May 12/19 21:26 pm - Tour of California: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 05/12/19
Sagan Claims 17th Amgen Tour of California Stage Win
The 2019 Amgen Tour of California kicked off with BORA-hansgrohe's three-time World Champion Peter Sagan claiming his 17th California stage win by a wheel over US Cycling National Team's Travis McCabe.
Continuing to grow his Tour of California stage win record, Sagan also took the early lead in the Sprint competition.
The final metres of the race's 10th visit to Sacramento were neck and neck with Sagan and McCabe, who is celebrated his 30th birthday on the day. Sagan placed second twice before on this finish behind Mark Cavendish in 2015 and 2016.
Third on the stage was Maximilian Walscheid (Team Sunweb), which set a blazing tempo around the Capitol Circuits to get him in prime position for the final sprint.
"We will see here day by day how it's going…," said Sagan. "I had stopped [winning] for one year, last year I didn't win, but I am very happy that I could catch another one. If I can continue like this, it's gonna be nice to hold some record here in the [Amgen] Tour of California."
Stage 1 was an 88.9-mile (143 km) ride beginning and ending in the shadow of the State Capitol Building, with a three-circuit finish.
"I felt great, I thought I was closing in on him [Sagan]; I had to come from four or five wheels back … I can't be more happy with second place; losing to a World Champion is not a bad thing," said McCabe.
An early breakaway of four dwindled to two following the intermediate Sprint in Winters, including 21-year-old Tyler Stites (US National Team), who is making his Amgen Tour of California debut after finishing third on the final stage and fifth overall at the recent Tour of the Gila. Stites will wear the TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey tomorrow. The last rider standing before being reabsorbed by the peloton as it returned to the city center was Charles Planet (Team Novo Nordisk), a team of athletes with diabetes, earning him the day's Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey.
Top Canadian was Hugo Houle (Astana Pro Team) finishing 34th at 4 seconds back.
Results
| Stage 1: Sacramento to Sacramento, 143 km | |
| 1 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 3:14:10 |
| 2 Travis McCabe (USA) US National Team | |
| 3 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 4 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos | |
| 5 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 6 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos | all s.t. |
| 7 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | 0:04 |
| 8 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 9 Erik Baska (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 10 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 11 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 12 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 13 Miguel Bryon (USA) US National Team | |
| 14 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 15 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 16 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team | |
| 17 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 18 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 19 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 20 Michael Hernandez (USA) US National Team | |
| 21 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 22 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 23 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 24 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 25 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 26 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos | |
| 27 David de la Cruz Melgarde (Esp) Team Ineos | |
| 28 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 29 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First | |
| 30 Sondre Enger (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 31 Tyler Stites (USA) US National Team | |
| 32 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First | |
| 33 João Almeida (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon | |
| 34 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | |
| 35 Gijs van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team | |
| 36 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 37 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 38 Rob Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 39 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 40 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 41 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos | |
| 42 Maximiliano A. Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 43 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 44 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 45 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 46 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 47 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos | |
| 48 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 49 Jesper Hansen (Den) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 50 Keegan Swirbel (USA) US National Team | |
| 51 Alex Hoehn (USA) US National Team | |
| 52 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education First | |
| 53 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 54 Cristian Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 55 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 56 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 57 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana Pro Team | |
| 58 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 59 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 60 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First | |
| 61 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos | |
| 62 Alex Cataford (Can) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 63 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 64 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 65 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First | |
| 66 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 67 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 68 Michael Schär (Sui) CCC Team | |
| 69 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Dimension Data | |
| 70 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 71 Floris de Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 72 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 73 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 74 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) CCC Team | |
| 75 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First | |
| 76 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data | |
| 77 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida | all s.t. |
| 78 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:15 |
| 79 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 80 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | |
| 81 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 82 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | |
| 83 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 84 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 85 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 86 Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 87 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 88 Will Barta (USA) CCC Team | |
| 89 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 90 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team | |
| 91 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 92 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 93 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 94 Samuel Boardman (USA) US National Team | |
| 95 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 96 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 97 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 98 Felix Großschartner (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 99 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk | all s.t. |
| 100 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling | 0:21 |
| 101 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team | |
| 102 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon | |
| 103 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | |
| 104 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 105 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| 106 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | all s.t. |
| 107 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:26 |
| 108 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling | s.t. |
| 109 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | 0:30 |
| 110 Casper Phillip Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 111 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:33 |
| 112 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 113 Daniel Oss (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 114 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First | all s.t. |
| 115 Cole Davis (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 0:44 |
| 116 Ian Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | s.t. |
| 117 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:45 |
| 118 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 119 Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:51 |
| 120 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 121 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida | 0:54 |
| 122 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:56 |
| 123 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 124 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:59 |
| 125 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 126 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon | 2:02 |
| 127 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 128 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | 2:07 |
| 129 Oscar Gatto (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | 3:29 |
| 130 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 4:20 |
| 131 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
| 132 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | 5:31 |
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