Arkivfoto: Sirotti
To på rad for Sagan i California
Sykkelsportens ”wonderboy” fortsetter å vinne.
Av:
Amgen Tour of California (2.HC)
| Etappe: 1 - 13 Mai : Santa Rosa, 186.50 km |
| Etappe: 2 - 14 Mai : San Francisco - Santa Cruz , 188.50 km |
| Etappe: 3 - 15 Mai : San Jose - Livermore, 185.50 km |
| Etappe: 4 - 16 Mai : Sonora - Clovis, 209.60 km |
| Etappe: 5 - 17 Mai : Bakersfield ITT, 29.70 km |
| Etappe: 6 - 18 Mai : Palmdale - Big Bear Lake, 186.30 km |
| Etappe: 7 - 19 Mai : Ontario - Mt. Baldy, 126.00 km |
| Etappe: 8 - 20 Mai : Beverly Hills - Los Angeles CRIT, 72.00 km |
Han ble lenge sammenlignet med Edvald Boasson Hagen, men den tre år yngre Peter Sagan har nå klatret forbi nordmannen når det kommer til hvem som er verdens største talent.
I natt tok han sin andre seier på to dager i Tour of California, etter å ha spurtslått Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Barracuda) og Leigh Howard (GreenEdge).
Etappen inneholdt flere tøffe stigninger mot slutten av etappen, men sammenlagtfavorittene valgte å bli sittende. Det endte derfor i en samlet spurt, hvor Sagan tok en ny overlegen seier.
Resultater:
| 1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 05:02:00 |
| 2 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 3 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 4 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos - Shimano | |
| 5 | Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy | |
| 6 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 7 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 8 | Marc De Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 9 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos - Shimano | |
| 10 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 11 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 12 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 13 | Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 14 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Argos - Shimano | |
| 15 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 16 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 17 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 18 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 19 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 20 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 21 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 22 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 23 | Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 24 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 25 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 26 | Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling | |
| 27 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 28 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos - Shimano | |
| 29 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 30 | George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 31 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 32 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 33 | Raymond Kunzli (Swi) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 34 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling | |
| 35 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 36 | Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 37 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 38 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 39 | Josh Atkins (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 40 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 41 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 42 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 43 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 44 | Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy | |
| 45 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 46 | Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 47 | Joseph Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 48 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 49 | Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 50 | Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 51 | Alex Howes (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 52 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 53 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 54 | Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 55 | Andrés Díaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy | |
| 56 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 57 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 58 | Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 59 | Nathan Brown (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 60 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 61 | Ian Boswell (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 62 | Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 63 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 64 | Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | 00:00:44 |
| 65 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 66 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 67 | Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 00:01:36 |
| 68 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 00:03:02 |
| 69 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 00:06:44 |
| 70 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 71 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 72 | Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 00:08:16 |
| 73 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 74 | Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 75 | Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 76 | Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 77 | Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 78 | Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling | |
| 79 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 80 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 81 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 82 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 83 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos - Shimano | |
| 84 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 00:11:33 |
| 85 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 86 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 87 | David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 88 | Sébastian Salas (Can) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 89 | Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 90 | Thomas Zirbel (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 91 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 92 | Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | 00:14:01 |
| 93 | Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 94 | Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 95 | Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 96 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 97 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos - Shimano | |
| 98 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 99 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 100 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 101 | Jason McCartney (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 102 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 103 | Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling | |
| 104 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 105 | Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 106 | Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 00:14:45 |
| 107 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos - Shimano | |
| 108 | Michael Friedman (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 109 | Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy | |
| 110 | Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling | |
| 111 | Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 112 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 113 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 114 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 115 | Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy | |
| 116 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 117 | Logan Loader (USA) Team Exergy | |
| 118 | Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy | |
| 119 | Ken Hanson (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 120 | Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling | |
| 121 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos - Shimano | |
| 122 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 123 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 124 | Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 125 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 126 | Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy | |
| Patrick Bevin (NZl) Bissell Cycling | 00:33:59 | |
| Sammenlagt: | ||
| 1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 09:44:15 |
| 2 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Barracuda | 00:00:08 |
| 3 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | 00:00:13 |
| 4 | Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 00:00:14 |
| 5 | Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy | 00:00:16 |
| 6 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling | |
| 7 | Marc De Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 00:00:17 |
| 8 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan | 00:00:19 |
| 9 | Josh Atkins (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 10 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 00:00:20 |
| 11 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 12 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 13 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos - Shimano | |
| 14 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 15 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 16 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 17 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 18 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 19 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 20 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 21 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 22 | Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 23 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 24 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 25 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 26 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 27 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 28 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 29 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 30 | Raymond Kunzli (Swi) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 31 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 32 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 33 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 34 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 35 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 36 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 37 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 38 | Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy | |
| 39 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 40 | Andrés Díaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy | |
| 41 | Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 42 | Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 43 | Nathan Brown (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 44 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 45 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 46 | Ian Boswell (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 47 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 48 | Alex Howes (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 49 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 50 | Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling | 00:00:42 |
| 51 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 52 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 00:00:43 |
| 53 | George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan | 00:00:44 |
| 54 | Joseph Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 55 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | 00:01:04 |
| 56 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 57 | Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | 00:01:28 |
| 58 | Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | 00:01:56 |
| 59 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 00:03:22 |
| 60 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 00:07:04 |
| 61 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 62 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 63 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Argos - Shimano | 00:07:16 |
| 64 | Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 65 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos - Shimano | |
| 66 | Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 67 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 68 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos - Shimano | |
| 69 | Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 70 | Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 71 | Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 72 | Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | 00:08:36 |
| 73 | Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 74 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos - Shimano | 00:09:00 |
| 75 | Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling | 00:09:09 |
| 76 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 00:11:53 |
| 77 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 78 | Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling | 00:14:19 |
| 79 | Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | 00:14:21 |
| 80 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 81 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 00:15:05 |
| 82 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 83 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 00:15:31 |
| 84 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 00:15:32 |
| 85 | Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 86 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 87 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 88 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 89 | Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team | |
| 90 | Sébastian Salas (Can) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | 00:18:08 |
| 91 | Thomas Zirbel (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | 00:18:49 |
| 92 | David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 93 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 94 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 95 | Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 00:19:11 |
| 96 | Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy | 00:19:48 |
| 97 | Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 00:21:13 |
| 98 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 00:21:15 |
| 99 | Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | 00:21:17 |
| 100 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 101 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 102 | Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 103 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos - Shimano | |
| 104 | Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 105 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 106 | Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling | 00:22:01 |
| 107 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 108 | Logan Loader (USA) Team Exergy | |
| 109 | Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 110 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 | |
| 111 | Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | |
| 112 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 113 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos - Shimano | |
| 114 | Ken Hanson (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 115 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos - Shimano | |
| 116 | Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy | |
| 117 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 118 | Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 00:23:41 |
| 119 | Jason McCartney (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 00:26:09 |
| 120 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 121 | Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 00:26:53 |
| 122 | Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy | |
| 123 | Michael Friedman (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 124 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 125 | Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy | |
| 126 | Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling | 00:31:28 |