May 15/17 20:10 pm - Tour of California: Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 05/15/17
Bora-Hansgrohe's Rafal Majka, the Tour de France's defending King of the Mountain, claimed his first victory since becoming Poland's National Road Race Champion on today's Amgen Tour of California Stage 2. A difficult day of climbing from Modesto to San Jose shattered the leader board with Amgen Race Leader Jersey wearer Marcel Kittel and several other sprinters dropped from the peloton as they tackled the steep terrain. When the final results were tabulated, ten riders were with one minute off the overall race lead.
"I remember riding here in 2011, which was my first year as a pro, and now I'm so happy to win this stage, not only for me but also my teammates. We had a really nice group at the front with strong riders....We went fast to the end," said Majka, who won bronze in the 2016 Olympic Games Road Race.
With about five miles and a final climb to go, a lead group containing Majka, Team LottoNL-Jumbo's George Bennett, Team Sky's Ian Boswell and Team Dimension Data's Lachlan Morton moved forward with two chase groups not far behind. The nearest of those, about 50 seconds back, included Bennett's teammate and 2012 Amgen Tour of California champion Robert Gesink.
Adam de Vos (Rally Cycling) was top Canadian finishing 22nd at 3:37 back. De Vos is top Canadin in GC as well in 22nd at
3:48 back.
Results from the second stage in California
| Stage 2: Modesto to San Jose, 144.5 km | |
| 1 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 3:43:46 |
| 2 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | at s.t. |
| 3 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | 0:07 |
| 4 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:37 |
| 6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 7 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 8 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 9 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 10 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 11 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 12 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | all s.t. |
| 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | 0:42 |
| 14 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:44 |
| 15 Luis Angel Mate (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | s.t. |
| 16 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:47 |
| 17 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:51 |
| 18 David Lopez (Esp) Team Sky | 1:00 |
| 19 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) BMC Racing Team | 1:14 |
| 20 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 21 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 3:00 |
| 22 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 3:37 |
| 23 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data | 4:31 |
| 24 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 4:36 |
| 25 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 26 Javier Megias (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 27 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 28 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 29 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 30 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data | |
| 31 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac | all s.t. |
| 32 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | 5:00 |
| 33 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 5:20 |
| 34 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 5:42 |
| 35 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | 10:55 |
| 36 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 37 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 38 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | all s.t. |
| 39 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 12:34 |
| 40 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 41 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 42 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 43 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally Cycling | |
| 44 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 45 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 46 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 47 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 48 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 49 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 12:52 |
| 50 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 15:10 |
| 51 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 52 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | 15:53 |
| 53 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 16:14 |
| 54 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 17:45 |
| 55 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 56 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 57 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 58 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 59 David Lozano (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 60 Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 61 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 62 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 63 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 64 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
| 65 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 66 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 67 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky | |
| 68 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 69 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 70 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 71 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 72 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 73 Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 74 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 75 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 76 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 77 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 78 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 79 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 80 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 81 Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 82 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 83 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 84 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 85 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 86 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 87 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 88 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 89 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 90 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 91 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | 20:46 |
| 92 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 93 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 94 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
| 95 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 96 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 97 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 98 Martin Elmiger (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 99 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 100 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 101 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 102 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 103 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 104 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 105 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 106 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 107 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 108 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 109 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 110 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 111 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 112 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 113 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 114 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 115 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 116 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 117 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 118 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 119 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 120 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data | |
| 121 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 122 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 123 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 124 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 125 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 126 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 127 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 128 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 129 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | |
| 130 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 131 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | all s.t. |
| OTL Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| DNF Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| DNF Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | |
| DNF Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| GC | |
| 1 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 7:29:14 |
| 2 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | at 0:02 |
| 3 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | 0:14 |
| 4 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | 0:16 |
| 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:48 |
| 6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 7 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 8 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 9 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 10 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 11 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 12 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | all s.t. |
| 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | 0:53 |
| 14 Luis Angel Mate (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:55 |
| 15 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | s.t. |
| 16 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:58 |
| 17 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 1:02 |
| 18 David Lopez (Esp) Team Sky | 1:11 |
| 19 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) BMC Racing Team | 1:25 |
| 20 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 21 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 3:11 |
| 22 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 3:48 |
| 23 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data | 4:42 |
| 24 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 4:43 |
| 25 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data | 4:45 |
| 26 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 4:47 |
| 27 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 28 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 29 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 30 Javier Megias (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | all s.t. |
| 31 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | 5:11 |
| 32 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 5:31 |
| 33 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 5:53 |
| 34 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac | 8:00 |
| 35 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 10:56 |
| 36 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | 11:06 |
| 37 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 38 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling | both s.t. |
| 39 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 12:45 |
| 40 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Rally Cycling | |
| 41 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 42 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 43 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 44 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 45 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | all s.t. |
| 46 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 13:03 |
| 47 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 13:09 |
| 48 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors | 13:31 |
| 49 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 15:21 |
| 50 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 51 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | 16:04 |
| 52 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 16:25 |
| 53 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 16:38 |
| 54 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team | 17:51 |
| 55 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 56 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 17:52 |
| 57 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 58 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 59 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 60 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 61 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | 17:53 |
| 62 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 17:55 |
| 63 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 17:56 |
| 64 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 65 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 66 Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 67 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 68 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 69 Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 70 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 71 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 72 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 73 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 74 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 75 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 76 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 77 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 78 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 79 David Lozano (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 80 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 81 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 82 Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 83 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 84 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 18:16 |
| 85 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | 18:47 |
| 86 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 18:51 |
| 87 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 18:57 |
| 88 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | 19:06 |
| 89 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky | 19:57 |
| 90 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | 20:15 |
| 91 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | 20:43 |
| 92 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | 20:49 |
| 93 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | 20:53 |
| 94 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 95 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 96 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 97 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 98 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | all s.t. |
| 99 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 20:57 |
| 100 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 101 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 102 Martin Elmiger (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 103 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 104 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 105 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 106 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 107 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 108 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 109 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 110 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 111 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 112 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 113 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | |
| 114 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 115 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 116 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 117 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | all s.t. |
| 118 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 21:19 |
| 119 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 120 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 21:23 |
| 121 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 21:26 |
| 122 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 21:28 |
| 123 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | 21:52 |
| 124 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data | 21:55 |
| 125 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 22:05 |
| 126 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
| 127 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 22:12 |
| 128 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 129 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | 22:16 |
| 130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | 22:58 |
| 131 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | 23:23 |
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