the best in the entire world and everyone shows up with their A-game and everyone shows up with their top team for this race, and you have to do everything right.”
Next over the line were Rally Cycling’s Emma White (Duanesburg, New York) and Wiggle High5’s former track World Champion and 2012 Olympic Omnium Bronze Medalist Annette Edmondson (AUS).
The opening stage for the women’s race returns to Elk Grove, which made its first race appearance last year, for an 80-mile day with two Sprints and no Queen of the Mountain climbs (QOMs) – a very fast and flat route that delivered the expected bunch sprint to the finish.
Just over halfway into Stage 1 presented by Visit California, a breakaway including BePink’s Lisa Morzenti (ITA) and Hagens Berman | Supermint Pro Cycling’s Whitney Allison (Fort Collins, Colo.). Allison spent solo time off the front to earn the Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM Most Courageous Rider Jersey before being reabsorbed by the peloton as they began arranging to deliver their sprinters to the finish with about 6 miles left to ride.
Stage 1 Podium
1. Kendall Ryan (USA), Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank (USA)
2. Emma White (USA), Rally Cycling (USA)
3. Annette Edmondson (AUS), Wiggle High5 (GBR)
Jersey Winners after Stage 1:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Kendall Ryan (USA), Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank (USA)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Kendall Ryan (USA), Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank (USA)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Emma White (USA), Rally Cycling (USA)
Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM Most Courageous Rider Jersey – Whitney Allison (USA), Hagens Berman | Supermint Pro Cycling (USA)
Presented by Visit California, tomorrow’s Stage 6 (M) and Stage 2 (W) both include the HC climb up Kingsbury Grade. The women will spend the day on a 67.1-mile climb-centric day in South Lake Tahoe, where the men will also finish after a 122.1 mile trek including seven categorized climbs that they’ll begin to encounter shortly after they depart from Folsom.
The 2018 edition of America’s premier cycling stage race covers 645 miles of roadways, highways and coastlines during seven stages from Long Beach to Sacramento May 13-19, while the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM, showcasing the world’s best women cyclists, runs concurrently May 17-19, covering upward of 187 miles over three stages. The annual professional cycling events are the only U.S. races on the UCI WorldTour calendar and continue to attract some of the most renowned cyclists and teams in the world.
Tour of California 2018 infographic.
Results:
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 1
ELK GROVE – ELK GROVE
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split
1 66 RYAN Kendall TIB USA B:10″ 00″
2 106 *WHITE Emma RLW USA B:06″ ‘ ‘
3 41 EDMONDSON Annette WHT AUS B:04″ ‘ ‘
4 54 RYAN Alexis CSR USA ‘ ‘
5 31 RIVERA Coryn SUN USA ‘ ‘
6 86 VALENTE Jennifer T20 USA ‘ ‘
7 134 *SPEROTTO Maria Vittoria BPK ITA ‘ ‘
8 116 WILLIAMS Lily HBS USA ‘ ‘
9 4 HANSON Lauretta UHC AUS ‘ ‘
10 25 *SCHNEIDER Skylar USA USA ‘ ‘
11 46 *STEWART Macey WHT AUS ‘ ‘
12 75 *LLOYD Manon DRP GBR ‘ ‘
13 5 PEĄUELA MARTINEZ Diana CarolUinHaC COL ‘ ‘
14 32 *LABOUS Juliette SUN FRA ‘ ‘
15 36 WINDER Ruth SUN USA ‘ ‘
16 3 HALL Lauren UHC USA ‘ ‘
17 61 DREXEL CLOUTHIER Ingrid TIB MEX ‘ ‘
18 64 JACKSON Alison TIB CAN ‘ ‘
19 124 *SALAZAR VAZQUEZ Lizbeth YareSlWi A MEX ‘ ‘
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 17, 2018) – The Gran Fondo National Series (GFNS), the largest series of Gran Fondo events in the USA with a nationwide calendar of 13 events, today announced the addition of the Cache Gran Fondo to its 2018 calendar, bringing GFNS estimated attendance to nearly 10,000 riders. Located in the beautiful northern Utah mountain setting of Cache Valley Utah, the Cache Gran Fondo offers open roads, clean air and a cycling-friendly community. The event is always held on the second Saturday in July which in 2018 is July 14th.
At the 2017 Cache Gran Fondo. Photo by Gary Bird, courtesy Cache Gran Fondo
Named one of the Top Gran Fondos in North America in 2018 by Gran Fondo Guide, the Cache Gran Fondo takes place at 4,500 feet above sea-level in a beautiful mountain valley in Northern Utah. The event offers four routes of 38, 50, 70 and 100 miles. All participants who finish the event receive a big and ‘blingy’ finisher’s medal, along with a light breakfast, lunch from one of five different vendors, and well-stocked support stations. The event also offers thousands in prizes for competitive and non-competitive categories.
“Cache Valley is on the border of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, and the topography is mostly flat farmland, surrounded by majestic 4,000 to 5,000-foot peaks,” explains race director and event organizer, Troy Oldham. “The popularity of the ride has really grown, and we believe some of the main reasons are the beautiful scenery, wide-open roads and clean mountain air.”
The GFNS nearly doubled the series’ number of events and tripled the number of riders in 2018, following a strategic partnership with Haute Route, the most prestigious multi-day event series for amateur cyclists worldwide. GFNS will continue to work with Haute Route to grow the sport in the United States.
“We’re thrilled to add this popular Western US event, the Cache Gran Fondo, to the GFNS calendar,” said GFNS Series Director Reuben Kline. “Our growth this year has been impressive with nearly double the total number of events from 2017 and we’ll continue to look at ways to grow amateur cycling opportunities in the U.S. with our partners at Haute Route.”
“As a partner of the Gran Fondo National Series, Haute Route is proud to offer special benefits to the riders of the Cache Gran Fondo,” explains Alain Lambert, Executive Chairman of Haute Route in North America. “These benefits are detailed on the Cache Gran Fondo registration page and will expire on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 12:00pm MST or when registration gets to 1500, whichever comes first, so don’t wait to sign up.”
Register here or go to www.cachegranfondo.com to learn more about the ride.
FULL GFNS CALENDAR 2018
March 3-4 – Malibu GRANFONDO (Malibu, California)
March 24-25 – Gran Fondo Florida (San Antonio, Florida)
May 5-6 – Tour of Georgia Gran Fondo (Helen, Georgia)
June 3 – Highlands Gran Fondo (Butler, New Jersey)
July 14 – Cache Gran Fondo (Logan, Utah)
July 22 – Gran Fondo Asheville (Asheville, North Carolina)
August 5 – Bluewater International Gran Fondo (Sarnia, Ontario)
August 4 – Tour de Big Bear/HC Gran Fondo (Big Bear Lake, California)
August 4-5 – Boone Gran Fondo (Boone, North Carolina)
August 16-19 – Vermont Challenge (Manchester, Vermont; Stratton, Vermont)
August 26 – Golden Gran Fondo (Golden, Colorado)
September 23 – Gran Fondo Maryland (Frederick, Maryland)
September 29 – Jensie Gran Fondo of Marin (Marin County, California)
For more information, go to www.granfondonationalseries.com.
Event details: July 14 — Cache Gran Fondo, Logan, UT, 7th annual and bigger than ever. designed for riders of all abilities. Pre-ride light breakfast provided at startline with well-stocked food/support stations. 100 and 50 mile courses follow a scenic and mostly-flat route through Northern and Cache Valley, UT. Both courses include a challenging hill, but very rideable. The finish is held on a closed-off section of downtown Logan with a party and fun festivities including rider gifts, many random prizes, and unique jerseys at or below retail. New rider surprises for 2018, including more hydration spots., Troy Oldham, 435-764-2979, [email protected], cachegranfondo.com
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TEJAY VAN GARDEREN OVERTAKES RACE LEAD WITH BLAZING TIME TRIAL RIDE AT THE AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA’S MIDPOINT
SAN JOSE / MORGAN HILL, Calif. (May 16, 2018) – BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen (Tacoma, Wash.) rocketed to a decisive stage victory and the overall race lead at the Amgen Tour of California individual time trial in San Jose / Morgan Hill today.
Van Garderen began the day in 8th place overall, exactly one minute behind the race leader Egan Bernal, Team Sky’s 21-year-old Columbian rider. Van Garderen, who picked up two Grand Tour stage wins in 2017 at the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España (Time Trial stage), made up that minute and more on the 21.6-mile loop, causing the Amgen Race Leader Jersey to change hands to the third owner since the race began on Sunday and extending his lead 23 seconds over Bernal, now second in the overall standings.
Photo Gallery by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com
Don't try this at home, kids. Men's Stage Four, Individual Time Trial, Morgan Hill, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
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Don't try this at home, kids. Men's Stage Four, Individual Time Trial, Morgan Hill, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
“Today was special motivation… I had my girls here, I had memories here from five years ago. I didn’t expect it to go quite this well but I kind of had it in the back of my mind on Gibraltar if I can keep it to within a minute, I can maybe take it today. Today was going to be my big power play, and I’m glad I was able to produce one. It feels great,” said van Garderen, who won the 2013 Amgen Tour of California and the Time Trial stage that year.
Van Garderen continued, “Tahoe is going to be a big test to the strength of the team, and I think we have one of, if not the, strongest team here. They’ll be able to control it, then when we get to the upper slopes of the final climb I’m going to have to stick with the climbers’ wheels. From what I understand the climb is not as demanding as what we saw on Gibraltar. The altitude might play a factor, but I’ve lived in Colorado and I was born in Montana. I’m no scrub when it comes to altitude, so I think I should be able to handle that okay. For sure there’s going to be loads of attacks from all the guys who want to take this jersey, but I think as far as motivation goes, I’m probably the most motivated guy to keep it.”
In the final three race days this week, BMC Racing Team will have to fend off challengers to the yellow jersey, which van Garderen has his sights set on retaining: “We really just need to worry about that stage into Tahoe, but we have a really strong team, and the motivation’s going to be high and if you’re going to want to beat me, you’re going to have to go to the bitter end.” Stage winners podium L-R: Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing), Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing) & Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Sky). Men’s Stage Four, Individual Time Trial, Morgan Hill, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
Stage 4 presented by TAG Heuer in San Jose / Morgan Hill featured cyclists racing the clock one by one on a looped course that featured one moderate climb. The gusty day blew apart the leader board with other shakeups including BORA-hansgrohe’s Rafal Majka (POL) dropping from 2nd to 6th place in the overall (+1.29”) and Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Adam Yates (GBR) sliding from 3rd to 5th (+1.07”). Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale’s Daniel Martinez (COL) rose from 6th to 3rd (+.37”) and Bernal’s teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) climbed from 11th to 4th (+.52”).
Bernal retains the Visit California Sprint Jersey, the Lexus King of the Mountain Jersey and the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey for the third day.
Stage 4 Podium
Tejay van Garderen (USA), BMC Racing Team (USA) 40’47″33
Patrick Bevin (NZL), BMC Racing Team (USA) (+.07”)
Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR), Team Sky (GBR) (+.32”)
Jersey Winners after Stage 4:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Tejay van Garderen (USA), BMC Racing Team (USA)
Lexus King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey –Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Riders in good standing still have to defend their positions over the next three stages, including the grueling Stage 6 and the HC climb up Kingsbury Grade. Tomorrow’s Stage 5 presented by Visit California begins in Stockton. Sprinters should flourish on the 109.7-mile fast and flat stage to finish in Elk Grove, where the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM kicks off with the first of three race days.
The 2018 edition of America’s premier cycling stage race covers 645 miles of roadways, highways and coastlines during seven stages from Long Beach to Sacramento May 13-19, while the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM, showcasing the world’s best women cyclists, runs concurrently May 17-19, covering upward of 187 miles over three stages. The annual professional cycling events are the only U.S. races on the UCI WorldTour calendar and continue to attract some of the most renowned cyclists and teams in the world.
About the Amgen Tour of California
The Amgen Tour of California and the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM are Tour de France-style cycling road races created and presented by AEG. Running concurrently, the races challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along demanding courses that traverse hundreds of miles of California’s iconic highways, byways and coastlines each spring. The teams chosen to participate have included Olympic medalists, Tour de France contenders and World Champions, and award important, world-ranking points to the top finishers. More information is available at amgentourofcalifornia.com.
Results
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 4
SAN JOSE – MORGAN HILL – TIME TRIAL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time P Split
1 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 40’47″33 00″
2 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL 40’54″88 07″
3 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR 41’19″45 32″
4 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA 41’33″68 46″
5 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA 41’36″12 49″
6 101 *BJERG Mikkel HBA DEN 41’40″32 53″
7 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL 41’42″99 55″
8 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA 41’43″34 56″
9 12 BODNAR Maciej BOH POL 41’44″24 57″
10 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FeElFipDe COL 41’44″85 ‘ ‘
11 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 41’46″62 59″
12 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA 41’46″88 ‘ ‘
13 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU 41’47″37 01’00”
14 111 PHINNEY Taylor EFD USA 41’49″81 01’02”
15 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS 42’02″96 01’15”
16 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS 42’03″49 01’16”
17 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER 42’06″52 01’19”
18 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL 42’10″35 01’23”
May 16, 2018 – Salt Lake City will be hosting the Mayor’s Bike to Work Day on May 17, 2018. The ride starts at 8 am from Wasatch Hollow Park on 1631 E. 1700 S. Participants will gather starting at 7 am for coffee, snacks, and community booths. At 8 am, Mayor Jackie Biskupski will lead the ride from the Wasatch Hollow Park to the Salt Lake City and County Building.
On May 17, 2018, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski will lead the Mayor’s Bike to Work Day. Photo by Dave Iltis
Salt Lake City residents urged to ride along on the Mayor’s Bike to Work Day
What: Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski cycles with City employees and residents on her annual Mayor’s Bike to Work Day. The event will begin with complimentary snacks, coffee, special edition reflective bike stickers, community booths and music from Power 94.9. Sponsors and participants include Bingham Cyclery, Bike MS Utah, Magnum Bikes, Cycling Utah and Green Bike SLC.
When: Thursday, May 17, 2018
7:15 a.m. Gathering for snacks, beverages and more at Wasatch Hollow Park
8:00 a.m. Ride to the Salt Lake City and County Building
Where: Wasatch Hollow Park, 1631 E. 1700 S. Salt Lake City to
Salt Lake City and County Building, 451 S. State, Salt Lake City
May 16, 2018 – The annual Ride of Silence takes place this evening, May 16, 2018, at 7 pm in many locations throughout the West and the world. As a part of Bike Month, The ride honors those who have been killed or injured on their bicycles. The ride has taken place for 16 years.
A family rides in the Ride of Silence to honor their fallen relative. Photo by Dave Iltis
The Ride of Silence website gives details as to why the ride exists, locations, the history, and general guidelines for participants. The ride is produced solely by volunteers:
On May 16, 2018 at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will traverse and unite the globe as nothing before it. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. Although cyclists have a legal right to share the road with motorists, the motoring public often isn’t aware of these rights, and sometimes not aware of the cyclists themselves.
In 2003,Chris Phelan organized the first Ride of Silence in Dallas after endurance cyclist Larry Schwartz was hit by the mirror of a passing bus and was killed. (Read the full history here…)
The Ride of Silence is a free ride that asks its cyclists to ride no faster than 12 mph, wear helmets, follow the rules of the road and remain silent during the ride. There are no registration fees. The ride, which is held during National Bike Month, aims to raise the awareness of motorists, police and city officials that cyclists have a legal right to the public roadways. The ride is also a chance to show respect for and honor the lives of those who have been killed or injured.
In the west, there are several rides taking place (for others throughout the world, see the Ride of Silence website):
May 16, 2018 — Ride of Silence, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, Cyclists will take to the roads, escorted in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways, meet at 6:30 at the Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake City. Ride leaves at 7 pm. Bike ride at 10 to 12 mph, mostly flat or minimum grade, about 11 miles., Martin Gregory, [email protected], rideofsilence.org
May 16, 2018 — Ride of Silence, Utah Bike Month, Provo, UT, Join the Provo chapter of the Worldwide Ride of Silence to ride to honor people who were killed or injured while biking this last year and last several years. We will begin at Dixon Middle School and go for a short, slow, silent ride with brief stops at the ghost bike memorials for Doug Crow and Mark Robinson, and return to Dixon Middle School where we will have light refreshments. Meet at 6:30. Dixon Middle School, 750 W 200 N. 7 pm., Lucy Ordaz, 801-787-4384, [email protected], rideofsilence.org, facebook.com/events/850656535006205/851159871622538/
May 16, 2018 — Ride of Silence, Bike Month, Prescott, AZ, Ride to honor dead and injured cyclists and to honor Amber Harrington who was killed by a drunk driver in 2015. Organized by Bike Prescott, Patricia David, [email protected], rideofsilence.org, bikeprescott.org
May 16, 2018 — Ride of Silence, Bike Month, Las Vegas, NV, 14th Annual Las Vegas Ride of Silence, Wednesday May 16th. Meet at the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, 600 South Grand Central Parkway, parking lot. Registration from 6:15 to 6:50 PM. Ride begins at 7:00 PM sharp. This is a street ride in traffic that will go through downtown Las Vegas, then wind through the Central Medical Area and historic neighborhoods. All riders must have lights front and rear as per Nevada statutes. You must also wear a bike helmet while riding. This ride is open to all ages but is not really meant for younger children because of traffic conditions. All riders under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian on the ride., Jim Litttle, 702-360-4751, [email protected], rideofsilence.org
May 16, 2018 — Ride of Silence, Bike Month, Boise, ID, Ride to honor dead and injured cyclists. This ride will coincide with a kick off of the 2nd Idaho Walk Bike Summit and we will convene post ride for discussion with advocates from across Idaho. All event details will be listed by March 30, 2018., Lisa Brady, 208-761-8507, [email protected], rideofsilence.org, biketreasurevalley.org; From the Boise event facebook page: Start at the Borah Post Office for a ride of silence to honor and bring awareness to those we’ve lost or have been injured in our community due to bicycle crashes. Idaho Walk Bike Alliance will be having a registration kick-off for their 2018 Idaho Walk Bike Summit 4:30-7:00pm prior to at their headquarters ( 280 N. 8th Street) register, say hello to a few fellow bike/ped advocates, then head across the street for the ROS start! After the ride, please join us at Saint Lawrence Gridiron for some appetizers and conversation.
May 16, 2018 — Ride of Silence, Bike Month, Sedona, AZ, Ride to honor dead and injured cyclists, Don Mathieu, , rideofsilence.org
Salt Lake City Ride Maps (2 options):
The 2018 Salt Lake City Ride of Silence map. The ride will have 2 options: a 6 and 12 mile route.
SKUJINS ESCAPES TO THIRD CAREER AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA VICTORY ON MONTEREY COUNTY RACEWAY KNOWN FOR SPEED
SALINAS, Calif. (May 15, 2018) – Closing out day three at the 2018 Amgen Tour of California, and rebounding one year later at the race where his team pulled him after suffering a concussion and broken collarbone, Trek-Segafredo’s Toms Skujins (LAT) made a late race move that paid off, along with Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team’s Sean Bennett (El Cerrito, Calif.) – one of the youngest in the race at 22 – together creating a gap that held all the way through the Laguna Seca Recreation Area’s speedway finish line.
Toms Skujins (Trek Segafredo) pushing hard at the bottom of the Corkscrew turn on his way to win Men’s Stage Three from King City to Laguna Seca Race Track, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
The pair pounced on the final big climb of the day with the peloton trailing by less than 10 seconds when they turned onto the Laguna Seca raceway. The remaining sprinters in the chase group including World Champion Peter Sagan (SVK), who won the stage the last time it finished at the speedway in 2016, jockeyed for position as they tried to chase down the duo, but the gap held with Skujins crossing the finish solo followed by Bennett three seconds later, and Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Caleb Ewan (AUS), who is prepping for his first Tour de France appearance this summer, rounding out third.
Photo Gallery by Dave Richards:
Team Trek Segafredo. Men's Stage Three from King City to Laguna Seca Race Track, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
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Team Trek Segafredo. Men's Stage Three from King City to Laguna Seca Race Track, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
“The only time I actually dreamed about it [the stage win] was in the last 300… I expected someone to come from the back full throttle but I guess it had been a hard day for everyone with the wind and just the hard pace. And the breakaway was really strong that went in the beginning. And that all played into my advantage,” said Skujins, whose prior victories in California include 2016 (Stage 5) and 2015 (Stage 3). “It’s definitely not the easiest run into the final… I’ve raced on Laguna Seca before and that definitely helped me… I knew how to play it.”
Stage 3 presented by Lexus was the race’s longest with a 122.4-mile stretch featuring five KOMs and 8,300’ of elevation gain from first-time host King City, where the cyclists were cheered on by 2,000 local schoolchildren, to Laguna Seca Recreation Area in Monterey County, where the field met a fast, technical sprint finish.
The break of the day included a trio of U.S. riders: Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team’s
Ian Garrison (Decatur, Georgia) and Rally Cycling’s Robin Carpenter (San Diego, Calif.) and Evan Huffman (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), who won two stages last year. Garrison was the last man standing as the others were picked up by the peloton on the Laureless Grade climb and was awarded with the Breakaway from Cancer®Most Courageous Rider Jersey.
The day of tough climbs shattered the peloton with many of the field’s sprinters losing contact with the main group and riders still trailing in minutes after the leaders finished. Quick-Step Floors’ Stage 1 winner Fernando Gaviria (COL) had a mechanical on the downhill from Laureless Grade that took him out of contention for the final sprint.
Team Sky’s 21-year-old Egan Bernal (COL) retains the Amgen Race Leader Jersey, the Visit California Sprint Jersey, the Lexus King of the Mountain Jersey and the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey.
Utah riders TJ Eisenhart and Tanner Putt are in 21st overall and 84th overall respectively.
Tomorrow’s individual time trial event in San Jose / Morgan Hill will feature cyclists racing the clock one by one. With Bernal having gained significant time over other time trail specialists and GC contenders with his epic Gibraltar Road climb Tuesday, the stakes are high for this stage as riders with race champion ambitions will seek to make up time and pull closer to him in the overall standings. In addition to Bernal, Yousif Mirza (UAE) of UAE Team Emirates is the other current National Time Trial Champion in the peloton.
Stage 3 Podium:
Toms Skujins (LAT), Trek-Segafredo (USA) 4h52’47”
Sean Bennett (USA), Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team (USA) (+.03)
Caleb Ewan (AUS), Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) (+.08)
Jersey Winners After Stage 3:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR
Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey – Ian Garrison (USA), Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team (USA)
Lexus King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
The 2018 edition of America’s premier cycling stage race will cover 645 miles of roadways, highways and coastlines during seven stages from Long Beach to Sacramento May 13-19, while the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM, showcasing the world’s best women cyclists, will run concurrently May 17-19, covering upward of 187 miles over three stages. The annual professional cycling events are the only U.S. races on the UCI WorldTour calendar and continue to attract some of the most renowned cyclists and teams in the world.
About the Amgen Tour of California
The Amgen Tour of California and the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM are Tour de France-style cycling road races created and presented by AEG. Running concurrently, the races challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along demanding courses that traverse hundreds of miles of California’s iconic highways, byways and coastlines each spring. The teams chosen to participate have included Olympic medalists, Tour de France contenders and World Champions, and award important, world-ranking points to the top finishers. More information is available at amgentourofcalifornia.com.
Stage 3 Results:
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 3
KING CITY – LAGUNA SECA
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split
1 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT B:10″ 00″
2 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA B:06″ 03″
3 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS B:04″ 08″
4 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK ‘ ‘
5 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL ‘ ‘
6 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR ‘ ‘
7 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA ‘ ‘
8 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED ‘ ‘
9 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA ‘ ‘
10 102 *BARTA William HBA USA ‘ ‘
11 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI ‘ ‘
12 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA ‘ ‘
13 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA ‘ ‘
14 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA ‘ ‘
15 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR ‘ ‘
16 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL ‘ ‘
17 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA ‘ ‘
18 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED ‘ ‘
19 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI ‘ ‘
20 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR ‘ ‘
21 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FelipeEFD COL ‘ ‘
22 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL ‘ ‘
23 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA ‘ ‘
24 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA ‘ ‘
25 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU ‘ ‘
26 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS ‘ ‘
27 144 DURASEK Kristijan UAD CRO ‘ ‘
28 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA ‘ ‘
29 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS ‘ ‘
30 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA ‘ ‘
31 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA ‘ ‘
32 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL ‘ ‘
33 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA ‘ ‘
34 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS 41″
35 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA ‘ ‘
36 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI ‘ ‘
37 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN ‘ ‘
38 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA ‘ ‘
39 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR ‘ ‘
40 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU ‘ ‘
41 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA ‘ ‘
42 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO ‘ ‘
43 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL ‘ ‘
44 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI ‘ ‘
45 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR 45″
46 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN 01’12”
47 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR ‘ ‘
48 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL ‘ ‘
49 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER ‘ ‘
50 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA ‘ ‘
51 106 *PHILIPSEN Jasper HBA BEL ‘ ‘
52 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL ‘ ‘
53 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX ‘ ‘
54 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI ‘ ‘
55 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR 01’41”
56 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL 01’51”
57 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 02’35”
58 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS ‘ ‘
59 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA ‘ ‘
60 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER ‘ ‘
61 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR 03’03”
62 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL ‘ ‘
63 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI ‘ ‘
64 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL ‘ ‘
65 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG 03’41”
66 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG ‘ ‘
67 74 HAYMAN Mathew MTS AUS 04’39”
68 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS ‘ ‘
69 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL ‘ ‘
70 107 *RICE Michael HBA AUS ‘ ‘
71 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL ‘ ‘
72 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 05’57”
73 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR ‘ ‘
74 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS ‘ ‘
75 87 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz SKY POL 06’31”
76 132 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER 07’02”
77 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED ‘ ‘
78 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL ‘ ‘
79 146 MIRZA AL-HAMMADI Yousif UAD UAE ‘ ‘
80 151 MURPHY John HCA USA ‘ ‘
81 64 *DE VOS Adam RLY CAN ‘ ‘
82 124 RAST Gregory TFS SUI ‘ ‘
83 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA ‘ ‘
84 4 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED ‘ ‘
85 86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR ‘ ‘
86 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS ‘ ‘
87 104 *GARRISON Ian HBA USA B:04″ 09’11”
88 76 KLUGE Roger MTS GER 09’26”
89 35 KEISSE Iljo QST BEL 11’01”
90 41 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR ‘ ‘
91 101 *BJERG Mikkel HBA DEN ‘ ‘
92 111 PHINNEY Taylor EFD USA ‘ ‘
93 117 *OWEN Logan EFD USA ‘ ‘
94 116 MCLAY Daniel EFD GBR ‘ ‘
95 51 KITTEL Marcel TKA GER ‘ ‘
96 136 *WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard SUN GER ‘ ‘
97 57 *ZABEL Rick TKA GER ‘ ‘
98 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA ‘ ‘
99 65 MAGNER Tyler RLY USA ‘ ‘
100 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL ‘ ‘
101 67 PATE Danny RLY USA ‘ ‘
102 42 *DAVIES Scott DDD GBR ‘ ‘
103 26 *VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BMC BEL ‘ ‘
104 63 CARPENTER Robin RLY USA B:04″ ‘ ‘
105 12 BODNAR Maciej BOH POL ‘ ‘
106 134 STAMSNIJDER Tom SUN NED ‘ ‘
107 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA ‘ ‘
108 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA B:04″ ‘ ‘
109 152 *BRYON Miguel HCA USA ‘ ‘
110 44 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS ‘ ‘
111 162 CLARKE Jonathan UHC AUS ‘ ‘
112 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA ‘ ‘
113 15 OSS Daniel BOH ITA ‘ ‘
114 153 COMPANIONI Ruben HCA CUB 13’26”
115 13 KOLÁR Michal BOH SVK 19’18”
116 17 SAGAN Juraj BOH SVK 24’22”
Did not start
157 *RHIM Brendan HCA USA
1 rider(s).
GC after Stage 3:
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 3
KING CITY – LAGUNA SECA
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018
Distance: 488.500 km
Time of the first: 12h09’08”
Average: 40.189 km/h
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split
1 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL 12h09’08” 00″
2 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL 12h09’33” 25″
3 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR 12h09’39” 31″
4 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED 12h09’48” 40″
5 144 DURASEK Kristijan UAD CRO ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
6 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FeElipFeD COL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
7 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI 12h09’58” 50″
8 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 12h10’08” 01’00”
9 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR 12h10’19” 01’11”
10 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL 12h10’22” 01’14”
11 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR 12h10’28” 01’20”
12 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA 12h10’33” 01’25”
13 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA 12h10’50” 01’42”
14 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA 12h11’15” 02’07”
15 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA 12h11’29” 02’21”
16 102 *BARTA William HBA USA 12h11’36” 02’28”
17 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA 12h11’43” 02’35”
18 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA 12h11’50” 02’42”
19 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA 12h12’13” 03’05”
20 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
21 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA 12h12’16” 03’08”
22 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
23 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT 12h12’39” 03’31”
24 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA 12h12’57” 03’49”
25 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA 12h13’20” 04’12”
26 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA 12h14’01” 04’53”
27 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU 12h14’34” 05’26”
28 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA 12h15’30” 06’22”
29 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
30 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU 12h16’03” 06’55”
31 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR 12h16’07” 06’59”
32 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL 12h16’31” 07’23”
33 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN 12h16’34” 07’26”
34 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR 12h16’42” 07’34”
35 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL 12h17’01” 07’53”
36 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR 12h17’38” 08’30”
37 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI 12h17’39” 08’31”
38 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED 12h17’46” 08’38”
39 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL 12h17’58” 08’50”
40 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL 12h18’10” 09’02”
41 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI 12h18’37” 09’29”
42 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS 12h18’49” 09’41”
43 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS 12h18’57” 09’49”
44 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL 12h19’04” 09’56”
45 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL 12h19’51” 10’43”
46 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX 12h19’53” 10’45”
47 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 12h21’07” 11’59”
48 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA 12h21’16” 12’08”
49 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL 12h23’20” 14’12”
50 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER 12h23’35” 14’27”
51 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA 12h23’42” 14’34”
52 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA 12h24’15” 15’07”
53 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL 12h24’55” 15’47”
54 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 12h25’48” 16’40”
55 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS 12h26’09” 17’01”
56 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR 12h26’37” 17’29”
57 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS 12h27’38” 18’30”
58 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK 12h27’44” 18’36”
59 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI 12h27’48” 18’40”
60 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO 12h28’21” 19’13”
61 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
62 106 *PHILIPSEN Jasper HBA BEL 12h28’52” 19’44”
63 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
64 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
65 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
66 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 12h28’53” 19’45”
67 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR 12h29’31” 20’23”
68 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
69 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA 12h30’23” 21’15”
70 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED 12h30’36” 21’28”
71 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI 12h30’43” 21’35”
72 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS 12h30’58” 21’50”
73 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG 12h31’21” 22’13”
74 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
75 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL 12h32’09” 23’01”
76 74 HAYMAN Mathew MTS AUS 12h32’19” 23’11”
77 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
78 107 *RICE Michael HBA AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
79 87 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz SKY POL 12h34’11” 25’03”
80 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA 12h34’31” 25’23”
81 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA 12h34’35” 25’27”
82 42 *DAVIES Scott DDD GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
83 64 *DE VOS Adam RLY CAN 12h34’36” 25’28”
84 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
85 151 MURPHY John HCA USA 12h34’42” 25’34”
86 132 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
87 146 MIRZA AL-HAMMADI Yousif UAD UAE ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
88 124 RAST Gregory TFS SUI ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
89 4 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
90 86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
91 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA 12h36’01” 26’53”
92 104 *GARRISON Ian HBA USA 12h36’47” 27’39”
93 63 CARPENTER Robin RLY USA 12h38’37” 29’29”
94 162 CLARKE Jonathan UHC AUS 12h38’39” 29’31”
95 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL 12h38’40” 29’32”
96 136 *WALSCHEID Maximilian RichaSrdUN GER 12h38’41” 29’33”
TEAM SKY’S EGAN BERNAL CLIMBS TO SOLO WIN ON 2018 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA QUEEN STAGE FROM VENTURA TO TOP OF GIBRALTAR ROAD
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (May 14, 2018) – With just over 2k left to ride to the summit of Gibraltar Road, Team Sky’s 21-year-old Egan Bernal (COL) attacked and swiftly climbed away to a solo victory to close out Stage 2 of the 2018 Amgen Tour of California. Tao Geoghegan Hart and his Team Sky teammates set an unyielding pace all the way up the steep grade in support of lead rider Bernal to help launch him to his fourth victory of the 2018 season, shoring up the race lead as well as nearly all of the classification wins with today’s epic climb and overall performance.
A small group shares the pain on the final supersteep ramps of the Gibralter Road climb. Men’s Stage Two from Ventura to Gibraltar Road, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
“We wanted to do a really hard stage. I think in the last part it was the most important part of the race, and we tried to do it the hardest possible,” said Bernal. “I’m so happy because the team did a really good job, and I’m so happy to be in this great team.”
California fans. Men's Stage Two from Ventura to Gibraltar Road, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
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California fans. Men's Stage Two from Ventura to Gibraltar Road, 2018 Amgen Tour of California cycling race (Photo by Dave Richards, daverphoto.com)
Team Sky’s tempo up the categorized climb caused several of the lead group filled with GC hopefuls to fall back. Those who remained when Bernal attacked included LottoNL-Jumbo’s Antwan Tolhoek (NED) and BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen (USA), who pursued aggressively, but were overtaken in the final kilometers. BORA-hansgrohe’s Rafal Majka (POL), who won last year’s mountainous Stage 2, claimed second place for the stage today with Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Adam Yates (GBR) in third.
Bernal, also the reigning Columbian National Time Trial Champion, gained valuable seconds today over other time trail specialists who will be looking to make up time on that event Wednesday in San Jose / Morgan Hill.
21-year-old Bernal – who will wear the Amgen Race Leader Jersey tomorrow – also closed out the day with the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey, Lexus King of the Mountain Jersey and the Visit California Sprint Jersey.
Holowesko|Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources’ Ruben Companioni (CUB) earned the Breakaway from Cancer®Most Courageous Rider Jersey for his part in today’s breakaway that formed soon after the race left a beautiful oceanside start in Ventura and also contained Rally Cycling’s Adam De Vos (CAN) and UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling’s Jonny Clarke (AUS). The trio was brought back by the peloton just before the start of the Gibraltar Road climb.
Utah rider TJ Eisenhart finished in 23rd position.
The Queen Stage came early this year with Stage 2 presented by Lexus leading cyclists 97.6 miles from first-time host Ventura to a fan-favorite finish atop Gibraltar Road in Santa Barbara County. The stage featured 7,700’ in elevation gain and a 3,100’ climb over the final eight miles. The race course showed some of the devastation – and the community’s road to recovery with thriving businesses that have reopened and were seen celebrating along the route – from fires and mudslides around the start of the year.
Tomorrow attention turns to the race’s longest stage with a 122.4-mile stretch featuring six KOMs over and 8,300’ of elevation gain from King City to Laguna Seca Recreation Area, where the field will contest a fast, technical sprint finish.
Stage 2 Podium
Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Rafal Majka (POL), BORA-hansgrohe (GER)
Adam Yates (GBR), Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS)
Stage 2 Jersey Winners:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey – Ruben Companioni (CUB), Holowesko|Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources (USA)
Lexus King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Egan Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)
The 2018 edition of America’s premier cycling stage race will cover 645 miles of roadways, highways and coastlines during seven stages from Long Beach to Sacramento May 13-19, while the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM, showcasing the world’s best women cyclists, will run concurrently May 17-19, covering upward of 187 miles over three stages. The annual professional cycling events are the only U.S. races on the UCI WorldTour calendar and continue to attract some of the most renowned cyclists and teams in the world.
About the Amgen Tour of California
The Amgen Tour of California and the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM are Tour de France-style cycling road races created and presented by AEG. Running concurrently, the races challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along demanding courses that traverse hundreds of miles of California’s iconic highways, byways and coastlines each spring. The teams chosen to participate have included Olympic medalists, Tour de France contenders and World Champions, and award important, world-ranking points to the top finishers. More information is available atamgentourofcalifornia.com.
Stage 2 Results:
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 2
VENTURA – GIBRALTAR ROAD
MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split
1 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL B:10″ 00″
2 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL B:06″ 21″
3 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR B:04″ 25″
4 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED 30″
5 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FelipeEFD COL ‘ ‘
6 144 ‹URASEK Kristijan UAD CRO ‘ ‘
7 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI 40″
8 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 50″
9 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA 59″
10 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR 01’01”
11 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL 01’04”
12 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR 01’10”
13 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA 01’15”
14 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA 01’57”
15 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA 02’11”
16 102 *BARTA William HBA USA 02’18”
17 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN 02’25”
18 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA ‘ ‘
19 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA 02’43”
20 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS 02’45”
21 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA 02’55”
22 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA ‘ ‘
23 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA 02’58”
24 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA 03’39”
25 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL ‘ ‘
26 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA ‘ ‘
27 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT ‘ ‘
28 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA 04’02”
29 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU 05’16”
30 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR 06’12”
31 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN ‘ ‘
32 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS ‘ ‘
33 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA ‘ ‘
34 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU ‘ ‘
35 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL 06’51”
36 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR ‘ ‘
37 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR ‘ ‘
38 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL 06’57”
39 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL 07’10”
40 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL 07’13”
41 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL 07’48”
42 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI ‘ ‘
43 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED 08’28”
44 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI 08’46”
45 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL 09’31”
46 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX ‘ ‘
47 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA ‘ ‘
48 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS ‘ ‘
49 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA 10’12”
50 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 10’24”
51 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 10’41”
52 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER 11’50”
53 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL 12’42”
54 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR 14’24”
55 42 *DAVIES Scott DDD GBR ‘ ‘
56 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA ‘ ‘
57 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR ‘ ‘
58 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA ‘ ‘
59 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA ‘ ‘
60 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS ‘ ‘
61 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS ‘ ‘
62 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA ‘ ‘
63 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED ‘ ‘
64 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA 15’50”
65 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 17’08”
66 93 DILLIER Silvan ALM SUI 18’30”
67 26 *VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BMC BEL ‘ ‘
68 127 STUYVEN Jasper TFS BEL ‘ ‘
69 124 RAST Gregory TFS SUI ‘ ‘
70 156 *LIENHARD Fabian HCA SUI ‘ ‘
71 101 *BJERG Mikkel HBA DEN ‘ ‘
72 106 *PHILIPSEN Jasper HBA BEL ‘ ‘
73 55 HOLLENSTEIN Reto TKA SUI ‘ ‘
74 75 HEPBURN Michael MTS AUS ‘ ‘
75 146 MIRZA AL-HAMMADI Yousif UAD UAE ‘ ‘
76 64 *DE VOS Adam RLY CAN B:06″ ‘ ‘
77 117 *OWEN Logan EFD USA ‘ ‘
78 153 COMPANIONI Ruben HCA CUB B:04″ ‘ ‘
79 57 *ZABEL Rick TKA GER ‘ ‘
80 136 *WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard SUN GER ‘ ‘
81 134 STAMSNIJDER Tom SUN NED ‘ ‘
82 44 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS ‘ ‘
83 77 MEZGEC Luka MTS SLO ‘ ‘
84 132 FRÖHLINGER Johannes SUN GER ‘ ‘
85 104 *GARRISON Ian HBA USA ‘ ‘
86 116 MCLAY Daniel EFD GBR ‘ ‘
87 17 SAGAN Juraj BOH SVK ‘ ‘
88 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS ‘ ‘
89 151 MURPHY John HCA USA ‘ ‘
90 152 *BRYON Miguel HCA USA ‘ ‘
91 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK ‘ ‘
92 65 MAGNER Tyler RLY USA ‘ ‘
93 35 KEISSE Iljo QST BEL ‘ ‘
94 163 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian UHC ARG ‘ ‘
95 15 OSS Daniel BOH ITA ‘ ‘
96 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL ‘ ‘
97 37 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel QST ARG ‘ ‘
98 87 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz SKY POL ‘ ‘
99 107 *RICE Michael HBA AUS ‘ ‘
100 12 BODNAR Maciej BOH POL ‘ ‘
101 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL ‘ ‘
102 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA ‘ ‘
103 63 CARPENTER Robin RLY USA ‘ ‘
104 111 PHINNEY Taylor EFD USA ‘ ‘
105 4 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED ‘ ‘
106 86 STANNARD Ian SKY GBR ‘ ‘
107 157 *RHIM Brendan HCA USA ‘ ‘
108 141 KRISTOFF Alexander UAD NOR ‘ ‘
109 74 HAYMAN Mathew MTS AUS ‘ ‘
110 164 MCCABE Travis UHC USA ‘ ‘
111 162 CLARKE Jonathan UHC AUS B:02″ ‘ ‘
112 67 PATE Danny RLY USA ‘ ‘
113 41 CAVENDISH Mark DDD GBR 19’41”
114 13 KOLÁR Michal BOH SVK 20’10”
115 76 KLUGE Roger MTS GER 20’21”
116 51 KITTEL Marcel TKA GER ‘ ‘
117 54 HAAS Nathan TKA AUS ‘ ‘
GC After Stage 2:
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 2
VENTURA – GIBRALTAR ROAD
MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018
Distance: 291.500 km
Time of the first: 7h16’13”
Average: 40.079 km/h
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat Time Split
1 81 *BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley SKY COL 7h16’13” 00″
2 14 MAJKA Rafal BOH POL 7h16’38” 25″
3 71 YATES Adam MTS GBR 7h16’44” 31″
4 5 *TOLHOEK Antwan TLJ NED 7h16’53” 40″
5 144 ‹URASEK Kristijan UAD CRO ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
6 115 *MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel FeElipFeD COL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
7 94 FRANK Mathias ALM SUI 7h17’03” 50″
8 23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 7h17’13” 01’00”
9 147 *RAVASI Edward UAD ITA 7h17’22” 01’09”
10 123 *GUERREIRO Rúben TFS POR 7h17’24” 01’11”
11 33 *DE PLUS Laurens QST BEL 7h17’27” 01’14”
12 82 *GEOGHEGAN HART Tao SKY GBR 7h17’33” 01’20”
13 66 *MCNULTY Brandon RLY USA 7h17’38” 01’25”
14 122 *CONCI Nicola TFS ITA 7h18’20” 02’07”
15 121 STETINA Peter TFS USA 7h18’34” 02’21”
16 102 *BARTA William HBA USA 7h18’41” 02’28”
17 21 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC USA 7h18’48” 02’35”
18 62 BRITTON Robert RLY CAN ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
19 103 *BENNETT Sean HBA USA 7h19’06” 02’53”
20 43 MORTON Lachlan DDD AUS 7h19’08” 02’55”
21 161 MANNION Gavin UHC USA 7h19’18” 03’05”
22 52 BOSWELL Ian TKA USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
23 154 *EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) HCA USA 7h19’21” 03’08”
24 22 BEVIN Patrick BMC NZL 7h20’02” 03’49”
25 1 *POWLESS Neilson TLJ USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
26 24 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
27 126 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
28 53 *FABBRO Matteo TKA ITA 7h20’25” 04’12”
29 167 TVETCOV Serghei UHC ROU 7h21’39” 05’26”
30 105 *OLIVEIRA Ivo HBA POR 7h22’35” 06’22”
31 96 GAUTIER Cyril ALM FRA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
32 85 *SIVAKOV Pavel SKY RUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
33 32 *ASGREEN Kasper QST DEN ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
34 36 *NARVAEZ Jhonnatan QST ECU ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
35 155 KRASILNIKAU Andrei HCA BLR 7h23’10” 06’57”
36 16 POLJANSKI Pawel BOH POL 7h23’14” 07’01”
37 142 *AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAD MAR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
38 83 *HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian SKY COL 7h23’20” 07’07”
39 72 BAUER Jack MTS NZL 7h23’33” 07’20”
40 2 DE TIER Floris TLJ BEL 7h23’36” 07’23”
41 25 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI 7h24’11” 07’58”
42 91 NAESEN Oliver ALM BEL ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
43 45 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte DDD NED 7h24’51” 08’38”
44 27 WYSS Danilo BMC SUI 7h25’09” 08’56”
45 97 VANDENBERGH Stijn ALM BEL 7h25’54” 09’41”
46 3 *KUSS Sepp TLJ USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
47 95 GASTAUER Ben ALM LUX ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
48 133 *HINDLEY Jai SUN AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
49 113 CRADDOCK G Lawson EFD USA 7h26’35” 10’22”
50 46 THOMSON Jay Robert DDD RSA 7h27’04” 10’51”
51 56 *POLITT Nils TKA GER 7h27’08” 10’55”
52 131 ARNDT Nikias SUN GER 7h28’13” 12’00”
53 47 VERMOTE Julien DDD BEL 7h29’05” 12’52”
54 125 REIJNEN Kiel TFS USA 7h30’47” 14’34”
55 84 ROWE Luke SKY GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
56 114 HOWES Alex EFD USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
57 135 TEUNISSEN Mike SUN NED ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
58 143 BYSTRĮM Sven Erik UAD NOR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
59 112 CLARKE Simon EFD AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
60 145 *GANNA Filippo UAD ITA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
61 61 HUFFMAN Evan RLY USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
62 42 *DAVIES Scott DDD GBR ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
63 165 NORRIS Lachlan UHC AUS ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
64 92 *COSNEFROY Benoit ALM FRA 7h32’13” 16’00”
65 6 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 7h33’31” 17’18”
66 31 *GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando QST COL 7h34’43” 18’30”
67 73 *EWAN Caleb MTS AUS 7h34’47” 18’34”
68 64 *DE VOS Adam RLY CAN ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
69 166 PUTT Tanner UHC USA ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
70 11 SAGAN Peter BOH SVK 7h34’49” 18’36”
71 153 COMPANIONI Ruben HCA CUB ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
72 162 CLARKE Jonathan UHC AUS 7h34’51” 18’38”
73 34 *HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose QST COL 7h34’52” 18’39”
74 106 *PHILIPSEN Jasper HBA BEL 7h34’53” 18’40”
75 136 *WALSCHEID Maximilian RichaSrdUN GER ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
Cycling Utah and Cycling West Magazine’s May 2018 Issue is now available as a free download (8 mb download), Pick up a copy at your favorite Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, W. Colorado, N. Arizona bike shop or other location!
Cover Photo: Stephanie Nitsch, Sam Fox, and Piper Sadler on the Top of the World trail in Whistler, BC. Photo by Eric Kramer
Contents
May is Bike Month in the West! – page – 3
Tips for Bike Commuting – page – 4
UN Declares June 3rd as World Bicycle Day page – 4
Cycling West Bike Month Calendar! (continued from page 3) – page – 5
In 2018, the Santa Fe Century will be held on May 20. The event will include a new 100-mile route for the Century ride and Gran Fondo timed race. The 100-mile course will be re-routed to avoid road construction on Country Road 41 near Stanley. The new course will enable cyclists to experience the thrill of riding up and back down Heartbreak Hill. From there, the route returns to Highway 14, aka the Turquoise Trail, where it turns at County Road 42 and follows the 50-mile course to Galisteo and back to Santa Fe. Additionally, there will be an all-dirt ride that will follow a 20-mile out and back course from the Santa Fe Community College Campus to the Spur Trail and then along the Santa Fe Rail Trail until the turn-around at the crossing with Avenida Eldorado, where a food stop will be located.
The Santa Fe Century is one of the west’s premier centuries. It will be heldon on May 20, 2018. Photo courtesy Santa Fe Century.
The Santa Fe Century will be partnering with Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) to relocate its annual rides and races to the College’s campus at 6401 Richards Avenue beginning in 2018.
Because it was so popular last year, the Century will host the second annual Vintage Bike Pageant and Celebration in 2018. The Century is partnering with Classical Bicycles of New Mexico – an informal group of bicycle collectors and vintage bike enthusiasts – in spotlighting vintage or historic bikes built circa 1987 or earlier. The vintage bikes also known in Italian as “Bici Eroiche” will be the focus of a special pageant or “Concours d’Elegance” on Saturday, May 19th during registration and packet pick up. The pageant will be an opportunity to see these vintage bikes up close and meet the owners. All bicycles displayed in the “Concours d’Elegance” will receive a commemorative number plate for registering as a “Vintage Bike Rider.” And, at this year’s Concours, all qualifying bicycles will be eligible to win a “Best Of Show” trophy, as well as a “People’s Choice” award, which will be determined by the voting public, and a a special award from Eroica California.
In order to be a part of in the Concours de’ Elegance, vintage bike owners are encouraged sign up for one of the Century’s rides or races that take place the following day, Sunday, May 20, 2018. Riders of vintage bikes are encouraged to dress in period style clothing – although ASTM approved helmets are mandatory for all riders.
The Santa Fe Century is the first major cycling event in the spring in the Southwest and is open to riders of all ages and abilities. The weather in May is moderate and provides an opportunity to shed winter gear for warmer riding in Santa Fe. The Century features four well-stocked food stops manned by volunteers who return year after year. Following the rides and races, all cyclists can celebrate their accomplishments with a massage as well as award-winning BBQ provided by Cowgirl Restaurant, New Mexico micro-brewed beers from Canteen Brewery and live music at the beer garden. Age-category winners of the Gran and Medio Fondos will receive medals and the overall top three male and female winners will receive cash awards. Century Bank is generously providing the funds for the cash awards.
For more information, visit www.santafecentury.com.
