Kanadyjczyk Will Routley (Team Optum) po zakończonej powodzeniem ucieczce wygrał czwarty odcinek amerykańskiego wyścigu. Liderem pozostał Brytyjczyk Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky).
Łatwy etap, z czterema premiami górskimi należał do sześcioosobowej ucieczki w składzie Gregory Daniel (Bissel), Christopher Jones i Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare), Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman), Kevin De Masmaeker (Team Novo Nordisk), Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman) i Will Routley (Team Optum).
Grupka odjechała na cztery minuty i zgodnie współpracowała, wykorzystując wahanie goniących. Peleton czekał bardzo długo z redukcją dystansu, a gdy ucieczka minęła ostatni podjazd, zlokalizowany 40 kilometrów przed metą, stało się oczywiste, że sprinterzy będą mieli kłopoty.
Routley, który do etapu przystąpił jako najlepszy góral imprezy, zebrał punkty na wszystkich wzniesieniach, podczas gdy Jones wygrał lotny finisz. Szóstka nie zadowoliła się tymi zdobyczami i czując możliwość wygrania etapu – nacisnęła mocniej na pedały. Peleton nie zdążył i sprinterzy musieli pogodzić się z przegraną.
Porażkę zanotowali też kolarze Unitedhealthcare – jadące w ucieczce duo próbowało skakać, ale ich próby nie zdały się na nic i zakończyły się 4. i 6. miejscem, za plecami zwycięskiego Kanadyjczyka.
Wyniki 4. etapu Amgen Tour of California 2014 (2.HC), Monterey – Cambria (165,1 km):
1 William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 3:48:37 2 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 3 Kevin De Masmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 4 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 5 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 6 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 00:15 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 01:17 8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 9 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 11 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 12 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 13 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Bissell Development Team 14 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare 15 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 16 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 17 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 18 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 19 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 20 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 21 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 01:21 22 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 23 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 24 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 25 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare 26 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 27 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 28 Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 29 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 30 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 31 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 32 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 33 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 34 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 35 Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp 36 Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky 37 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 38 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 39 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 40 Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 41 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 42 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 43 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 44 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp 45 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge 46 Alex Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 47 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 48 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 49 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 50 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 51 Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 52 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 53 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin Sharp 54 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team 55 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 56 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare 57 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 58 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 59 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 60 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp 61 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 62 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare 63 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 64 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 65 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 66 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky 67 Gregory Brenes (CRc) Jamis - Hagens Berman 68 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 69 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 70 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 71 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 72 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 73 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 74 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 75 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 76 Nathan Brown (USA) Garmin Sharp 77 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 78 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare 79 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 80 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 81 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 82 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis - Hagens Berman 83 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman 84 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 85 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 86 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 87 Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 88 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 89 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 90 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp 91 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 92 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:37 93 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 94 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 95 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 96 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 97 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 98 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp 01:44 99 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 100 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 101 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 01:46 102 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 103 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 01:47 104 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 105 Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 02:06 106 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura 02:11 107 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 03:58 108 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 109 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 110 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 111 José Joao Pimenta Costa (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 112 Daniel Jaramillo Díez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman 113 Nicolas Lefrançois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 114 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 115 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 116 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team 117 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 118 Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 119 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 120 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 121 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 07:46 122 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare DNS James Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team DNS Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies DNS Ryan Eastman (USA) Bissell Development Team Klasyfikacja po 4. etapie 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 13:53:51 2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 00:28 3 Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 01:09 4 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 01:25 5 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 02:14 6 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 02:28 7 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 02:29 8 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 02:31 9 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 02:33 10 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp 02:34 11 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 02:49 12 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 02:59 13 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge 03:32 14 Nathan Brown (USA) Garmin Sharp 03:39 15 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 03:46 16 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 03:49 17 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare 04:12 18 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 19 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp 04:39 20 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 05:31 21 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 06:42 22 Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp 06:44 23 Gregory Brenes (CRc) Jamis - Hagens Berman 06:45 24 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 06:54 25 Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 07:15 26 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman 07:22 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 07:34 28 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 07:45 29 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp 07:48 30 Daniel Jaramillo Díez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman 08:26 31 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 08:51 32 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 09:15 33 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 09:44 34 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 09:48 35 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare 10:17 36 Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 11:07 37 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky 11:46 38 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 11:54 39 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 12:04 40 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 12:28 41 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 12:39 42 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 12:49 43 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 12:59 44 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 13:10 45 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 13:30 46 Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 13:49 47 Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky 14:03 48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 14:05 49 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 15:19 50 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 15:21 51 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 15:24 52 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis - Hagens Berman 18:16 53 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare 18:44 54 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 19:29 55 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 19:52 56 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 20:54 57 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 21:05 58 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin Sharp 21:06 59 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 21:07 60 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 21:21 61 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 62 Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 21:37 63 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 21:55 64 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 21:59 65 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare 22:20 66 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 22:23 67 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 22:24 68 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 22:25 69 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 22:35 70 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 22:36 71 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 72 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 22:40 73 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 22:43 74 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 22:45 75 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team 22:47 76 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 22:49 77 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 22:50 78 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 23:02 79 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 80 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 23:03 81 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 82 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 23:08 83 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 23:10 84 Kevin De Masmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 23:12 85 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team 86 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 23:13 87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 23:16 88 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 23:18 89 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 23:35 90 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 23:36 91 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 23:38 92 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 93 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 24:04 94 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare 24:05 95 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura 24:13 96 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 24:17 97 Alex Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 24:32 98 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 24:37 99 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 24:43 100 Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 25:19 101 José Joao Pimenta Costa (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 26:21 102 Nicolas Lefrançois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 26:34 103 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 27:12 104 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 28:20 105 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 28:28 106 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare 29:07 107 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 29:17 108 Nicolai Brochner (Den) Bissell Development Team 29:19 109 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 29:36 110 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategie 29:38 111 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 30:41 112 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 31:12 113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 31:15 114 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 35:06 115 William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 35:24 116 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 35:54 117 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 36:27 118 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 37:38 119 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 39:05 120 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 39:34 121 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 40:01 122 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp 44:16