Tour of California: Rohan Dennis wins atop Mount Diablo
Wiggins loses ground on summit finish
Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) launched a late-race attack against a select group of climbers and sprinted to the Stage 3 victory atop Mount Diablo on Tuesday at the Tour of California. The Australian all-rounder crossed the line ahead of Tiago Machado (NetApp-Endura) and the event's best young rider Lawson Craddock (Giant-Shimano).
"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. We told Janier [Acevedo] to go in the last kilometer and a half to give us that final blow. He accelerated and then Adam Yates went. I decided to go and from then on I think it was just all or nothing."
Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) lost time in the overall classification but is still leading the race by 24 seconds ahead of Dennis and 1:05 minutes to Machado, as the race heads into its fourth stage from Monterey to Cambria on Wednesday.
"This is the first time I've ridden in this heat in almost two years," Wiggins said. "It takes an adjustment. Actually, I'm a bit knackered. My mission was to be in a position to limit any losses and not explode. That's why I was riding tempo and making sure no one got up the road. The boys did a good job in this heat. We rode this climb over a week ago. It picked up in the last 300 meters and it's a tough climb. Every day is a tough day if you're in yellow."
An all-day breakaway came to an end on the slopes of Mount Diablo, the day's seven-kilometer final climb that included 17 percent grades. Team Sky drove the dwindled field up the climb and kept Wiggins in a position to respond to any attacks on the steep sections.
Wiggins showed himself at the front of the select group of climbers with six kilometers to go. Peter Stetina rode (BMC) directly on his wheel followed by Dennis, Machado, Craddock , Acevedo, Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) along with Carter Jones (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Startegies), David de la Cruz (NetApp-Endura), Laurens ten Dam (Belkin) and Matthew Busche (Trek Factory Racing).
Seconds after Jones was reabsorbed into the group, Acevedo, who placed third overall last year, launched the next attack. It looked to be the winning jump but Wiggins increased his speed and quickly brought him back.
Yates, the Tour of Turkey winner, was the next to go inside the final few hundred meters but his attack was quickly countered by Dennis, who sprinted to the Stage 3 victory.
Routley increases King of the Mountain lead on Mt. Hamilton
The peloton rolled to the start line in San Jose with pantyhose filled with ice cubes stuffed down the back of their jerseys to help keep them cool during Stage 3, where temperatures approached 100 Fahrenheit.
Going into the stage, Wiggins was leading the race by 44 seconds ahead of Dennis and an additional eight seconds to Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing).
A small group established a gap during the early kilometers that included mountains classification leader Will Routley (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies), who was looking to gain additional points on the day's initial ascent over Mount Hamilton.
Other riders in the breakaway included Maarten Wynants (Belkin), Jonny Clarke (UnitedHealthcare), Paul Voss (NetApp-Endura), David Lozano Riba (Novo Nordisk), Luis Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis), Robbie Squire (Jamis-Hagens Berman) and Ruben Zepuntke (Bissell Development).
Routley was the only rider in the breakaway with points in the mountains classification standings. He increased that lead after grabbing the full set of points at the top of first climb.
“I was able to get in the day's breakaway and comfortably won the sprint for the KOM on top of Mount Hamilton,” Routley said. “I’m all in to defend this KOM jersey for the week but I have also always wanted to win a stage at the Tour of California. I’ll definitely be looking for another breakaway this week and can hopefully choose the right one.”
Breakaway rider, Zepuntke, was the highest placed in the overall classification with a 2:42-minute deficit to Wiggins. As expected, Team Sky set the pace for the peloton, allowing the gap to lengthen to more than six minutes.
The stage also included an intermediate sprint in Livermore. Breakaway rider, Squire, picked up the full points at the day's intermediate sprint ahead of Davila and Wynants. It wasn't enough to make a dent in Mark Cavendish's (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) hold on the sprint standings with 15 points.
As the field approached the final 20km of the race, Bissell teammates Ryan Eastman and James Oram crashed, however, both were able to get back on their bikes and finish the race. Another crash took place closer to the base of the climb that included Brad Huff (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies), Matthew Hayman (Orica-GreenEdge) and Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis), who was the team's designated climber.
Team Sky brought the gap down to three minutes heading into the base of the climb to Mount Diablo. A few of the riders dropped off pace but Wynants, Voss, Squire and Davila tried to hang onto their lead for as long as possible, at times attacking one another along the shallow base of the climb. Davila was the last to make a move but his efforts came to an end with five kilometers to go.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp | 4:56:02 |
2 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:06 |
3 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:00:08 |
4 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:11 |
5 | Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp | |
6 | Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:14 |
7 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
8 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge | |
9 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 0:00:20 |
10 | Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:29 |
11 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
12 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:55 |
13 | Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:01:16 |
14 | George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale | 0:01:21 |
15 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:23 |
16 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:29 |
17 | Nathan Brown (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:02:01 |
18 | Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:02:19 |
19 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:02:28 |
20 | Daniel Jaramillo Díez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:02:34 |
21 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp | |
22 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:03:24 |
23 | Gregory Brenes (CRc) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:04:11 |
24 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:54 |
25 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale | |
26 | Edward King (USA) Cannondale | |
27 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp | |
28 | Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team | |
29 | Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman | |
30 | Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:05:48 |
31 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:06:04 |
32 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:06:19 |
33 | Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:06:26 |
34 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing | |
35 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
36 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:07:09 |
37 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:07:29 |
38 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:37 |
39 | Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:08:00 |
40 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:08:18 |
41 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:08:48 |
42 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky | 0:08:51 |
43 | José Joao Pimenta Costa (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:09:16 |
44 | David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:10:29 |
45 | Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:11:05 |
46 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:11:23 |
47 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | |
48 | Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team | |
49 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | |
50 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge | 0:11:30 |
51 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | |
52 | Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
53 | Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky | |
54 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:12:44 |
55 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team | 0:12:55 |
56 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:15:28 |
57 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
58 | Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:17:24 |
59 | Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:18:45 |
60 | Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:18:57 |
61 | Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | |
62 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
63 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale | |
64 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | |
65 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
66 | Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
67 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | |
68 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
69 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | |
70 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
71 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:19:11 |
72 | Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team | 0:19:24 |
73 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:19:45 |
74 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
75 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale | 0:19:48 |
76 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
77 | Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
78 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | 0:19:51 |
79 | Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
80 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | |
81 | Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
82 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | |
83 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
84 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | |
85 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | |
86 | Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
87 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura | |
88 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
89 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | |
90 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | |
91 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
92 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team | |
93 | Nicolas Lefrançois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
94 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale | |
95 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
96 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale | |
97 | Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
98 | Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
99 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:19:59 |
100 | William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
101 | Alex Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
102 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | 0:20:02 |
103 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:20:03 |
104 | Kevin De Masmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | |
105 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | |
106 | Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:20:07 |
107 | Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | |
108 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | |
109 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:20:10 |
110 | Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman | |
111 | John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:20:24 |
112 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:20:48 |
113 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:20:50 |
114 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | |
DNF | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Sean Mazich (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
DNS | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant-Shimano |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 5 | pts |
2 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 3 | |
3 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 12 | pts |
2 | Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 10 | |
3 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 8 | |
4 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 7 | |
5 | David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 6 | |
6 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team | 5 | |
7 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 4 | |
8 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 3 | |
9 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | 2 | |
10 | Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp | 12 | pts |
2 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 10 | |
3 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 8 | |
4 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | 7 | |
5 | Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp | 6 | |
6 | Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 5 | |
7 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | 4 | |
8 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge | 3 | |
9 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 2 | |
10 | Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 4:56:10 |
2 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:03 |
3 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:01:21 |
4 | Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:02:11 |
5 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:03:16 |
6 | Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team | 0:04:46 |
7 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:06:18 |
8 | Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team | 0:11:15 |
9 | Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky | 0:11:22 |
10 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team | 0:12:47 |
11 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:18:49 |
12 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | |
13 | Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team | 0:19:16 |
14 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | 0:19:43 |
15 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | |
16 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Orica GreenEdge | 14:50:00 |
2 | Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:18 |
3 | Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:56 |
4 | Trek Factory Racing | 0:05:56 |
5 | Cannondale | 0:09:15 |
6 | Team NetApp-Endura | 0:09:28 |
7 | Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:09:45 |
8 | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:10:38 |
9 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:17:04 |
10 | Team Sky | 0:18:47 |
11 | BMC Racing Team | 0:24:54 |
12 | Bissell Development Team | 0:27:18 |
13 | Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis | 0:28:03 |
14 | Team Optum By Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:29:41 |
15 | Team Novo Nordisk | 0:34:30 |
16 | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:44:02 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 10:03:57 |
2 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp | 0:00:24 |
3 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:01:05 |
4 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:21 |
5 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | 0:02:10 |
6 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:24 |
7 | Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing | 0:02:25 |
8 | Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:02:27 |
9 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:29 |
10 | Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp | 0:02:30 |
11 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | 0:02:45 |
12 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:02:55 |
13 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge | 0:03:28 |
14 | Nathan Brown (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:03:35 |
15 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:03:42 |
16 | George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale | 0:03:45 |
17 | Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:04:08 |
18 | Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | |
19 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:04:35 |
20 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:05:27 |
21 | Daniel Jaramillo Díez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:05:45 |
22 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:06:27 |
23 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale | 0:06:38 |
24 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:06:40 |
25 | Gregory Brenes (CRc) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:06:41 |
26 | Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team | 0:07:11 |
27 | Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:07:18 |
28 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing | 0:07:30 |
29 | Edward King (USA) Cannondale | 0:07:41 |
30 | Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:07:44 |
31 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:08:47 |
32 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:08:55 |
33 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:09:13 |
34 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:09:23 |
35 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:09:40 |
36 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 0:09:44 |
37 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:10:13 |
38 | Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:11:03 |
39 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky | 0:11:42 |
40 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | 0:12:24 |
41 | Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:12:38 |
42 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:12:45 |
43 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge | 0:13:06 |
44 | Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:13:26 |
45 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:13:45 |
46 | Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky | 0:13:59 |
47 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | 0:14:01 |
48 | Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team | 0:14:02 |
49 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:14:19 |
50 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team | 0:15:17 |
51 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:20 |
52 | Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis - Hagens Berman | 0:18:12 |
53 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:18:40 |