Posted by Editoress on 05/14/17
German speedster Marcel Kittel (Quick - Step Floors) collected his first career Amgen Tour of California stage victory and the Sprint Jersey as the week long, 583-mile (938 km) stage race began today in Sacramento, California. World Road Race Champion Peter Sagan (BORA-Hansgrohe), known as the "King of California" for his race record 15 stage wins, crossed the line in second today with Team Sky's Elia Viviani rounding out the podium in third.
"It's a nice start to the [Amgen] Tour of California. Some teams tried to go for the crosswinds but the wind was not strong enough. I'm very happy with how my team handled the sprint," said Kittel. "It gives us confidence for the races to come. We got rid of a lot of pressure today, and we can look forward to the rest of the race and go relaxed in the next days."
Rob Britton (Rally Cycling) was top Canadian finishing 22nd at 4 seconds back.
Results from the first stage in California
Stage 1: Sacramento Circuit, 167 km | |
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | 3:45:35 |
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | |
4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | |
5 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
6 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
7 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
8 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
9 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | |
10 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
11 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
12 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
13 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | |
14 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling | |
15 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | all s.t. |
16 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 0:04 |
17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
18 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
19 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
20 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
21 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
22 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | |
23 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
24 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
25 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | |
26 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
27 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | |
28 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) BMC Racing Team | |
29 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | |
30 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally Cycling | |
31 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
32 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
33 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
34 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
35 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | |
36 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
37 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
38 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | |
39 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | |
40 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
41 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
42 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
43 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
44 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | |
45 Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
46 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
47 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | |
48 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | |
49 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | |
50 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
51 Luis Angel Mate (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
52 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data | |
53 Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
54 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
55 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
56 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | |
57 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
58 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
59 Martin Elmiger (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
60 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
61 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
62 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | |
63 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
64 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | |
65 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
66 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
67 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
68 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | |
69 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
70 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
71 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | |
72 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
73 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
74 Javier Megias (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | |
75 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data | |
76 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
77 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
78 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
79 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
80 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
81 David Lopez (Esp) Team Sky | |
82 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data | |
83 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
84 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling | |
85 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | |
86 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | |
87 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
88 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
89 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | |
90 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | |
91 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | |
92 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
93 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
94 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
95 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
96 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
97 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
98 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
99 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | |
100 Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
101 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
102 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
103 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling | |
104 David Lozano (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | |
105 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
106 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates | |
107 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | |
108 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | all s.t. |
109 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:24 |
110 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:26 |
111 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
112 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:28 |
113 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:30 |
114 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:34 |
115 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:35 |
116 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | s.t. |
117 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors | 0:50 |
118 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | 0:55 |
119 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:59 |
120 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
121 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data | 1:02 |
122 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 1:05 |
123 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:12 |
124 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
125 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | 1:14 |
126 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 1:19 |
127 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
128 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | 1:23 |
129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | 2:05 |
130 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky | s.t. |
131 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | 2:24 |
132 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | 2:30 |
133 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | 3:17 |
134 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | s.t. |
135 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 3:57 |
DNS Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo |
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