Stage 0: Edmonton, 7.3 km prologue Full Results and Report
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Warming up along North Saskatchewan River in downtown Edmonton before the rolling, technical 7.3 km opening individual time-trial (prologue) | 
Warm up: The fan favourite was Canadian Ryder HESJEDAL (GARMIN SHARP) who gained wide recognition in his homeland after winning the 2012 Giro d'Italia | 
Tobias LUDVIGSSON (TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO) set an early best time which held up for 3rd + 14s | 
Canadian Pride | 
8th David ZABRISKIE (GARMIN SHARP) + 30s | 
Big Dawg! | 
9th Tom ZIRBEL (OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES), the U.S. TT champ, + 30s | 
5th Brent BOOKWALTER (BMC RACING TEAM) + 21s | 
11th Patrick GRETSCH (TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO) + 30s, one of three Argos Shimano riders in the top 16 | 
7th Pieter WEENING (ORICA GREENEDGE) + 29s | 
6th Chad HAGA (OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES) + 23s | 
2nd Rohan DENNIS (GARMIN SHARP) + 13s | 
Surprise winner: 1st Peter SAGAN (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) 8:28 (51.6kph) | 
4th Cadel EVANS (BMC RACING TEAM) + 20s | 
Last rider, 10th Ryder HESJEDAL (GARMIN SHARP) + 30s | 
Great crowds along the route as Ryder HESJEDAL (GARMIN SHARP) heads to the finish | 
Your prologue podium: 2nd Rohan DENNIS (GARMIN SHARP) + 13s, 1st Peter SAGAN (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) 7.3 km in 8:28 (51.6kph), 3rd Tobias LUDVIGSSON (TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO) 3rd + 14s | 
Race favorite Peter SAGAN (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) already has a cowboy hat (13s lead) and the road stages haven't even started! Where is the peloton going to make up time now? Answer: His Cannondale team only brought six riders so they may have a tough time controlling the breaks. | 
Your jersey leaders after the Prologue |
Stage 1: Strathcona County → Camrose, 158 km Full Results and Report
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Lots of farmland along the route from Strathcona County to Camrose | 
the break of 4 at about 50k | 
Jeremy Powers would take The Most Aggressive Jersey today | 
Strung out peloton | 
Cannondale chasing for Peter Sagan | 
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William Clarke | 
Entering the first of 3 circuits at the finish in Camrose | 
Cadel Evans | 
With 2 laps remaining, the peloton closes in on the break | 
Only 3 of the 6 Cannondale riders remained for the final lap. Ted King at the front of the chase | 
OOPS!! Ryder Hesjedal realizes he lost track of the lap count in Camrose after firing a premature victory salute... | 
One lap still to go | 
5 Hr. Energy at the front with one to go | 
Peter SAGAN catches and launches himself around Eric YOUNG (OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES) during the Stage 1 finish in Camrose | 
Peter SAGAN (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) wins Stage 1 ahead of U.S. Crit champion, Eric YOUNG (OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES), of the picture, and Moreno HOFLAND (BELKIN PRO CYCLING). More to come... | 
The podium ceremony | 
Stage 1 podium: 2nd Eric YOUNG (OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES), 1st Peter SAGAN (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) 3:22:18, 3rd Moreno HOFLAND (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) |
Stage 2: Devon → Red Deer, 175 km Full Results and Report
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U.S. National Champ, Fred Rodriguez, with injuries sustained yesterday near the finish of Stage 1 | 
More bandages! | 
Orica GreenEdge's Jiyong KANG was looking like a mommy prior to Stage 2 | 
Long, Long straight roads | 
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Race leader, Peter Sagan | 
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Jelly Belly's Serghei Tvetcov and BMC's Silvan Dillier begin their break 90 km to go | 
Tvetcov pulling during the first circuit in Red Deer | 
UHC's Ben Day leads the chase on the first circuit | 
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Sagan was in their sight, but the break survived... | 
Meet the new strong man in the peloton; BMC stagiaire Silvan Dillier wins a two man sprint in Red Deer against Jelly Belly's Serghei Tvetcov after the two broke clear 95 km into the 174 km stage. | 
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Royal Canadian Mounties supervising Peter Sagan's receiving of his third leader's jersey | 
Jelly Belly's Serghei Tvetcov celebrates the consolation prize: most aggressive rider | 
BMC stagiaire Silvan Dillier had the quickest draw during the sprint finish... and the podium | 
The jersey leaders after Stage 2 | 
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Stage 3: Strathmore → Drumheller, 169 km Full Results and Report
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The jersey leaders at the start in Strathmore before changing hands at the end of the day | 
The rollout from Strathmore | 
The rollout from Strathmore | 
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The winds splitting the peloton early on | 
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Echelon! | 
Hills after a long, straight flat section | 
Peter Sagan looking back for help chasing? | 
The race slipped away from Cannondale today | 
Today's main break | 
Feed zone | 
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Team Smartstop p/b Mountain Khakis take a tun at the front at the last KOM | 
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Patrick Gretsch leading the whittled down after of six | 
Descent of the Badlands plateau into Drumheller | 
Marcus Burghardt leads the first chase? Not sure why with two teammates up front. | 
The first chase has them in sight with 13 km, but they were unable catch them | 
Brent Bookwalter and Robert Gesink leading the break | 
It turns out, Robert Gesink could have used more horsepower | 
Six man bunch sprint in Drumheller | 
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Bunch sprint among the six break survivors at the end of Stage 3 in Drumheller; Rohan DENNIS (GARMIN SHARP) narrowly beats Brent BOOKWALTER (BMC RACING TEAM) to take over the race lead. (Peter Sagan finished well back in the peloton) | 
New man in town; new race leader, Rohan DENNIS (GARMIN SHARP) | 
The podium ceremony was next to the world's largest dinosaur in Drumheller, standing 86 feet high | 
Your stage 3 podium: 2nd Brent BOOKWALTER (BMC RACING TEAM), 1st DENNIS, Rohan (GARMIN SHARP) 3:55:31, 3rd Damiano CARUSO (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) |
Stage 4: Black Diamond → Canmore, 200 km Full Results and Report
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Kids were out today to see the riders and get autographs... in the rain | 
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The break | 
The break had 8 minutes at this point | 
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Cadel Evans was in the break | 
Garmin Sharp with David Zabriskie leading the chase for race leader Rohan Dennis | 
David Millar at the front for Garmin-Sharp | 
Steve Morabito leading the chase for BMC | 
Getting dark | 
Local bike racing fans | 
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The break passing through the feed zone | 
The peloton | 
Cadel EVANS (BMC RACING TEAM) wins the six man bunch sprint against Simon GESCHKE (ARGOS-SHIMANO) and Tom Jelte SLAGTER (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) | 
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Running man victory salute | 
Stage 4 podium: 2nd Simon GESCHKE (ARGOS-SHIMANO), 1st Cadel EVANS (BMC RACING TEAM), 3rd Tom Jelte SLAGTER (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) |
Stage 5: Okotoks → Calgary, 132 km Full Results and Report
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Frank Pipp (Bissell) on the attack during his last pro race | 
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Peter Sagan (Cannondale) easily wins the sprint finish in Calgary to complete the fifth and final stage of the Tour of Alberta giving him two stage wins and a prologue win this week. | 
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GC podium for the first Tour of Alberta: 2nd Brent BOOKWALTER (BMC RACING TEAM) + 18s, 1st Rohan DENNIS (GARMIN SHARP) 17:48:40, 3rd Damiano CARUSO (CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING) + 30s | 
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