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Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of California Young Slovak perfect right hand bend and rides away from Haussler, Howard Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) went a perfect two for two in the Tour of California on Monday, setting up his sprint perfectly and cruising to the win whilst extending his lead in the overall classification.



Sagan rode a tight right-hand bend perfectly on a relatively narrow road for a sprint finish, taking the outside line and sweeping around Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge). Howard was left on the back foot as Sagan opened his sprint, and while Heinrich Haussler showed a decent turn of speed as well, it was no match for the Slovak.



Haussler took his second runner up finish in as many days, and Howard hung on for third.



The speeding peloton reeled in a late move by Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare), who put in a dig with three kilometers to race. Sutherland tried to ruin the large amount of work done by Liquigas-Cannondale heading in to the finale, but it was not to be, as Orica-GreenEdge and BMC Racing helped pull back Sutherland to set up the sprint.



But it was Sagan’s canny ride into the final bend and unmatched burst of speed that helped him take his fifth career win in California.



Sagan indicated in his comments after the stage that his knowledge of the finish helped him set it up perfectly. “When I was still in the front group on the last climb, I was thinking I would try and win another stage,” he said. “I knew the last corner was close to the finish so I took the turn from the first position, and I won the stage.”



The stage got underway in the Marina District of San Francisco, with a 188-kilometer ride slated to head to Santa Cruz. The route traversed the Pacific Coast for much of the day as the race moved into Santa Cruz County. Alexandre Geniez (Argos-Shimano) and Tom Zirbel (Team Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies) were the first to try their hand in a breakaway, but were brought back relatively quickly.



After finishing fourth on the stage yesterday, Howard was interested in intermediate sprint points, and the Aussie took the first set after 28 kilometers were raced.



It took 30 kilometers, but the day’s primary break was able to get away, and it too included Geniez, along with Bradley White (UnitedHealthcare), Jeremy Vennell (Bissell), Michael Creed (Team Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies), Lloyd Mondory (Ag2R-La Mondiale), and Juan Pablo Suarez (Colombia-Coldeportes).



The peloton soon relaxed and enjoyed the California countryside, lined nearly equally with cattle and schoolchildren at recess. The gap to the break of six topped out at nearly ten minutes before the main bunch started to crank it up past the feed zone.



The day’s menu served up two categorized climbs, the first being the category 1 Empire Grade road that kicked up after 112 kilometers. The pace in the main bunch began to pick up as the climb approached, and as the breakaway hit the lower slopes, it immediately showed the effects.



Creed and Suarez were the first to tail off, and then the French sprinter Mondory was dropped as well. As Michael Rodriguez (Colombia-Coldeportes) made a brief move off the front of the peloton, Geniez was putting the rest of his escapees under pressure. Only Vennell and White were surviving and Geniez began asking them for help, at least initially.



With the gap dipping below four minutes, Geniez decided the help would not be enough, so he moved off alone and drove a quick pace up the climb as the peloton eased back. The gap was quickly back out to five minutes before Garmin-Barracuda took control of the race behind.



With the increase in pace, some riders began feeling the heat, and at least one lost concentration long enough to slip off an embankment on the right side of the road, causing a bit of a pileup and a rare uphill crash. No one crashed hard, but one of the riders to hit the deck was the yellow jersey of Sagan. After a brief check of his left shoulder, the sprinter was back up again, and his team mechanic made up for a slow wheel change yesterday. Sagan had a new bike in nearly record time, as well as an extended push to get back up to speed.



The Slovak was quickly able to rejoin the bunch as Jen Voigt (Radioshack-Nissan) was chipping in to help Garmin-Barracuda with the pace making. Halfway up the climb, Creed and Suarez were the first to retreat into the peloton. Ahead, Geniez took maximum points at the top of the Empire Grade climb, and the early King of the Mountains David Boily (Spidertech-C10) burst from the peloton to take some remaining points.



With the gap back down to under four minutes and with Mondory back in the bunch as well, the peloton had just three men remaining to chase. Geniez hit the descent proper and had the motorbikes scrambling out of the way, as the young Frenchman took maximum risks on the way down. Garmin-Barracuda continued down the descent with most of their team leading the way, and their work at the front caused a split in the peloton as the road flattened out.



Sensing the potential hazard, Ag2R-La Mondiale scrambled three men to the front of the second chase group, likely with team leader Nicholas Roche caught out. They soon were able to bring the groups together again, and the only loser in the battle was Geniez, who saw his gap drop under three minutes as he hit the base of the second categorized climb of the day.



The climb of Bear Creek Road was not as long as Empire Grade, but may have been a bit steeper, and the grades bit in to Geniez quickly. Liquigas-Cannondale and UnitedHealthcare put men near the front as Geniez labored up front. With 37 kilometers to race and still on the climb, his advantage was under a minute, and Boily was dropped, along with many of the sprinters.



Sagan drifted back to the team car, and showing his trademarked relaxation, got a wheel change and was quickly off again. BMC Racing began collecting men at the front and Maxime Bouet (Ag2R-La Mondiale), one of the aggressors during stage one, put in another attack. He pulled five others with him, including Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare) and Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge). De Maar sprinted away again as the peloton had pulled them back, but he was only looking for intermediate sprint points, and he eased off after he had them.



Liquigas-Cannondale reassumed control as Sagan looked ready behind, and the Italian squad got a long pull from Tim Duggan as the route rolled down toward Santa Cruz. Under the 10km banner, American road race champion Matthew Busche (Radioshack-Nissan) went down in a crash that took out three or four others, though none appeared to have serious injuries.



Up front, Sutherland made his bid for glory, and a Bontrager-Livestrong rider made a brief attempt to go after him. Sutherland was still hanging on with a kilometer to go, but he was swept up by pairs of BMC and Orica-GreenEdge riders, with Sagan eventually assuming fourth wheel.



Sagan needed no lead out this time, as he chose the perfect line into the sweeping right hand bend inside the final hundred meters. With just a quick acceleration out of the turn he had five bike lengths – plenty of room to savor his second victory.





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Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article Amgen Tour of California Stage 2 Results: San Francisco to Santa Cruz County, 188.5km: Click on the arrows at the top of the column to sort the race results. Country Result Name Team Time SVK 1 Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) 05:02:00 AUS 2 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. AUS 3 Adam Leigh Howard (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. NED 4 Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) s.t. USA 5 Fred Rodriguez (Team Exergy) s.t. BEL 6 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 7 Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. AHO 8 Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. NED 9 Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) s.t. SVK 10 Peter Velits (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. BEL 11 Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. USA 12 Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 13 Alex Candelario (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. FRA 14 Thomas Damuseau (Argos-Shimano) s.t. USA 15 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 16 Chris Horner (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. USA 17 George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team) s.t. ESP 18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. IRL 19 Nicolas Roche (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 20 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. NED 21 Robert Gesink (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. NED 22 Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. CAN 23 Hugo Houle (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. FRA 24 Romain Bardet (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. COL 25 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. USA 26 Christopher Baldwin (Bissel Pro Cycling) s.t. USA 27 Thomas Danielson (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. JPN 28 Yukihiro Doi (Argos-Shimano) s.t. AUS 29 Cameron Meyer (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. NZL 30 George Bennett (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. NED 31 Bram Tankink (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. COL 32 John Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. SUI 33 Raimond Künzli (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. USA 34 Benjamin Jacques-maynes (Bissel Pro Cycling) s.t. DEN 35 Brian Vandborg (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. POR 36 Tiago Machado (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. USA 37 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. NED 38 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. NZL 39 Josh Atkins (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. USA 40 Andrew Talansky (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. NED 41 Pieter Weening (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. FRA 42 Sylvain Georges (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. GER 43 Paul Martens (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. USA 44 Matt Cooke (Team Exergy) s.t. FRA 45 Mickael Cherel (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. USA 46 Lucas Euser (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. USA 47 Joe Dombrowski (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. AUS 48 Luke Durbridge (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. USA 49 Jeff Louder (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. IRL 50 Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. USA 51 Alex Howes (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. USA 52 David Zabriskie (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. ITA 53 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. GER 54 Jens Voigt (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. COL 55 Andrès Miguel Diaz Corrales (Team Exergy) s.t. BEL 56 Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing Team) s.t. AUS 57 Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. COL 58 Victor Hugo Pena (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. USA 59 Nathan Brown (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. FRA 60 Maxime Bouet (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. USA 61 Ian Boswell (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. AUS 62 Thimothy Roe (BMC Racing Team) s.t. AUS 63 Wesley Sulzberger (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. USA 64 Andrew Bajadali (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 00:00:44 USA 65 Timothy Duggan (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. ITA 66 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. USA 67 Matthew Busche (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:01:36 ITA 68 Daniel Oss (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:03:02 GBR 69 Steven Cummings (BMC Racing Team) 00:06:44 SUI 70 Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 71 Chris Jones (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. USA 72 Benjamin King (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:08:16 FRA 73 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. COL 74 Michael Rodriguez (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. USA 75 Edward King (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. USA 76 Gavin Mannion (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. USA 77 Ryan Eastman (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. USA 78 Frank Pipp (Bissel Pro Cycling) s.t. USA 79 Thomas Peterson (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. AUS 80 Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. GER 81 Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. SLO 82 Kristjan Koren (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. FRA 83 Alexandre Geniez (Argos-Shimano) s.t. BEL 84 Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:11:33 BEL 85 Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. FRA 86 Christophe Riblon (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. CAN 87 David Boily (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. CAN 88 Sebastian Salas (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. COL 89 Carlos Julian Quintero (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. USA 90 Tom Zirbel (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. USA 91 Jonathan Patrick Mccarty (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. USA 92 Scott Zwizanski (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 00:14:01 USA 93 Michael Creed (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. SUI 94 Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. USA 95 Bradley White (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. NED 96 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. NED 97 Tom Stamsnijder (Argos-Shimano) s.t. AUS 98 Robbie Mcewen (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. AUS 99 Travis Meyer (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. AUS 100 Matthew Wilson (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. USA 101 Jason Mccartney (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. AUS 102 Nathan Haas (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. NZL 103 Jeremy Vennell (Bissel Pro Cycling) s.t. BEL 104 Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. CAN 105 Ryan Anderson (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. COL 106 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Colombia - Coldeportes) 00:14:45 GER 107 Roger Kluge (Argos-Shimano) s.t. USA 108 Michael Friedman (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. MDA 109 Serghei Tvetcov (Team Exergy) s.t. USA 110 Carter Jones (Bissel Pro Cycling) s.t. COL 111 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. GER 112 Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. CAN 113 Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. USA 114 Jacob Rathe (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. USA 115 Morgan Schmitt (Team Exergy) s.t. ITA 116 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. USA 117 Logan Loader (Team Exergy) s.t. USA 118 Sam Johnson (Team Exergy) s.t. USA 119 Ken Hanson (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. USA 120 Andrew Dahlheim (Bissel Pro Cycling) s.t. GER 121 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) s.t. AUS 122 Michael Matthews (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. CZE 123 Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. COL 124 Juan Pablo Suarez (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. ITA 125 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. COL 126 Carlos Alzate Escobar (Team Exergy) s.t. General classification after stage 2: Country Result Name Team Time SVK 1 Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) 09:44:15 AUS 2 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin - Barracuda) 00:00:08 AUS 3 Adam Leigh Howard (Orica - GreenEDGE) 00:00:13 USA 4 Jeff Louder (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:00:14 USA 5 Fred Rodriguez (Team Exergy) 00:00:16 USA 6 Benjamin Jacques-maynes (Bissel Pro Cycling) s.t. AHO 7 Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:00:17 ESP 8 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:19 NZL 9 Josh Atkins (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. BEL 10 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) 00:00:20 USA 11 Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. USA 12 George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team) s.t. NED 13 Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) s.t. ESP 14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. SVK 15 Peter Velits (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. FRA 16 Romain Bardet (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. USA 17 Chris Horner (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. COL 18 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. NED 19 Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 20 Cameron Meyer (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. USA 21 Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team) s.t. POR 22 Tiago Machado (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. GER 23 Paul Martens (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. USA 24 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) s.t. NED 25 Robert Gesink (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. USA 26 Thomas Danielson (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. COL 27 John Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. USA 28 Andrew Talansky (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. NED 29 Pieter Weening (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. SUI 30 Raimond Künzli (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. DEN 31 Brian Vandborg (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. NED 32 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 33 Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. USA 34 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. AUS 35 Luke Durbridge (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. IRL 36 Nicolas Roche (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. USA 37 David Zabriskie (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. USA 38 Matt Cooke (Team Exergy) s.t. ITA 39 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. COL 40 Andrès Miguel Diaz Corrales (Team Exergy) s.t. IRL 41 Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. AUS 42 Thimothy Roe (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 43 Nathan Brown (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. FRA 44 Sylvain Georges (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. FRA 45 Mickael Cherel (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. USA 46 Ian Boswell (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. AUS 47 Wesley Sulzberger (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. USA 48 Alex Howes (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. BEL 49 Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 50 Christopher Baldwin (Bissel Pro Cycling) 00:00:42 NED 51 Bram Tankink (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 52 Maxime Bouet (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:00:43 NZL 53 George Bennett (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:44 USA 54 Joe Dombrowski (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. USA 55 Timothy Duggan (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:01:04 ITA 56 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. USA 57 Andrew Bajadali (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 00:01:28 USA 58 Matthew Busche (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:01:56 ITA 59 Daniel Oss (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:03:22 GBR 60 Steven Cummings (BMC Racing Team) 00:07:04 USA 61 Chris Jones (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. SUI 62 Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) s.t. FRA 63 Thomas Damuseau (Argos-Shimano) 00:07:16 CAN 64 Hugo Houle (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. NED 65 Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) s.t. USA 66 Alex Candelario (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. BEL 67 Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. JPN 68 Yukihiro Doi (Argos-Shimano) s.t. COL 69 Victor Hugo Pena (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. GER 70 Jens Voigt (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. USA 71 Lucas Euser (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. USA 72 Gavin Mannion (Bontrager Livestrong Team) 00:08:36 USA 73 Edward King (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. FRA 74 Alexandre Geniez (Argos-Shimano) 00:09:00 USA 75 Frank Pipp (Bissel Pro Cycling) 00:09:09 BEL 76 Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:11:53 BEL 77 Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. NZL 78 Jeremy Vennell (Bissel Pro Cycling) 00:14:19 CAN 79 Ryan Anderson (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:14:21 BEL 80 Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ITA 81 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:15:05 AUS 82 Michael Matthews (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 83 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:15:31 AUS 84 Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:15:32 USA 85 Benjamin King (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. SLO 86 Kristjan Koren (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. USA 87 Thomas Peterson (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. GER 88 Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. USA 89 Ryan Eastman (Bontrager Livestrong Team) s.t. CAN 90 Sebastian Salas (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 00:18:08 USA 91 Tom Zirbel (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 00:18:49 CAN 92 David Boily (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. FRA 93 Christophe Riblon (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. USA 94 Jonathan Patrick Mccarty (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. COL 95 Michael Rodriguez (Colombia - Coldeportes) 00:19:11 USA 96 Sam Johnson (Team Exergy) 00:19:48 USA 97 Bradley White (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:21:13 NED 98 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:21:15 SUI 99 Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:21:17 AUS 100 Matthew Wilson (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. AUS 101 Robbie Mcewen () s.t. USA 102 Scott Zwizanski (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. NED 103 Tom Stamsnijder (Argos-Shimano) s.t. USA 104 Michael Creed (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. AUS 105 Nathan Haas (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. USA 106 Carter Jones (Bissel Pro Cycling) 00:22:01 ITA 107 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. USA 108 Logan Loader (Team Exergy) s.t. COL 109 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. CAN 110 Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. COL 111 Juan Pablo Suarez (Colombia - Coldeportes) s.t. GER 112 Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. GER 113 Roger Kluge (Argos-Shimano) s.t. USA 114 Ken Hanson (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. GER 115 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) s.t. USA 116 Morgan Schmitt (Team Exergy) s.t. CZE 117 Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. COL 118 Carlos Julian Quintero (Colombia - Coldeportes) 00:23:41 USA 119 Jason Mccartney (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:26:09 AUS 120 Travis Meyer (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t. COL 121 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Colombia - Coldeportes) 00:26:53 MDA 122 Serghei Tvetcov (Team Exergy) s.t. USA 123 Michael Friedman (Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) s.t. USA 124 Jacob Rathe (Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. COL 125 Carlos Alzate Escobar (Team Exergy) s.t. USA 126 Andrew Dahlheim (Bissel Pro Cycling) 00:31:28

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