Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quick Step) triumfował na kresce drugiego odcinka wyścigu w najludniejszym stanie Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki.
Lider wyścigu w końcówce pokonał Słowaka Petera Sagana (Tinkoff-Saxo) oraz Holendra Woutera Wipperta (Drapac).
Drugie zwycięstwo “Max Mana” w kalifornijskim wyścigu umocniło Brytyjczyka na pozycji lidera klasyfikacji generalnej.
Robin Carpenter (Hincapie Racing Team), Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis – Hagens Berman), Markel Irizar (Trek Factory Racing) i Daniel Oss (BMC) znaleźli się w ucieczce dnia po 70 kilometrach uzyskując 5 minut przewagi nad prowadzonym przez ekipy Etixx-Quick Step i Tinkoff-Saxo peletonem.
Różnica na tak wysokim poziomie nie utrzymała się długo i czwórka przez większą część etapu kręciła z zapasem około trzech i pół minuty. Koledzy Marka Cavendisha i Petera Sagana na ostatnich 30 kilometrach przycisnęli mocniej, na ostatnie 10 kilometrów wjeżdżając zaledwie minutę za ucieczką.
Spokojny przebieg etapu zakłóciła kraksa – 8 kilometrów przed metą na ziemię polecieli Fred Rodriguez (Jelly Belly) i Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin). W grupie powstała spora wyrwa, a czoło peletonu przejęli kolarze australijskiej ekipy Drapac, goniąc pozostających na czele Carpentera, Ossa i Irizara.
Trójkę złapano na wjeździe na ostatnie kółko w Lodi i o zwycięstwo na finiszu walczyli sprinterzy. Walkę otworzył Wouter Wippert (Drapac), ale ostatnie 100 metrów należało do Marka Cavendisha (Etixx-Quick Step), który minimalnie pokonał Petera Sagana (Tinkoff-Saxo).
fot. Etixx-Quick Step / Tim De Waele/TDW Sport
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step 4:47:02 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 3 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 4 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 5 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 6 Jempy Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 7 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 8 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN - Qhubeka 9 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 10 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 11 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 12 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 13 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 14 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Racing Team 15 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team SmartStop 16 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 18 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 19 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 20 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 21 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin 22 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 23 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 24 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 25 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 26 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 28 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 29 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 30 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc) Jamis - Hagens Berman 31 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Racing Team 32 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 33 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 34 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 35 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 36 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 37 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 38 Michael Woods (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 39 Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 40 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 41 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 42 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 43 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 44 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 45 Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 46 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 47 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 48 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 49 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 50 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx - Quick-Step 51 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 52 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team 53 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 54 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 55 Joseph Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin 56 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 57 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman 58 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 59 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 60 Robert Sweeting (USA) Team SmartStop 61 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 62 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 63 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Cycling Team 64 Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 65 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 66 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 67 Martin Kohler (Swi) Drapac Professional Cycling 68 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 69 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 70 Gavin Mannion (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 71 Daniel Eaton (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 72 Edward King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin 73 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 74 Justin Oien (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 75 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 76 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Cycling Team 77 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 78 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 79 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 80 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 81 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 82 Ben King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin 83 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 84 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 85 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 86 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 87 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin 88 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 89 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Hincapie Racing Team 90 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 91 Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 92 Geoffrey Curran (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 93 Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka 94 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 95 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN - Qhubeka 96 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 97 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 98 Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Cannondale-Garmin 00:22 99 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 100 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 101 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Cannondale-Garmin 102 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 103 Toms Skujin_ (Lat) Hincapie Racing Team 104 Travis Livermon (USA) Team SmartStop 105 James Oram (NZl) Axeon Cycling Team 00:42 106 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 107 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:47 108 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman 00:50 109 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 00:56 110 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 01:04 111 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:30 112 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 02:09 113 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 02:31 114 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 115 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) MTN - Qhubeka 116 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 117 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 118 Evan Huffman (USA) Team SmartStop 119 Will Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 120 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 121 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 122 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 03:56 123 Scott Ambrose (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 04:01 124 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team 04:11 125 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 126 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 127 Chris Butler (USA) Team SmartStop 04:54 128 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 05:44 129 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 06:24 130 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 131 Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 132 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 133 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 134 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 135 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 136 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 137 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 138 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 139 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 140 David Williams (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 141 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman DNF Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step 9:30:09 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:08 3 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 00:11 4 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 5 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 00:14 6 Jempy Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 00:16 7 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 8 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 9 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 00:20 10 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 11 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN - Qhubeka 12 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 13 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 14 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 15 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 16 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 17 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Racing Team 18 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 20 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 21 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 22 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 23 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 24 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team SmartStop 25 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 26 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 27 Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 28 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 29 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 30 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 31 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx - Quick-Step 32 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin 33 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 34 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 35 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 36 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 37 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 38 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 39 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc) Jamis - Hagens Berman 40 Michael Woods (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 41 Gavin Mannion (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 42 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 43 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Racing Team 44 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 45 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 46 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 47 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 48 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 49 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 50 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 51 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 52 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 53 Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 54 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 55 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 56 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 57 Joseph Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin 58 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team 59 Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka 60 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 61 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 62 Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 63 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 64 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 65 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 66 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Cycling Team 67 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 68 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 69 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 70 Justin Oien (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 71 Daniel Eaton (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 72 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 73 Edward King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin 74 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 75 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman 76 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 77 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Cycling Team 78 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 79 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin 80 Ben King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin 81 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 82 Martin Kohler (Swi) Drapac Professional Cycling 83 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 84 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 85 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 86 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 87 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 88 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Hincapie Racing Team 89 Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 90 Geoffrey Curran (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 91 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN - Qhubeka 92 Robert Sweeting (USA) Team SmartStop 00:38 93 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 00:42 94 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Cannondale-Garmin 95 Toms Skujin_ (Lat) Hincapie Racing Team 96 Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Cannondale-Garmin 97 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 98 Travis Livermon (USA) Team SmartStop 99 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 100 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:49 101 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 102 James Oram (NZl) Axeon Cycling Team 01:02 103 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:06 104 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman 01:09 105 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 01:16 106 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:28 107 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 01:59 108 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 02:11 109 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 02:29 110 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 02:51 111 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 112 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 113 Evan Huffman (USA) Team SmartStop 114 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 115 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) MTN - Qhubeka 03:24 116 Will Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 117 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 03:49 118 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 04:31 119 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team 120 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 121 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 04:37 122 Scott Ambrose (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk 04:50 123 Chris Butler (USA) Team SmartStop 05:14 124 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 05:43 125 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 06:04 126 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 06:25 127 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 06:44 128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 129 Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 130 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 131 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 132 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 133 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 134 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 135 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 07:08 136 David Williams (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 07:11 137 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 07:36 138 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 139 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 07:38 140 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 141 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 08:22