Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) wygrał na ulicach Sacramento ostatni etap Tour of California.
Brytyjski sprinter na finiszowych metrach pokonał Petera Sagana (Tinkoff) i Alexandera Kristoffa (Katusha).
Francuz Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx – Quick-Step) bezpiecznie dowiózł żółtą koszulkę do końcowej mety, po ubiegłorocznym drugim miejscu dopisując do swoich palmares pierwszą wygraną w wyścigu etapowym. W klasyfikacji generalnej 23-latek wyprzedził duet ekipy BMC – Rohana Dennisa i Brenta Bookwaltera.
Płaski etap nie sprzyjał uciekinierom. Wprawdzie na czele ukonstytuowała się siedmioosobowa grupka z Robinem Carpenterem (Holowesko-Citadel), Emersonem Oronte (Rally Cycling), Jakiem Kellym (Team WIGGINS), Alanem Marangonim (Cannondale), Chrisem Jonesem (UnitedHealthcare), Kristsem Nielandsem (Axeon-Hagens Berman) oraz Taylorem Sheldonem (Jelly Belly-Maxxis), ale jej przewaga nigdy nie przekroczyła znacząco dwóch minut.
Kolarze ekip Etixx-Quick Step, Dimension Data i Direct Energie trzymali rywalizację w ryzach i na rundy w Sacramento wjechali ze stratą 30 sekund do prowadzącej grupki. Pościg zakończył się kilometr przed metą, gdy poddali się Carpenter i Nielands, pozostawiając pole do rywalizacji sprinterom.
Finisz ponownie otwierali kolarze Katushy z Peterem Saganem na kole, acz rywali pogodził przechodzący samotnie z dalszej pozycji Cavendish.
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 3:01:12 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 7 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 8 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx - Quick-Step 9 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 10 Travis McCabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 11 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 12 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare 13 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 14 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 00:03 15 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 16 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 17 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:05 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 19 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 20 Tao Geoghegan-Hart (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman 21 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare 22 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 23 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 24 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 25 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 26 Rob Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 27 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 28 Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling 29 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare 30 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 31 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 32 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 33 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Hagens Berman 34 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 35 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 36 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 37 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 38 Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 39 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 40 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 41 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 42 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:13 43 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 00:17 44 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:21 45 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:25 46 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:31 47 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:35 48 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 49 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff Team 50 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 00:40 51 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 00:44 52 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 53 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 00:49 54 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 55 Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 56 Michael Sheehan (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 58 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling 59 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 60 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 61 Daniel Patten (GBr) Team WIGGINS 62 Ben King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:55 63 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 64 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 00:57 65 Oscar Clark (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 01:00 66 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare 67 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 68 Krists Neilands (Lat) Axeon Hagens Berman 01:04 69 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 70 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare 01:12 71 John Hornbeck (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 72 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:17 73 Jake Kelly (GBr) Team WIGGINS 74 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 75 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 01:23 76 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 01:28 77 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 78 Christopher Latham (GBr) Team WIGGINS 79 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 80 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 81 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 82 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 83 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 84 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 85 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 86 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 87 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 01:36 88 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 89 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 01:39 90 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 91 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:44 92 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 93 William Barta (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 01:46 94 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:51 95 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling 01:54 96 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 01:58 97 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale Pro Cycling 02:14 98 Chris Putt (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 02:16 99 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 02:18 100 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 101 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Team Sky 102 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 103 Michael Thompson (GBr) Team WIGGINS 104 Geoffrey Curran (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 02:25 105 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 02:32 106 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling 02:34 107 Michal Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff Team 02:40 108 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 02:43 109 Owain Doull (GBr) Team WIGGINS 03:01 110 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team WIGGINS 111 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team WIGGINS 03:03 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 113 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek-Segafredo 114 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 03:28 115 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 116 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling 117 William Routley (Can) Rally Cycling 118 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 119 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 120 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 121 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 122 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 03:50 123 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 124 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 125 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 126 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 127 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 128 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 04:53 129 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 05:15 130 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 05:36 131 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 06:17
1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 31:47:50 2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 00:21 3 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:43 4 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:52 5 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 01:22 6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 7 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:50 8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 01:53 9 Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 01:57 10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:13 11 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling 02:46 12 Tao Geoghegan-Hart (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman 03:00 13 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Hagens Berman 03:22 14 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 03:53 15 Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 05:03 16 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 05:11 17 Rob Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 06:05 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare 06:46 19 John Hornbeck (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 07:07 20 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 07:17 21 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 07:35 22 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 08:22 23 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 09:59 24 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 11:10 25 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare 12:12 26 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 12:46 27 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 12:56 28 Travis McCabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 13:26 29 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 17:42 30 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 18:21 31 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 19:05 32 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 19:39 33 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 21:36 34 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 22:01 35 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 22:21 36 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 23:21 37 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 23:22 38 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 24:35 39 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Etixx - Quick-Step 27:17 40 Krists Neilands (Lat) Axeon Hagens Berman 27:47 41 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 28:42 42 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 30:19 43 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale Pro Cycling 30:28 44 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 32:24 45 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 33:50 46 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 33:52 47 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 36:42 48 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 37:46 49 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 39:55 50 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 41:41 51 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 42:53 52 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 43:22 53 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 45:48 54 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 46:26 55 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 47:10 56 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare 47:32 57 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 47:33 58 Geoffrey Curran (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 47:57 59 Ben King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 48:19 60 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 48:54 61 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 50:24 62 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 51:24 63 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare 51:44 64 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 52:22 65 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 52:28 66 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Team Sky 52:31 67 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 52:42 68 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 52:49 69 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling 53:58 70 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 54:17 71 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 57:29 72 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 58:28 73 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 59:27 74 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 01:00:33 75 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 01:00:52 76 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:01:19 77 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 01:01:28 78 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 01:02:25 79 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 01:04:18 80 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 01:04:40 81 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 01:05:05 82 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 01:06:25 83 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 01:07:05 84 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling 01:07:40 85 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 01:09:22 86 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 01:09:37 87 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 01:10:27 88 William Barta (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 01:10:52 89 Michael Sheehan (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:13:28 90 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 01:13:39 91 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 01:13:44 92 Owain Doull (GBr) Team WIGGINS 01:14:12 93 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 01:14:19 94 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:17:15 95 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 01:17:34 96 Daniel Patten (GBr) Team WIGGINS 01:18:13 97 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare 01:18:29 98 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:19:08 99 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:19:22 100 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:20:31 101 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff Team 01:20:51 102 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 01:22:34 103 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:22:57 104 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 01:23:09 105 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:23:24 106 Michael Thompson (GBr) Team WIGGINS 01:23:52 107 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:24:33 108 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek-Segafredo 01:25:43 109 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 01:25:46 110 Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling 01:26:12 111 William Routley (Can) Rally Cycling 01:26:18 112 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team WIGGINS 01:26:51 113 Chris Putt (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 114 Oscar Clark (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 01:28:02 115 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 01:28:05 116 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 01:29:50 117 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 01:30:37 118 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 01:31:38 119 Jake Kelly (GBr) Team WIGGINS 01:32:48 120 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 01:33:12 121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team WIGGINS 01:33:38 122 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 01:34:00 123 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 01:34:28 124 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 01:34:38 125 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare 01:34:57 126 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 01:35:43 127 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 01:36:40 128 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 01:38:22 129 Christopher Latham (GBr) Team WIGGINS 01:39:23 130 Michal Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff Team 01:40:26 131 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 01:44:56