AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
Stage 4 – Sonora – Clovis – 208.5km
MOUNTAIN - Mooney/Jamis Sutter Home
MOUNTAIN - Tvetcov/Team Exergy
SPRINT - Reijnen/Team Type 1
MOUNTAIN - Tvetcov/Team Exergy
After lots of tight marking at the beginning of the stage where no team would give an inch, they finally allowed four riders to have some freedom at the front of the race, Williams/Competitive Cyclist, Tvetcov/Team Exergy, Mannion/Bontrager Livestrong and Bookwalter/BMC Racing where those riders and they soon opened up an advantage of 4m 9s
MOUNTAIN - Bookwalter/BMC Racing
Their lead was now over five minutes
Mooney/Jamis Sutter Home was about to make contact with the foursome after coming across the gap from the peleton
SPRINT - Bookwalter/BMC Racing
The leaders are about to go up the final climb of the day Crane Valley Rd with a lead of five minutes forty one seconds with Mooney/Jamis Sutter Home somewhere in no man's land after failing to make contact with breakaways
MOUNTAIN - Tvetcov/Team Exergy
With no other teams willing to do any chasing, UnitedHealthcare have come to the front to try and cut the gap in defence of there race leader Deignan
Race radio have just confirmed the lead at three minutes and fifty five seconds
Mooney/Jamis Sutter Home about to be swallowed up by the pack
Garmin and Radioshack have now come to the front to share the workload with UnitedHealthcare
As the breakaways pass under the twenty kilometre to go banner there lead has gone below two minute
The peleton are closing in on the break
The pace that Radioshack are setting is dropping riders off the back of the pack one after another including our rider Kiel Reijnen who is going to lose his second place on the GC
Gallopin/Radioshack-Nissan hits the front as he tries to win back his GC Lead
But its Murilo Fischer of Garmin Sharp who has the best sprinting legs today
1 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | 5h28'29 | 2 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 3 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 4 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 5 | Steele Von Hoff | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 6 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 7 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 8 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 9 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 10 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Tommy Nankervis | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 12 | Fred Rodriguez | Team Exergy | s.t. | 13 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 14 | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 15 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 16 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 17 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 18 | Andrew Bajadali | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 19 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 20 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 21 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 22 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 23 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 24 | Chad Beyer | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 25 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 26 | Ryan Anderson | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 27 | Lawson Craddock | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 28 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 29 | Jesse Anthony | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 30 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 31 | Thomas Rabou | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 32 | Tom Zirbel | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 33 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 34 | AnÃbal Borrajo | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 35 | John Murphy | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 36 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 37 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 38 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 39 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 40 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 41 | Gavin Mannion | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 42 | Ryan Eastman | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 43 | Ken Hanson | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 44 | Carson Miller | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 45 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 46 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 47 | Michael Creed | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 1'46 | 48 | Hugo Houle | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 49 | Jeremy Vennell | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 50 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 2'24 | 51 | Reid Mumford | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 52 | Ben King | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 53 | Francisco Colorado | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 54 | Robert Bush | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 55 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 56 | Leandro Oyola Oyola | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 57 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 58 | David Williams | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 59 | Cody O'Reilly | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 60 | Nathan Brown | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 61 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 62 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Exergy | s.t. | 63 | Lucas Euser | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 3'16 | 64 | Evan Hyde | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 65 | Zachary Davies | Team Exergy | s.t. | 66 | Andzs Flaksis | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 67 | Menso De Jongh | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 68 | Matthew Busche | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 69 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 70 | Flavio De Luna | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 71 | Alex Hagman | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 72 | Sean Mazich | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 73 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 74 | Faustino Alzate | Team Exergy | s.t. | 75 | Carter Jones | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 76 | Matt Cooke | Team Exergy | s.t. | 77 | Giovanni Baez Alvarez | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 78 | Rafael Infantino | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 79 | Ian Moir | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 80 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 81 | Andy Baker | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 82 | Walter Pedraza | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 83 | Alex Vanias | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 84 | Parker Kyzer | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 85 | Bjorn Selander | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 86 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 87 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 88 | James Stemper | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 4'27 | 89 | Curtis Winsor | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 90 | Robert Sweeting | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 91 | Thomas Lebas | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 92 | Ramiro Rincon | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 93 | Tyler Karnes | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 94 | Lachlan Morton | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 95 | Alexander Lemair | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 96 | Kenji Itami | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 97 | Jeremy Powers | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 98 | Nathaniel English | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 99 | Stephen Housley | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 100 | Edison Turner | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 101 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 102 | Conor Mullervy | Team Exergy | s.t. | 103 | Adam Leibovitz | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 5'52 | 104 | Andrew Meyer | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 105 | Miyataka Shimizu | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 106 | Jasper De Buyst | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 107 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 7'45 | 108 | James Oram | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 109 | Cesar Grajales | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 8'30 | 110 | Taylor Shelden | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 111 | Kazuo Inoue | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 112 | Greg Brandt | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 113 | Ben Chaddock | Team Exergy | s.t. | 114 | Mauricio Ortega | EPM - UNE | + 9'19 | 115 | Ramiro Parra | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 116 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 117 | Mike Stone | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 10'27 | 118 | Logan Loader | Team Exergy | s.t. | 119 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 120 | Alex Bowden | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 121 | Peter Van Dijk | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 13'34 | 122 | Blaise Sonnery | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 123 | José Fernando Antogna | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 14'04 | 124 | Bradley Gehrig | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 125 | Philip Mooney | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 16'24 | 126 | Michael Midlarsky | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 21'00 | 127 | Isaac Howe | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 21'50 | 128 | Scott Stewart | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 22'55 | 129 | Martz Alder | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. |
1 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 20h21'07 | 2 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 12 | 3 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Bissell Cycling | + 16 | 4 | Ryan Anderson | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 18 | 5 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 20 | 6 | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 7 | Andrew Bajadali | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 8 | Chad Beyer | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 9 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 10 | Lawson Craddock | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 12 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 13 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 31 | 14 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 53 | 15 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'01 | 16 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'13 | 17 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'21 | 18 | Fred Rodriguez | Team Exergy | s.t. | 19 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 20 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 21 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 22 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 23 | Jesse Anthony | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 24 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 25 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 26 | Thomas Rabou | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 27 | AnÃbal Borrajo | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 28 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 29 | Tom Zirbel | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 30 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 31 | Carson Miller | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 32 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'30 | 33 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | + 3'02 | 34 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 35 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 36 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 37 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 3'16 | 38 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 3'26 | 39 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'43 | 40 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 3'45 | 41 | Cody O'Reilly | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 42 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 4'31 | 43 | Gavin Mannion | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 4'33 | 44 | Tommy Nankervis | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 5'25 | 45 | Nathan Brown | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 5'26 | 46 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 47 | Ken Hanson | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 5'49 | 48 | Matthew Busche | RadioShack - Nissan | + 6'14 | 49 | Michael Creed | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 6'23 | 50 | Hugo Houle | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 6'24 | 51 | Ben King | RadioShack - Nissan | + 7'31 | 52 | Matt Cooke | Team Exergy | + 7'54 | 53 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Exergy | + 8'19 | 54 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 9'05 | 55 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 9'15 | 56 | Jeremy Vennell | Bissell Cycling | + 9'26 | 57 | Carter Jones | Bissell Cycling | + 10'08 | 58 | Lucas Euser | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 11'19 | 59 | Bjorn Selander | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 60 | Alex Bowden | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 12'50 | 61 | Cesar Grajales | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 12'57 | 62 | Faustino Alzate | Team Exergy | + 13'19 | 63 | Ryan Eastman | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 15'13 | 64 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 16'26 | 65 | Bradley Gehrig | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 17'06 | 66 | Steele Von Hoff | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 17'27 | 67 | John Murphy | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 68 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 69 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 70 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 71 | Stephen Housley | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 17'59 | 72 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 18'04 | 73 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 74 | Andy Baker | Bissell Cycling | + 18'29 | 75 | Reid Mumford | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 18'30 | 76 | Francisco Colorado | EPM - UNE | + 19'51 | 77 | Leandro Oyola Oyola | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 78 | Evan Hyde | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 20'43 | 79 | Flavio De Luna | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 80 | Zachary Davies | Team Exergy | s.t. | 81 | Jasper De Buyst | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 21'05 | 82 | Ian Moir | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 21'16 | 83 | Peter Van Dijk | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 21'28 | 84 | Philip Mooney | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 21'31 | 85 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 21'32 | 86 | James Stemper | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 21'54 | 87 | Curtis Winsor | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 88 | Jeremy Powers | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 89 | Robert Sweeting | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 90 | Ramiro Rincon | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 91 | Nathaniel English | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 92 | Alex Hagman | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 22'18 | 93 | Sean Mazich | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 22'24 | 94 | Alex Vanias | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 95 | Walter Pedraza | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 96 | Rafael Infantino | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 97 | Parker Kyzer | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 98 | Giovanni Baez Alvarez | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 99 | Andzs Flaksis | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 22'55 | 100 | Andrew Meyer | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 23'19 | 101 | Edison Turner | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 23'35 | 102 | Tyler Karnes | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 103 | Alexander Lemair | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 104 | Robert Bush | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 24'19 | 105 | Menso De Jongh | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 24'36 | 106 | David Williams | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 25'41 | 107 | Lachlan Morton | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 25'48 | 108 | Greg Brandt | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 25'57 | 109 | Conor Mullervy | Team Exergy | + 26'03 | 110 | James Oram | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 26'53 | 111 | Thomas Lebas | Bridgestone Anchor | + 27'29 | 112 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 27'54 | 113 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 28'01 | 114 | Logan Loader | Team Exergy | + 29'35 | 115 | Ben Chaddock | Team Exergy | + 29'50 | 116 | Miyataka Shimizu | Bridgestone Anchor | + 31'02 | 117 | Ramiro Parra | EPM - UNE | + 31'13 | 118 | Adam Leibovitz | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 31'23 | 119 | Mike Stone | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 31'47 | 120 | José Fernando Antogna | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 32'04 | 121 | Kazuo Inoue | Bridgestone Anchor | + 33'11 | 122 | Mauricio Ortega | EPM - UNE | + 33'26 | 123 | Kenji Itami | Bridgestone Anchor | + 35'56 | 124 | Taylor Shelden | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 38'00 | 125 | Isaac Howe | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 45'09 | 126 | Martz Alder | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 47'02 | 127 | Michael Midlarsky | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 47'05 | 128 | Blaise Sonnery | Bridgestone Anchor | + 49'32 | 129 | Scott Stewart | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 54'59 |
Murilo Fischer - Garmin - Sharp
Serghei Tvetcov - Team Exergy
Ryan Anderson - SpiderTech powered by C10
Garmin - Sharp
Today was a day of pure hell for the guys,they suffered all the way through it and then the last ten kilometres were pure madness as the big teams laid down a really fast pace which resulted in Kiel losing his place in the top ten, but we still have Vegard and George looking good though |