May 17/16 19:49 pm - Tour of California: Stage 3, new leader

Posted by Editoress on 05/17/16
 

Alaphilippe conquers Gibraltar Road
Runner-up at the previous edition, the Frenchman won again the most difficult stage of the race and claimed the yellow jersey

The leader jersey changed hands for the third time in three days at the 2016 Amgen Tour of California, with Etixx – Quick-Step’s Julian Alaphilippe clutching the Queen Stage victory with a determined push up the final steeply sloped metres of Gibraltar Road in Santa Barbara County. The 23 year-old French rider who won last year’s Mount Baldy stage and placed second overall, just three seconds from top finisher Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), has clearly found California climbs to his liking.  

 

 

 

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“Today was really hard, everyone waiting the last climb for the big fight, so I was a little bit nervous we arrived here [at the final climb]”, said Alaphilippe. “I wanted to wait until the last moment because I don’t know my condition after the break, so I’m really, really happy to win today.”

Soon after the peloton of 144 took off from Thousand Oaks, home to title sponsor Amgen, a breakaway group of seven emerged. Nearly four hours and 153 kms later, that group dwindled to two Americans still out front on the approach to Gibraltar:  21 year-old Greg Daniel (Axeon Hagens Berman) and Tanner Putt (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling). Daniel attacked for a solo stint heading into the infamous 7.5-mile climb up Gibraltar Road, earning the Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey today.

The chase group was pulled up the mountain by Cannondale Pro Cycling Team in support of Lawson Craddock, with BMC Racing Team for Brent Bookwalter and Alaphilippe also within the pack of 20+ riders.

Three kilometres into the climb, the youngest rider in the peloton, Axeon Hagens Berman’s Neilson Powless (age 19) took the lead, creating a gap that grew to 15 and then 30 seconds with less than five kilometres to ride.

“On the final climb I felt really good. I was in the top three riders getting into the climb. After maybe 2K [kilometres] on the climb I looked back and noticed that there was a really large gap,” said Powless. “I just decided to keep it steady and see how long I could go, and it turned out to be a really successful ride, and gave me a lot of confidence just to know that I can climb like that, because in the past I haven’t seen myself as a top, top climber. So, yeah, I have a lot of confidence going into the next couple days.”

Strong climbers Lachlan Morton of San Diego-based Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis and Peter Stetina (Trek – Segafredo) made a move to catch Powless with 4 kilometres left. Stetina, who is coming back from a severe leg injury, soon escaped to a solo lead and hung on through the 10 percent average grade of the final kilometre until Alaphilippe attacked in the last 400 metres, overtaking Stetina and also the Amgen Race Leader Jersey with his win today. Stetina, who resides in two of this year’s Host Cities – Santa Rosa and Lake Tahoe – finished the stage in second place, followed by George Bennett (Team Lotto NL – Jumbo) in third and Santa Rosa-based BMC Racing Team’s Brent Bookwalter in fourth. After his tremendous effort, Powless ended the day in fifth place.

Rally Cycling’s Evan Huffman, who took second place on Stage 2 yesterday, joined the breakaway to gather KOM points on the first three categorized climbs of the day to retain the Lexus King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey.

A crash at the bottom of Gibraltar Road today took Team Sky’s Peter Kennaugh, a favourite for the stage, out of the race with a suspected broken collarbone.

 

Results from the fourth stage in California

Stage 3: Thousand Oaks to Gibraltar Road, 167.5 km
1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step	4:36:59
2 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo	at 0:15
3 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	0:25
4 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:27
5 Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman	0:30
6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:33
7 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	0:35
8 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team	0:48
9 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) BMC Racing Team	s.t.
10 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	0:59
11 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
12 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Trek-Segafredo	both s.t.
13 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	1:02
14 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Hagens Berman	1:18
15 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro	1:20
16 Javier Megias (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk	1:23
17 John Hornbeck (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	s.t.
18 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha	1:31
19 Tao Geoghegan-Hart (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman	2:00
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro	2:21
21 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie	2:24
22 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data	2:38
23 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step	2:52
24 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data	2:54
25 Rob Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	s.t.
26 Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	3:28
27 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky	4:14
28 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
29 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin
30 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
31 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team	all s.t.
32 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins	4:45
33 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	4:52
34 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha	5:04
35 Ben King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	5:28
36 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro
37 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
38 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	all s.t.
39 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro	5:49
40 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	6:23
41 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie	7:38
42 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha	8:44
43 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	9:38
44 Michael Schar (Sui) BMC Racing Team
45 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
46 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
47 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
48 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff
49 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	all s.t.
50 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk	10:39
51 Michael Sheehan (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
52 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step
53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
54 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
55 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
56 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
57 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
58 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie
59 Krists Neilands (Lat) Axeon Hagens Berman	all s.t.
60 Travis McCabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	10:46
61 Geoffrey Curran (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman	10:48
62 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro	11:58
63 Daniel Patten (GBr) Team Wiggins	s.t.
64 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling	12:19
65 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step	12:35
66 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk	13:08
67 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	13:50
68 Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo
69 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
70 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin
71 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff
72 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo	all s.t.
73 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk	15:08
74 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team	15:10
76 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step	15:43
77 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
78 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
79 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
80 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
81 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie
82 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff
83 Jesse Anthony (USA) Rally Cycling
84 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling	all s.t.
85 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro	16:16
86 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx - Quick-Step	16:41
87 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin	17:45
88 William Barta (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman	17:58
89 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
90 Chris Putt (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
91 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
92 Michael Thompson (GBr) Team Wiggins
93 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
94 Jake Kelly (GBr) Team Wiggins
95 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	all s.t.
96 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff	18:05
97 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
98 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
99 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha
100 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
101 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	all s.t.
102 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Wiggins	18:31
103 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie	18:40
104 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk	21:52
105 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff
106 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
107 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff
108 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
109 Christopher Latham (GBr) Team Wiggins
110 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step
111 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
112 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
113 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data
114 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
115 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro
116 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
117 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
118 Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling
119 Michael Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff
120 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
121 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk
122 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
123 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha
124 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data
125 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
126 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
127 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Wiggins
128 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Team Sky
128 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
130 Alex Peters (GBr) Team Sky
131 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff
132 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie
133 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team Wiggins
134 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
135 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky
136 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
137 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
139 William Routley (Can) Rally Cycling	all s.t.
140 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha	22:00
141 Oscar Clark (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	22:17
142 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek-Segafredo	22:32
143 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	22:58
DNF Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky
GC
1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step	12:49:47
2 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo	at 0:19
3 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	0:31
4 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:37
5 Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman	0:40
6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:43
7 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	0:45
8 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team	0:58
9 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) BMC Racing Team	s.t.
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Trek-Segafredo	1:09
11 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
12 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	both s.t.
13 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	1:12
14 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Hagens Berman	1:28
15 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro	1:30
16 Javier Megias (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk	1:33
17 John Hornbeck (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	s.t.
18 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha	1:41
19 Tao Geoghegan-Hart (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman	2:10
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro	2:31
21 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie	2:34
22 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data	2:48
23 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step	3:02
24 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data	3:04
25 Rob Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	s.t.
26 Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	3:38
27 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin	4:23
28 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo	4:24
29 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
30 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky	both s.t.
31 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins	4:55
32 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data	4:58
33 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	5:02
34 Ben King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	5:14
35 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	5:38
36 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro
37 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	both s.t.
38 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha	5:53
39 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro	5:59
40 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	6:33
41 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie	7:48
42 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha	8:54
43 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman	9:46
44 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	9:48
45 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
46 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff
47 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
48 Michael Schar (Sui) BMC Racing Team
49 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	all s.t.
50 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step	10:49
51 Krists Neilands (Lat) Axeon Hagens Berman
52 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	both s.t.
53 Travis McCabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	10:56
54 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie	11:05
55 Geoffrey Curran (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman	11:09
56 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	11:19
57 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	11:28
58 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro	12:05
59 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling	12:29
60 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step	12:45
61 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie	s.t.
62 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	14:00
63 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
64 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff	both s.t.
65 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky	15:53
66 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
67 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling	both s.t.
68 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx - Quick-Step	16:51
69 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	17:40
70 William Barta (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman	18:05
71 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman	18:08
72 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	s.t.
73 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin	18:15
74 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
75 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha	both s.t.
76 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin	18:26
77 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie	18:50
78 Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo	20:01
79 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling	s.t.
80 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	20:10
81 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk	20:29
82 Michael Sheehan (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	20:51
83 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk	20:55
84 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step	20:57
85 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling	21:46
86 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff	21:52
87 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha	21:58
88 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	22:02
89 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro
90 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
91 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
92 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
93 Alex Peters (GBr) Team Sky
94 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Team Sky	all s.t.
95 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step	22:41
96 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro	23:34
97 Oscar Clark (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	24:08
98 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha	24:30
99 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk	25:26
100 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	25:57
101 Jesse Anthony (USA) Rally Cycling	26:01
102 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	26:24
103 Daniel Patten (GBr) Team Wiggins	28:00
104 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	28:13
105 Michael Thompson (GBr) Team Wiggins	28:16
106 Chris Putt (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	s.t.
107 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis	28:23
108 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	28:36
109 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Wiggins	28:49
110 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	28:55
111 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk	30:40
112 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team	30:42
113 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team Wiggins	32:04
114 Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling	32:10
115 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha	s.t.
116 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie	s.t.
117 William Routley (Can) Rally Cycling	32:49
118 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha	s.t.
119 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek-Segafredo	32:50
120 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	33:10
121 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin	33:17
122 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie	33:22
123 Jake Kelly (GBr) Team Wiggins	33:30
124 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	33:32
125 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff	34:27
126 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff	36:10
127 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky	36:18
128 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky	s.t.
129 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk	37:24
130 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data	s.t.
131 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data	s.t.
132 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro	s.t.
133 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data	s.t.
134 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
135 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
136 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie	s.t.
137 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Wiggins	s.t.
138 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data	38:17
139 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data	38:38
140 Christopher Latham (GBr) Team Wiggins	39:57
141 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff	40:12
142 Michael Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff	40:13
143 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff	41:48

 

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