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Tour of California (2018) Photos May 13 - 19

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Stage 1:  Long Beach → Long Beach, 136 km  Full Results and Report

Needless to say, Peter Sagan was popular at the start in Long Beach

Nice to meet ya

Nice logo

Tejay van Garderen (BMC)

Lawson Craddock's shoes

Lawson Craddock (EF Education First - Drapac)

Maximiliano Ariel Richeze looks like he just arrived from the airport



Around and around we go in Long Beach: 12 laps x 11.5 km




Surprise, surprise... sprint finish

Fernando GAVIRIA RENDON (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins Stage 1 in 3:02:23 ahead of 2nd Caleb EWAN (AUS/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 3rd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE), 4th Marcel KITTEL (GER/KATUSHA ALPECIN), 5th Alexander KRISTOFF (NOR/UAE TEAM EMIRATES). Mark Cavendish sat up when he knew he wouldn't win.




First Tour of California win by Fernando GAVIRIA RENDON (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), but the 30th win of the year by his team



Your Stage 1 winner Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS)

Your Stage 1 podium: 2nd Caleb EWAN (AUS/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 1st Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), 3rd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE)


First race leader, Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS)



Fernando meets Fast Freddie


Stage 2:  Ventura → Santa Barbara County, 155 km  Full Results and Report


Stage 2 start scene in Ventura

Rollout from Ventura




Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) attacks with 3 km to go on Gibraltor Rd

Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) completes his attack with a Stage 2 summit finish win

Only 21 years old and easily the best climber in the race, Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY)

Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) wins by 21s

2nd Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 21s and 3rd Adam YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) + 25s

Nice ride by 4th Antwan TOLHOEK (NED/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) + 30s, 5th Daniel Felipe MARTINEZ POVEDA (COL/EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC), 6th , not shown, Kristijan ĐURASEK (CRO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) and in the distance, 7th Mathias FRANK (SUI/AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 40s

Your Stage 2 podium 2nd Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 21s, 1st Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) 4:14:00, 3rd Adam YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) + 25s

Race leader by 25s, 21 year old Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY)

Stage 3:  King City → Monterey County, 197 km  Full Results and Report







Signing in on the Stage 3 surfboard in King City




































Stage 4:  San Jose → San Jose, 34.7 km  Full Results and Report


Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA/BMC RACING) in the start house for the San Jose / Morgan Hill 34.7 km ITT

Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA/BMC RACING)

Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA/BMC RACING) set a new best time that stood: 34.7 km in 40:47

Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA/BMC RACING) finishing off his winning ride



2nd Patrick BEVIN (NZL/BMC RACING) + 7s

3rd Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/SKY) + 32s

4th Lawson CRADDOCK G (USA/EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC) + 46s

5th Filippo GANNA (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 49s

10th Daniel Felipe MARTINEZ POVEDA (COL/EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC) + 57s

Captain America, JosephROSSKOPF (BMC RACING), was 20th + 1:29

18th Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ (COL/SKY) + 1:23 and now longer the race leader

Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA/BMC RACING) and his daughters celebrate



Your Stage 4 ITT winner, Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA/BMC RACING)

and new race leader, Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA/BMC RACING) by 23s


Your Stage 4 ITT podium

Stage 5:  Stockton → Elk Grove, 176 km  Full Results and Report


Taylor Phinney's cycling footwear

Stage 5 rollout from Stockton


Sprint finish in Elk Grove as expected

The margin of victory

Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins in 4:04:34 ahead of 2nd Caleb EWAN (AUS/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 3rd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and 4th Rick ZABEL (GER/KATUSHA ALPECIN)




Your Stage 5 winner, Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS)


Stage 5 podium: 2nd Caleb EWAN (AUS/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 1st Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), 3rd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE)

Women's and Men's race leader's after Stage 1 and Stage 5 Kendall Ryan (United States/Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank) and Tejay van Garderen (United States/BMC Racing)

Stage 6:  Folsom → South Lake Tahoe, 197 km  Full Results and Report



















Stage 7:  Sacramento → Sacramento, 146 km  Full Results and Report