Hesjedal jublede, men Sagan sejrede i Canada

Det canadiske etapeløb Tour of Alberta fortsatte sent onsdag aften med første etape fra Strathcona til Camrose over 158 kilometer. Her endte det med favoritsejr, da Peter Sagan fra Cannondale bragede over målstregen som den første og dermed tog sin anden ud af to mulige sejre i Canada.

Tidligt på etapen blev der angrebet, men det lykkedes ikke et udbrud at komme væk før efter dagens første indlagte spurt. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling) startede angrebet og fik Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly powered by Kenda), Will Clarke (Argos-Shimano) samt Marc Goos (Belkin) med sig. De fire dannede dagens udbrud.

Udbruddet fik dog aldrig det store forspring, da Cannondale arbejdede hårdt i feltet, heriblandt danske Brian Vandborg. Inde i Camrose skulle der køres tre omgange, og på den første af disse kørte Clarke væk. Han fik Goos med sig, og sammen kæmpede de for at holde feltet på afstand.

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De endte dog med at blive hentet, og på opløbsstrækningen angreb Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) på hjemmebanen til stor jubel for tilskuerne. Hesjedal rakte armene i vejret og jublede over sejren. Men da Hesjedal kiggede sig bagude og så feltet ikke spurtede, men derimod blot fortsatte over målstregen, forstod han der stadig var en omgang tilbage. Ups. Næppe en episode den tidligere Giro-vinder vil være stolt af.

Canadieren blev indhentet, og i stedet endte det i den forventede spurt, der blev ganske hård da det gik op ad indtil cirka 300 meter inden stregen. Eric Young (Optum powered by Kelly Benefit Strategies) åbnede en lang spurt og slog et hul, men Sagan ventede køligt inden han åbnede sin spurt og hamrede forbi Young.

Eric Young snuppede dog en flot andenplads, mens Moreno Hofland fra Belkin blev nummer tre. Danske Nicolai Brøchner, der kører for Bissell Pro Cycling, kom ind på en ganske flot 17. plads. Samlet fører Sagan fortsat, men nu med 23 sekunder ned til Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp).
 

Resultat af 1. etape

1 Peter Sagan - Cannondale Pro Cycling 3.22.17

2 Eric Young - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies

3 Moreno Hofland - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

4 Ryan Anderson - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies

5 Luka Mezgec - Team Argos-Shimano

6 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team

7 Fabian Wegmann - Garmin-Sharp

8 Matthias Friedemann - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

9 Tobias Ludvigsson - Team Argos-Shimano

10 John Murphy - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

11 Tom Jelte Slagter - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

12 Tomas Vaitkus - Orica-GreenEdge

13 Pieter Weening - Orica-GreenEdge

14 Marcus Burghardt - BMC Racing Team

15 Dennis Van Winden - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

16 Robert Sweeting - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

17 Nicolai Brochner - Bissell Pro Cycling

18 Fred Rodriguez - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda

19 Ryder Hesjedal - Garmin-Sharp

20 Cameron Meyer - Orica-GreenEdge

21 Jean-Michel Lachance - Canadian National Team

22 Damiano Caruso - Cannondale Pro Cycling

23 Rohan Dennis - Garmin-Sharp

24 Fumiyuki Beppu - Orica-GreenEdge

25 Cadel Evans - BMC Racing Team

26 Francisco Mancebo Perez - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

27 Frank Kevin Pipp - Bissell Pro Cycling

28 Clinton Robert Avery - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

29 Robert Gesink - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

30 Shawn Milne - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

31 Amaël Moinard - BMC Racing Team

32 Simon Geschke - Team Argos-Shimano

33 Patrick Gretsch - Team Argos-Shimano

34 Tommy Nankervis - Bissell Pro Cycling

35 Michael Woods - Equipe Garneau-Québecor

36 Michael Olsson - Team Argos-Shimano

37 Tom Zirbel - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies

38 Andres Diaz - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda 0.00.10

39 Benjamin Chaddock - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

40 Shane Kline - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

41 Taylor Shelden - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

42 Benjamin Day - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

43 Lawrence Warbasse - BMC Racing Team

44 Antoine Duchesne - Canadian National Team

45 Travis McCabe - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

46 Andrew Dahlheim - Bissell Pro Cycling

47 Kirk Carlsen - Bissell Pro Cycling

48 Chad Haga - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies

49 Chad Beyer - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

50 Clay Murfet - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

51 Steve Morabito - BMC Racing Team

52 David Millar - Garmin-Sharp

53 Christian Vande Velde - Garmin-Sharp

54 Rob Britton - Canadian National Team

55 Silvan Dillier - BMC Racing Team

56 Chris Butler - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

57 Steven Kruijswijk - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

58 Flavio De Luna - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

59 Ryan Roth - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

60 Bruno Langlois - Equipe Garneau-Québecor

61 Alexander Cataford - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.00.16

62 Pierrick Naud - Equipe Garneau-Québecor

63 Lachlan David Morton - Garmin-Sharp 0.00.19

64 Michael Chauner - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.00.21

65 Jakub Novak - BMC Racing Team 0.00.24

66 Serghei Tvetcov - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda

67 Derrick St. John - Canadian National Team

68 Thomas Damuseau - Team Argos-Shimano

69 Edward King - Cannondale Pro Cycling

70 Adam Matthew Farabaugh - Equipe Garneau-Québecor

71 Jean-Sebastien Perron - Canadian National Team

72 Craig Lewis - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

73 Jason McCartney - Bissell Pro Cycling

74 Luke Keough - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.00.28

75 Aidis Kruopis - Orica-GreenEdge 0.00.29

76 David Zabriskie - Garmin-Sharp

77 Scott Zwizanski - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies

78 Garrett McLeod - Canadian National Team

79 Max Jenkins - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

80 Emerson Oronte - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda

81 Jack Bobridge - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

82 Marc Goos - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

83 Carter Jones - Bissell Pro Cycling

84 Jonas Ahlstrand - Team Argos-Shimano 0.00.35

85 Davide Frattini - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

86 Mark Renshaw - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.00.37

87 Thomas Dekker - Garmin-Sharp

88 Michael Hepburn - Orica-GreenEdge

89 Jeffry Louder - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

90 Geoffroy Dussault - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.00.48

91 Robert Förster - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

92 Ryan Aitcheson - Canadian National Team

93 Sean Mazich - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda

94 Ken Hanson - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.01.05

95 Thomas Soladay - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.01.13

96 Charles Bradley Huff - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.01.15

97 Michael Friedman - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies

98 Eric Marcotte - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.01.27

99 Christopher Jones - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.01.34

100 Cheung Fu Shiu - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.01.40

101 Kang Jiyong - Orica-GreenEdge

102 Simon-Pierre Gauthier - Equipe Garneau-Québecor

103 Stuart Wight - Canadian National Team

104 Ben Wolfe - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda

105 Kristofer Dahl - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

106 David Williams - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda 0.02.07

107 William Clarke - Team Argos-Shimano 0.04.10

108 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda

109 Aldo Ino Ilesic - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

110 Jeremy Vennell - Bissell Pro Cycling 0.04.11

111 Nariyuki Masuda - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.04.13

112 Michel Koch - Cannondale Pro Cycling

113 Brian Vandborg - Cannondale Pro Cycling

114 Bobby Lea - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

115 Nic Hamlton - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.06.09

116 Zachary Bell - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

117 James Stemper - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

Samlet stilling

1 Peter Sagan - Cannondale Pro Cycling 3.30.35

2 Rohan Dennis - Garmin-Sharp 0.00.23

3 Tobias Ludvigsson - Team Argos-Shimano 0.00.24

4 Cadel Evans - BMC Racing Team 0.00.30

5 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 0.00.31

6 Pieter Weening - Orica-GreenEdge 0.00.39

7 Patrick Gretsch - Team Argos-Shimano

8 Tom Zirbel - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.00.40

9 Ryder Hesjedal - Garmin-Sharp

10 Robert Gesink - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.00.41

11 Simon Geschke - Team Argos-Shimano 0.00.42

12 Chad Haga - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.00.43

13 Damiano Caruso - Cannondale Pro Cycling

14 John Murphy - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.00.46

15 Cameron Meyer - Orica-GreenEdge 0.00.49

16 Shawn Milne - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

17 Robert Sweeting - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda 0.00.52

18 Benjamin Day - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

19 Francisco Mancebo Perez - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda 0.00.53

20 David Millar - Garmin-Sharp 0.00.54

21 Ryan Anderson - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.00.55

22 Christian Vande Velde - Garmin-Sharp

23 Amaël Moinard - BMC Racing Team 0.00.57

24 Lawrence Warbasse - BMC Racing Team 0.00.59

25 Rob Britton - Canadian National Team 0.01.01

26 Michael Olsson - Team Argos-Shimano

27 Antoine Duchesne - Canadian National Team 0.01.02

28 Eric Young - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.01.03

29 Ryan Roth - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.01.04

30 Tom Jelte Slagter - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

31 Travis McCabe - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.01.05

32 Fred Rodriguez - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.01.06

33 Luka Mezgec - Team Argos-Shimano

34 Fabian Wegmann - Garmin-Sharp 0.01.07

35 Tomas Vaitkus - Orica-GreenEdge

36 David Zabriskie - Garmin-Sharp 0.01.09

37 Andres Diaz - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

38 Matthias Friedemann - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.01.10

39 Clinton Robert Avery - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

40 Lachlan David Morton - Garmin-Sharp 0.01.12

41 Moreno Hofland - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

42 Taylor Shelden - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda

43 Steven Kruijswijk - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.01.13

44 Silvan Dillier - BMC Racing Team

45 Kirk Carlsen - Bissell Pro Cycling

46 Edward King - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.01.16

47 Bruno Langlois - Equipe Garneau-Québecor

48 Nicolai Brochner - Bissell Pro Cycling

49 Serghei Tvetcov - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.01.17

50 Jakub Novak - BMC Racing Team 0.01.18

51 Adam Matthew Farabaugh - Equipe Garneau-Québecor

52 Clay Murfet - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.01.19

53 Alexander Cataford - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.01.20

54 Jean-Michel Lachance - Canadian National Team 0.01.22

55 Shane Kline - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

56 Tommy Nankervis - Bissell Pro Cycling

57 Michael Woods - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.01.23

58 Craig Lewis - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.01.24

59 Jason McCartney - Bissell Pro Cycling 0.01.26

60 Marc Goos - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.01.30

61 Steve Morabito - BMC Racing Team 0.01.32

62 Thomas Damuseau - Team Argos-Shimano 0.01.33

63 Scott Zwizanski - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies

64 Flavio De Luna - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

65 Pierrick Naud - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.01.36

66 Garrett McLeod - Canadian National Team

67 Fumiyuki Beppu - Orica-GreenEdge 0.01.37

68 Frank Kevin Pipp - Bissell Pro Cycling

69 Emerson Oronte - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.01.38

70 Jeffry Louder - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.01.41

71 Andrew Dahlheim - Bissell Pro Cycling 0.01.42

72 Michael Hepburn - Orica-GreenEdge

73 Chris Butler - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

74 Jack Bobridge - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.01.51

75 Robert Förster - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

76 Luke Keough - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.01.53

77 Chad Beyer - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.01.54

78 Derrick St. John - Canadian National Team 0.01.56

79 Davide Frattini - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

80 Sean Mazich - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.02.02

81 Aidis Kruopis - Orica-GreenEdge 0.02.04

82 Charles Bradley Huff - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.02.05

83 Jonas Ahlstrand - Team Argos-Shimano 0.02.06

84 Ryan Aitcheson - Canadian National Team 0.02.09

85 Dennis Van Winden - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

86 Jean-Sebastien Perron - Canadian National Team 0.02.11

87 Benjamin Chaddock - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

88 Mark Renshaw - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.02.15

89 Max Jenkins - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda 0.02.16

90 Thomas Dekker - Garmin-Sharp 0.02.18

91 Michael Chauner - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.02.20

92 Eric Marcotte - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

93 Ken Hanson - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.02.24

94 Marcus Burghardt - BMC Racing Team 0.02.25

95 Ben Wolfe - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.02.38

96 Kristofer Dahl - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.02.39

97 Christopher Jones - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.02.41

98 Carter Jones - Bissell Pro Cycling 0.02.42

99 Thomas Soladay - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.02.51

100 Michael Friedman - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.02.58

101 David Williams - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda 0.03.05

102 Stuart Wight - Canadian National Team 0.03.12

103 Geoffroy Dussault - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.03.13

104 Simon-Pierre Gauthier - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.03.21

105 Kang Jiyong - Orica-GreenEdge 0.03.34

106 Cheung Fu Shiu - Champion System Pro Cycling Team

107 Jeremy Vennell - Bissell Pro Cycling 0.05.11

108 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.05.12

109 Michel Koch - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.05.14

110 Brian Vandborg - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.05.19

111 Bobby Lea - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.05.38

112 William Clarke - Team Argos-Shimano 0.05.43

113 Aldo Ino Ilesic - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.05.58

114 Nariyuki Masuda - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.06.12

115 Zachary Bell - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.07.06

116 Nic Hamlton - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.07.09

117 James Stemper - 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda 0.08.40

Pointkonkurrencen

1 Peter Sagan - Cannondale Pro Cycling 15 pts

2 Eric Young - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 12

3 Moreno Hofland - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 10

4 Ryan Anderson - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 7

5 Luka Mezgec - Team Argos-Shimano 6

6 Simon Geschke - Team Argos-Shimano 5

7 William Clarke - Team Argos-Shimano 5

8 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 5

9 Fabian Wegmann - Garmin-Sharp 4

10 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 4

11 Matthias Friedemann - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 3

12 Marc Goos - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 3

13 Tobias Ludvigsson - Team Argos-Shimano 2

14 John Murphy - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 1

15 Patrick Gretsch - Team Argos-Shimano 1

Bjergkonkurrencen

1 Tom Jelte Slagter - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 10 pts

2 Peter Sagan - Cannondale Pro Cycling 9

3 Jack Bobridge - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7

4 Frank Kevin Pipp - Bissell Pro Cycling 6

5 Dennis Van Winden - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5

6 Fabian Wegmann - Garmin-Sharp 4

7 Geoffroy Dussault - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 2

Ungdomskonkurrencen

1 Peter Sagan - Cannondale Pro Cycling 3.30.35

2 Rohan Dennis - Garmin-Sharp 0.00.23

3 Tobias Ludvigsson - Team Argos-Shimano 0.00.24

4 Lawrence Warbasse - BMC Racing Team 0.00.59

5 Antoine Duchesne - Canadian National Team 0.01.02

6 Eric Young - Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.01.03

7 Tom Jelte Slagter - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.01.04

8 Travis McCabe - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.01.05

9 Lachlan David Morton - Garmin-Sharp 0.01.12

10 Moreno Hofland - Belkin Pro Cycling Team

11 Silvan Dillier - BMC Racing Team 0.01.13

12 Nicolai Brochner - Bissell Pro Cycling 0.01.16

13 Jakub Novak - BMC Racing Team 0.01.18

14 Adam Matthew Farabaugh - Equipe Garneau-Québecor

15 Clay Murfet - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.01.19

16 Alexander Cataford - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.01.20

17 Shane Kline - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.01.22

18 Marc Goos - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.01.30

19 Thomas Damuseau - Team Argos-Shimano 0.01.33

20 Flavio De Luna - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis

21 Pierrick Naud - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.01.36

22 Garrett McLeod - Canadian National Team

23 Emerson Oronte - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.01.38

24 Michael Hepburn - Orica-GreenEdge 0.01.42

25 Jack Bobridge - Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.01.51

26 Luke Keough - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.01.53

27 Jonas Ahlstrand - Team Argos-Shimano 0.02.06

28 Ryan Aitcheson - Canadian National Team 0.02.09

29 Ben Wolfe - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.02.38

30 Kristofer Dahl - Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0.02.39

31 Carter Jones - Bissell Pro Cycling 0.02.42

32 Stuart Wight - Canadian National Team 0.03.12

33 Simon-Pierre Gauthier - Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.03.21

34 Cheung Fu Shiu - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.03.34

35 Michel Koch - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.05.14

Holdkonkurrencen

1 Team Garmin-Sharp 10.33.28

2 Team Argos-Shimano 0.00.06

3 BMC Racing Team 0.00.07

4 Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.00.25

5 Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.00.26

6 Orica GreenEdge 0.00.50

7 5-Hour Energy P/B Kenda Racing Team 0.00.51

8 Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 0.01.04

9 Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.01.18

10 Bissell Pro Cycling 0.01.22

11 Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.01.26

12 Canadian National Team 0.01.27

13 Team Smartstop P/B Mountain Khakis 0.01.34

14 Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0.01.47

15 Jelly Belly P/B Kenda 0.01.49