Stage 3 San Jose – Mount Diablo 174.5km
Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) made a late attack on the Mount Diablo stage to clinch the stage victory and take 20 seconds out of the lead Bradley Wiggins took on yesterdays individual time trial. Earlier on the queen stage of this years Tour of California Wiggins had been riding tempo to make sure no one got up the road. Rohan Dennis made his move with 2km to go after seeing other riders crack around him in the heat.
“Last year, at about three kilometers to go, I didn’t have anything left,” Dennis said. “This year, getting past that was a bonus. At two kilometers to go, I saw other people cracking around us and that gave me more confidence … I decided to go and from then on I think it was just all or nothing.”
Stage 3 Results Top 10
1. Rohan DENNIS, Garmin-Sharp, in 4:56:02
2. Tiago MACHADO, NetApp-Endura, at :06
3. Lawson CRADDOCK, Giant-Shimano, at :08
4. Adam YATES, Orica-GreenEdge, at :11
5. Janier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE, Garmin-Sharp, at :11
6. Carter JONES, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, at :14
7. Peter STETINA, BMC Racing, at :14
8. Jhoan Esteban CHAVES RUBIO, Orica-GreenEdge, at :14
9. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, at :20
10. Matthew BUSCHE, Trek Factory Racing, at :29
Top 10 Overall after Stage 3
1. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, in 10:03:57
2. Rohan DENNIS, Garmin-Sharp, at :24
3. Tiago MACHADO, NetApp-Endura, at 1:05
4. Lawson CRADDOCK, Giant-Shimano, at 1:21
5. Adam YATES, Orica-GreenEdge, at 2:10
6. Peter STETINA, BMC Racing, at 2:24
7. Matthew BUSCHE, Trek Factory Racing, at 2:25
8. Carter JONES, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 2:27
9. Laurens TEN DAM, Belkin, at 2:29
10. Janier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE, Garmin-Sharp, at 2:30
Stage 2 Folsom ITT 20.1km
Bradley Wiggins (Team sky) gave the field a time trialling lesson today winning by 44 seconds from Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) with Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) another 8 seconds back. Wiggins takes the yellow jersey and a 44 second lead into tomorrows queen stage Mount Diablo.
Stage 2 ITT Results Top 10
1. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, in 23:18
2. Rohan DENNIS, Garmin-Sharp, at :44
3. Taylor PHINNEY, BMC Racing, at :52
4. Eloy TERUEL ROVIRA, Jamis-Hagens Berman, at 1:08
5. Jesse SERGENT, Trek Factory Racing, at 1:11
6. Jack BOBRIDGE, Belkin, at 1:15
7. Tiago MACHADO, NetApp-Endura, at 1:19
8. Markel IRIZAR ARANBURU, Trek Factory Racing, at 1:21
9. Jens VOIGT, Trek Factory Racing, at 1:24
10. Chad HAGA, Giant-Shimano, at 1:25
Top 10 Overall after Stage 2
1. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, in 5:07:35
2. Rohan DENNIS, Garmin-Sharp, at :44
3. Taylor PHINNEY, BMC Racing, at :52
4. Eloy TERUEL ROVIRA, Jamis-Hagens Berman, at 1:08
5. Jesse SERGENT, Trek Factory Racing, at 1:11
6. Tiago MACHADO, NetApp-Endura, at 1:19
7. Markel IRIZAR ARANBURU, Trek Factory Racing, at 1:21
8. Jens VOIGT, Trek Factory Racing, at 1:24
9. Chad HAGA, Giant-Shimano, at 1:25
10. Tom ZIRBEL, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 1:28
Stage 1 Sacramento 193.1km
Mark Cavendish won a dramatic finish in the first stage of the 2014 Amgen Tour of California today beating John Degenkolb in a photo finish. More details soon.
Stage 1 Results Top 10
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
3 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
5 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
6 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale
7 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
8 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica Greenedge
9 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
10 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
