Słowak Peter Sagan (Cannondale), finiszując z z peletonu, wygrał przedostatni etap kalifornijskiej imprezy. Pozycję lidera utrzymał Sir Bradley Wiggins (Sky).
Przedostatni etap wyścigu prowadził kolarzy do Pasadeny. Peleton pokonał krótki dystans 142 kilometrów, z dwoma wspinaczkami w środkowej części etapu. Właśnie tam udało się odczepić część sprinterów, przede wszystkim Marka Cavendisha (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
Sytuację do końca kontrolował zespół Cannondale, ułatwiając Saganowi sięgnąć po jedenaste etapowe zwycięstwo w historii Tour of California.
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Wyniki 7. etapu Amgen Tour of California 2014 (2.HC), Santa Clarita – Pasadena (142,8 km):
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 3:24:33 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 3 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 4 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura 5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 7 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 8 Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 9 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 10 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 11 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 12 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 13 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 14 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 15 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 16 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 17 José Joao Pimenta Costa (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 18 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman 19 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp 20 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 21 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 22 Gregory Brenes (CRc) Jamis - Hagens Berman 23 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge 24 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 25 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 26 Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 27 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp 28 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 29 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 30 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 31 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 32 Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 33 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 34 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 35 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 36 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 37 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 38 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp 39 Daniel Jaramillo Díez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman 40 Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 00:12 41 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 42 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 43 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 44 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp 45 Nathan Brown (USA) Garmin Sharp 46 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky 47 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 48 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 49 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 50 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team 51 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 52 William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 53 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 54 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 55 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 56 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis - Hagens Berman 00:17 57 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 00:29 58 Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 00:35 59 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 00:37 60 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 01:04 61 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 01:19 62 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cyclin 01:35 63 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team 01:49 64 Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky 02:36 65 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional 04:39 66 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 06:16 67 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 68 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 06:21 69 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 70 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 71 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 72 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 73 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 74 Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 75 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 76 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 77 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 78 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 79 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 80 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 81 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 82 Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp 83 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 84 Alex Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 85 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 86 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 87 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 88 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 89 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 90 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 91 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 92 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 93 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 94 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 95 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 96 Kevin De Masmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 97 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 98 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 06:33 99 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 07:15 100 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 08:12 101 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12:47 102 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 103 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 104 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 105 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 106 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 107 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 108 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 109 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 110 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 111 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 112 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 113 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 114 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman DNF Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Klasyfikacja po 7. etapie 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 25:28:15 2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 00:30 3 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 01:48 4 Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 02:02 5 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 02:14 6 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 02:30 7 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge 02:39 8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 03:01 9 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp 03:05 10 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 03:06 11 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 03:19 12 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 03:45 13 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 03:57 14 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 04:23 15 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp 04:27 16 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 04:51 17 Gregory Brenes (CRc) Jamis - Hagens Berman 07:30 18 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 08:00 19 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 08:23 20 Daniel Jaramillo Díez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman 09:28 21 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 10:02 22 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp 10:07 23 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 10:59 24 Nathan Brown (USA) Garmin Sharp 11:20 25 Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team 12:40 26 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky 16:16 27 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 16:31 28 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 17:11 29 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman 18:34 30 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 19:36 31 Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 19:43 32 Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 20:11 33 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cy 20:20 34 Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky 20:45 35 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 26:53 36 Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp 27:56 37 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 29:20 38 Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 30:15 39 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 31:11 40 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 31:39 41 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 31:57 42 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Tea 32:54 43 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cyclin 33:43 44 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis - Hagens Berman 36:08 45 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 36:43 46 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 36:52 47 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 37:26 48 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 38:00 49 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 38:17 50 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 39:21 51 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 39:51 52 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 40:04 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 40:11 54 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 40:17 55 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 40:25 56 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cyclin 40:35 57 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 41:37 58 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 42:21 59 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 43:53 60 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 44:20 61 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 45:05 62 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team 45:07 63 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 46:12 64 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 46:49 65 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 46:55 66 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team 47:12 67 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 47:28 68 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 48:41 69 Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 49:11 70 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 49:56 71 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura 50:29 72 José Joao Pimenta Costa (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 52:12 73 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 52:36 74 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 54:26 75 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 54:31 76 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 54:55 77 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 55:01 78 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 55:27 79 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 55:40 80 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 55:45 81 Alex Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 57:09 82 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 57:13 83 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 57:27 84 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 57:55 85 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional 01:00:00 86 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:01:11 87 William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 01:01:52 88 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 01:03:09 89 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 01:03:17 90 Kevin De Masmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 01:03:41 91 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 01:03:42 92 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 01:04:16 93 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 01:04:33 94 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 01:06:55 95 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 01:07:37 96 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 01:08:00 97 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 01:08:08 98 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 01:08:49 99 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 01:08:57 100 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 01:09:14 101 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 01:09:38 102 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 103 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling 01:09:58 104 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:10:05 105 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 01:10:56 106 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 01:11:25 107 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 01:11:32 108 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 01:11:38 109 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 01:11:53 110 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 01:16:23 111 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategie 01:16:58 112 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:17:09 113 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp 01:17:11 114 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 01:26:29