Posted by Editoress on 05/18/10
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) won the third stage of the Tour of California on Tuesday, and became the third rider in three days to don the gold jersey of the race leader. Zabriskie outsprinted breakaway companions Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) and defending champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) to win the 182.3 kilometre stage. The three race favourites broke away from the rest of the field on the final climb of the stage to finish 17 seconds in front of a chase group.
With time bonuses, Zabriskie holds a four second lead over Rogers and six seconds over Leipheimer. Ryder Hesjedal, Zabriskie's teammate, finished tenth on the stage and moved up to sixth in the overall standings, 27 seconds out of the lead. François Parisien (SpiderTech p/b Planet Energy), was ninth in the stage and 17th overall, with the same time as Hesjedal.
"It was a hard day," admitted Hesjedal. "We were there to support Dave [Zabriskie], and it work out well. I was feeling good, climbing with the front group, but I had a scare when I flatted after the last climb. Luckily I was able to get back to the group and not lose any time."
Will Routley (Jelly Belly) was awarded the Most Aggressive Rider jersey for the stage, after participating in a 90 kilometre long breakaway attempt that was only caught on the final climb.
The break was slow in getting established, as Mark Cavendish's HTC-Columbia squad kept everything together for the first two sprints, to put the Brit back in the Points Jersey. After the second intermediate sprint, the peloton calmed down and rolled along the Pacific coast in the sunshine.
Routley used the local knowledge he had gained from wintering in Santa Cruz to identify what would prove to be the key spot for the successful break.
"I knew that there was a left turn from the wide highway by the ocean into a narrow road up to the climb, and it was important to be up front then. Sure enough, after we went around the corner, the ProTour teams spread across the road and we were able to get away."
Four other riders joined Routley in the break - Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benefit Strategies), Eric Boily (SpiderTech p/b Planet Energy), Davide Frattini (Team Type 1) and Andy Jacques-Maynes (Bissell). The group opened up a gap of over five minutes by the top of the third climb, as rain at the tops of the climbs caused the peloton to descend gingerly, but there was still over 100 kilometres to go, with a long tailwind section next to the ocean and the final, and hardest, climb of the day.
RadioShack, with some assistance from Cervélo, the team of race leader Brett Lancaster, went to the front and steadily pulled back the break along the Pacific Coast Highway section. Just before the race turned inland for the final climb up Bonny Doon, Routley attacked solo, hoping to extend his time away.
"I hoped we'd hit the final climb with a few minutes lead," explained Routley, "but no dice, they chased super hard on the run in, and we were gonna get caught, so I attacked the break and went solo for about 10 kilometres, and got the most aggressive rider jersey for it."
He was caught at the base of the steep part of the climb, and then Radioshack put the pressure on. Riders were quickly shed off the back by the blistering pace set by by the team, until partway up the climb Leipheimer attacked, exploding the remainder of the field, with only Rogers and Zabriskie able to match his pace. Over the top of Bonny Doon, the trio had a gap of 30-plus seconds on a chase group of 24, including Hesjedal, Parisien, RadioShack riders Lance Armstrong, Chris Horner, Janez Brajkovic and Jose Rubiera, Hesjedal's teammates Tom Danielson and Peter Stetina, Jens Voigt and Jakob Fuglsang from Saxo Bank, and Heinrich Haussler from Cervélo.
As the group behind got organized, the gap to the leaders began to drop, but coming into the final kilometre was still 20 seconds. Zabriskie began to wind up 500 metres from the line and held on for the win, centimetres in front of a late surge by Rogers. For Zabriskie, who has finished second overall two times (2006 and 2009), it was a first stage win and first leader's jersey at the Tour of California.
Race Notes
- Comments from Frank Parisien: Another top 10 for the team. This is awesome for the team. Eric was in the break all day. Superb representation of the Canadian riders today. Lucas [Euser] and I got great support from our teammates. Before the left turn on Bonny Doon, the peloton was riding at 60 km/h and our team-mates brought us back in top ten position for the climb. The first few km on the climb was like a full on sprint, holding close to 500 watts. When the break went, we slowed down. Lucas rode at the front to maintain a good tempo. Then when we knew that we had a chance to bring back break, I focussed on the sprint. We came close to bringing them back. Tomorrow should be another good day for us.
- Armstrong changed bikes twice on the descent after the second KoM. After the first change, he rode the replacement for about ten minutes before (we assume) switching back to his original bike.
- RadioShack is doing an incredible advertising blitz to go with the team and the race - placards are being handed out by the thousands, ads in local papers, a flatbed truck with a big billboard (of Lance, naturally) rolls along in front of the race. Meanwhile, a plane pulling a banner for Michelob Ultra (the beer Armstrong endorses) has been circling over the race...
- There was a mash up among team cars on the second KoM, as riders went back for rain gear, and team directeurs jockeyed for position. A number of teams received fines and, more ominously, a mandatory meeting for all team directors with the California Highway Patrol before the start of tomorrow's stage...
- Tomorrow's 195.5 kilometre stage heads inland, starting in San Jose and finishing in Modesto. It opens with the difficult Category 1 Sierra Road climb before dropping into the Central Valley. A second Category 4 climb faces the riders half way through the stage, and then it is a downhill run to the finish line.
Stage 3: San Francisco to Santa Cruz, 182.3 km | |
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Transitions | 4:26:09 |
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) HTC – Columbia | |
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Radioshack | both s.t. |
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Doimo | 0:17 |
5 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
6 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo Testteam | |
7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Saxo Bank | |
8 Christopher Horner (USA) Radioshack | |
9 François Parisien (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Transitions | |
11 Jeremy Venell (NZl) Bissell | |
12 Steve Morabito (Sui) Bmc Racing Team | |
13 Lars Bak Ytting (Den) HTC – Columbia | |
14 Lance Armstrong (USA) Radioshack | |
15 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | |
16 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Transitions | |
17 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC – Columbia | |
18 Marc De Maar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Radioshack | |
20 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | |
21 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Esp) Radioshack | |
22 Phil Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia | |
23 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin – Transitions | |
24 Francesco Bellotti (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
25 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | all s.t. |
26 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas - Doimo | 0:37 |
27 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 0:17 |
28 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 1:41 |
29 David Boily (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
30 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep | |
31 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | |
32 George Hincapie (USA) Bmc Racing Team | |
33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
34 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
35 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Esp) Quickstep | |
36 Paul Mach (USA) Bissell | all s.t. |
37 Oscar Pujol (Esp) Cervélo Testteam | 1:56 |
38 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell | 4:36 |
39 Rob Britton (Can) Bissell | |
40 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
41 Max Jenkins (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
42 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
43 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
44 Chris Butler (USA) Bmc Racing Team | |
45 Chad Beyer (USA) Bmc Racing Team | all s.t. |
46 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep | 4:40 |
47 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | s.t. |
48 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 8:13 |
49 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | 8:58 |
50 Darren Lill (RSA) Fly V Australia | |
51 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo Testteam | |
52 Simon Zahner (Sui) Bmc Racing Team | |
53 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
54 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Team Type 1 | |
55 Jackson Stewart (USA) Bmc Racing Team | |
56 Charles Dionne (Can) Fly V Australia | |
57 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Radioshack | all s.t. |
58 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo Testteam | 12:52 |
59 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin – Transitions | |
60 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies | both s.t. |
61 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank | 16:10 |
62 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC – Columbia | s.t. |
63 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bmc Racing Team | 16:24 |
64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC – Columbia | |
65 Michael Friedman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
66 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
67 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC – Columbia | |
68 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quickstep | |
69 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | |
70 Daniel Holloway (USA) Bissell | |
71 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
72 Elia Viviani (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
73 Davide Cimolai (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
74 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell | |
75 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
76 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Bmc Racing Team | |
77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC – Columbia | |
78 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC – Columbia | |
79 Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
80 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank | |
81 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep | |
82 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | |
83 Francesco Chicchi (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
84 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep | |
85 Zach Bell (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
86 Ivan Santaromita (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
87 Manuel Quinziato (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
88 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
89 Theo Bos (Ned) Cervélo Testteam | |
90 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
91 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
92 João Correia (Por) Cervélo Testteam | |
93 Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quickstep | |
94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep | |
95 Ken Hanson (USA) Team Type 1 | |
96 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
97 Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type 1 | |
98 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Saxo Bank | |
99 André Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank | |
100 Stuart O’Grady’ (Aus) Saxo Bank | |
101 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell | |
102 Bradley White (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
103 Jason McCartney (USA) Radioshack | |
104 Cody O’reilly (USA) Bissell | |
105 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
106 Matthew Crane (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
107 Bruno Langlois (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
108 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Radioshack | |
109 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | |
110 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | |
111 William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
112 Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
113 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo Testteam | |
114 Eric Boily (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
115 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin – Transitions | |
116 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Transitions | |
117 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin – Transitions | |
118 Robert Thomson Jay (RSA) Fly V Australia | |
119 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo Testteam | |
120 Scott Stewart (USA) Team Type 1 | |
121 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | |
122 Andrew Randell (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
123 Javier Meijas Leal (Esp) Team Type 1 | |
124 Davide Frattini (Italy) Team Type 1 | all s.t. |
DNF Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
DNF Sean Mazich (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
GC | |
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Transitions | 13:09:33 |
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) HTC – Columbia | at 0:04 |
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Radioshack | 0:06 |
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Doimo | 0:21 |
5 Marc De Maar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | 0:24 |
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Radioshack | 0:27 |
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Transitions | |
8 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Transitions | |
9 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin – Transitions | |
11 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Esp) Radioshack | |
12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Radioshack | |
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Radioshack | |
14 Lars Bak Ytting (Den) HTC – Columbia | |
15 Francesco Bellotti (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
16 Phil Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia | |
17 François Parisien (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
18 Steve Morabito (Sui) Bmc Racing Team | |
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Saxo Bank | all s.t. |
20 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC – Columbia | 1:44 |
21 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | |
22 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | |
23 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
24 Jeremy Venell (NZl) Bissell | |
25 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo Testteam | all s.t. |
26 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 1:47 |
27 Paul Mach (USA) Bissell | 1:49 |
28 George Hincapie (USA) Bmc Racing Team | 3:08 |
29 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep | s.t. |
30 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 3:14 |
31 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas - Doimo | 3:34 |
32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 4:38 |
33 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | 4:46 |
34 Max Jenkins (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | 6:03 |
35 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | 6:07 |
36 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo Testteam | 8:58 |
37 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Team Type 1 | 9:04 |
38 David Boily (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | 9:05 |
39 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 9:40 |
40 Simon Zahner (Sui) Bmc Racing Team | 10:25 |
41 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | 11:18 |
42 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 12:24 |
43 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | 12:25 |
44 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 13:57 |
45 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin – Transitions | 14:19 |
46 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell | 14:25 |
47 Chad Beyer (USA) Bmc Racing Team | 15:17 |
48 Rob Britton (Can) Bissell | 15:20 |
49 Chris Butler (USA) Bmc Racing Team | s.t. |
50 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank | 16:20 |
51 Jackson Stewart (USA) Bmc Racing Team | 16:22 |
52 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | 16:25 |
53 André Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank | 16:34 |
54 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia | 16:53 |
55 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Esp) Quickstep | s.t. |
56 Darren Lill (RSA) Fly V Australia | 17:01 |
57 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bmc Racing Team | 17:51 |
58 Davide Cimolai (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
59 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
60 Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies | all s.t. |
61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Radioshack | 19:06 |
62 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 19:21 |
63 Davide Frattini (Italy) Team Type 1 | s.t. |
64 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 19:26 |
65 Oscar Pujol (Esp) Cervélo Testteam | 19:34 |
66 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | 21:15 |
67 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep | 22:10 |
68 Charles Dionne (Can) Fly V Australia | 24:10 |
69 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo Testteam | 25:45 |
70 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank | 27:02 |
71 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 27:04 |
72 Andrew Randell (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | 27:06 |
73 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell | 27:08 |
74 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin – Transitions | |
75 Robert Thomson Jay (RSA) Fly V Australia | |
76 Michael Friedman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | all s.t. |
77 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies | 28:04 |
78 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo Testteam | s.t. |
79 Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC – Columbia | 28:41 |
80 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | 28:41 |
81 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Bmc Racing Team | 31:30 |
82 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | 31:36 |
83 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin – Transitions | |
84 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep | |
85 Bradley White (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | |
86 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Saxo Bank | |
87 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep | |
88 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | all s.t. |
89 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC – Columbia | 33:40 |
90 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC – Columbia | s.t. |
91 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC – Columbia | 33:52 |
92 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC – Columbia | 33:54 |
93 Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quickstep | |
94 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Transitions | |
95 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
96 Francesco Chicchi (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
97 Elia Viviani (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
98 Manuel Quinziato (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
99 Theo Bos (Ned) Cervélo Testteam | |
100 Ken Hanson (USA) Team Type 1 | |
101 Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
102 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | |
103 Zach Bell (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
104 Eric Boily (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
105 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell | |
106 Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type 1 | |
107 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quickstep | |
108 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
109 Ivan Santaromita (Italy) Liquigas - Doimo | |
110 Daniel Holloway (USA) Bissell | |
111 João Correia (Por) Cervélo Testteam | |
112 Scott Stewart (USA) Team Type 1 | |
113 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | |
114 Bruno Langlois (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy | |
115 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Bissell | |
116 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep | |
117 Jason McCartney (USA) Radioshack | |
118 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo Testteam | |
119 Stuart O’Grady’ (Aus) Saxo Bank | |
120 William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | |
121 Matthew Crane (USA) Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis | all s.t. |
122 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | 34:14 |
123 Javier Meijas Leal (Esp) Team Type 1 | 34:32 |
124 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Radioshack | s.t. |
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