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Saturday, May 16: Stage 7, Ontario - Mt. Baldy, 128.7 km

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The Race: Well, this just got really interesting...

Today's stage finished with a long hill-climb to the summit of Mount Baldy. The day's early break was caught near the beginning of the Mount Baldy ascent (6.92 km, 9% average gradient) . Once the road started to point to the sky Julian Alaphilippe and Sergio Henao were gone, never to be seen again.

With a few kilometers left to the top, young Alaphilippe went clear. He finished the stage alone, getting his first race win of the year.

Further back down the hill, race leader Peter Sagan just ground out a sustainable pace and slowly closed up to the two escapees.

He couldn't make the catch, finishing 47 seconds after Alaphilippe crossed the line. But Alaphilippe started the day just 45 seconds down. The young Frenchman has become the race leader by a slender two seconds.

Julian Alaphilippe wins Tour of California stage 7.

Tomorrow will be interesting. Will Sagan be able to gain back those two seconds? We know he'll try.

Complete Results:

1	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	3hr 42min 13sec
2	Sergio Luis HENAO	TEAM SKY	@ 23sec
3	Ian BOSWELL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
4	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:00:36
5	Riccardo ZOIDL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:45
6	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:00:47
7	Haimar ZUBELDIA	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:53
8	Robert GESINK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	@ 1min 0sec
9	Peter KENNAUGH	TEAM SKY	0:01:17
10	Laurens TEN DAM	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:01:26
11	Rob BRITTON	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:01:32
12	Lachlan NORRIS	DRAPAC	0:01:39
13	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:01:53
14	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:02:10
15	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:02:12
16	Carter JONES	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:02:15
17	Phillip GAIMON	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:02:20
18	Jay MCCARTHY	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:03:01
19	Michael SCHÄR	BMC RACING TEAM	0:03:07
20	Danilo WYSS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:03:17
21	Benjamin KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:03:23
22	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:03:43
23	Janez BRAJKOVIC	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:03:50
24	Jesus HERNANDEZ	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:04:04
25	Manuel SENNI	BMC RACING TEAM	0:04:06
26	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:04:17
27	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:04:33
28	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:04:54
29	Joseph ROSSKOPF	BMC RACING TEAM	0:05:33
30	Darren LAPTHORNE	DRAPAC	0:06:50
31	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	0:07:43
32	Philip DEIGNAN	TEAM SKY	0:08:24
33	Lawson CRADDOCK	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:08:48
34	Ruben GUERREIRO	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:09:19
35	Robin CARPENTER	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:09:46
36	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:11:04
37	Stijn DEVOLDER	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
38	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	s.t.
39	Jonathan CLARKE	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:12:34
40	Campbell FLAKEMORE	BMC RACING TEAM	0:12:38
41	Carson MILLER	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:13:05
42	Michael WOODS	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:13:05
43	Chris BUTLER	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
44	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:15:02
45	Evan HUFFMAN	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:16:02
46	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:16:42
47	Ruben ZEPUNTKE	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
48	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
49	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:16:59
50	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
51	Laurent DIDIER	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:17:11
52	Sep VANMARCKE	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:17:32
53	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
54	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:17:32
55	Gregory OBANDO	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:17:34
56	Alexander BRAICO	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
57	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:19:05
58	Daniel OSS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:19:38
59	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:20:33
60	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:20:33
61	David LOZANO	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
62	Roy CURVERS	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
63	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
64	Mike TEUNISSEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
65	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
66	Tyler FARRAR	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
67	Koen DE KORT	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
68	Thierry HUPOND	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
69	Nicolae TANOVITCHII	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
70	Charles PLANET	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
71	Gregory DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
72	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
73	Yves LAMPAERT	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
74	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
75	Martin KOHLER	DRAPAC	s.t.
76	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
77	Maarten WYNANTS	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
78	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
79	Kiel REIJNEN	UNITED HEALTHCARE	s.t.
80	Xabier ZANDIO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
81	Javier MEGIAS	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
82	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
83	Eric MARCOTTE	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
84	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
85	Alex HOWES	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
86	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
87	Jacob RATHE	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
88	Lucas Sebastian HAEDO	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
89	Luis ROMERO	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
90	Joseph SCHMALZ	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:20:55
91	Daniel SUMMERHILL	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:20:55
92	Martin VELITS	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:21:08
93	Travis MCCABE	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:21:30
94	Nathan EARLE	TEAM SKY	0:21:43
95	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
96	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
97	Jos VAN EMDEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
98	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
99	Mark CAVENDISH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
100	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	s.t.
101	Tom VAN ASBROECK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
102	Matt BRAMMEIER	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:21:49
103	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
104	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
105	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
106	Stephen LEECE	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:22:05
107	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:22:32
108	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
109	Andrea PERON	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:22:35
110	Daniele RATTO	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:22:50
111	Oscar CLARK	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:23:02
112	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:23:06
113	Dennis VAN WINDEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:23:23
114	Matthew Harley GOSS	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:23:28
115	Mark RENSHAW	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
116	David WILLIAMS	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
117	John MURPHY	UNITED HEALTHCARE	s.t.
118	Jure KOCJAN	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:23:52
119	Zico WAEYTENS	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
120	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	0:24:32
121	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
122	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
123	Daniele BENNATI	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
124	Martijn VERSCHOOR	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
125	Johnathan FRETER	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:26:16
126	Tanner PUTT	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:28:03
127	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	0:28:38
128	Joonas HENTTALA	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:29:56
129	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	0:30:12

GC after Stage 7:

1	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	25hr 58min 21sec
2	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF - SAXO	@ 2sec
3	Sergio Luis HENAO	TEAM SKY	0:00:33
4	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	@ 1min 10sec
5	Robert GESINK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:01:11
6	Haimar ZUBELDIA	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:12
7	Ian BOSWELL	TEAM SKY	0:01:19
8	Riccardo ZOIDL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:20
9	Peter KENNAUGH	TEAM SKY	0:01:40
10	Rob BRITTON	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:02:06
11	Lachlan NORRIS	DRAPAC	0:02:15
12	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:02:17
13	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:02:32
14	Phillip GAIMON	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:02:49
15	Jay MCCARTHY	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:03:12
16	Carter JONES	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:03:19
17	Benjamin KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:03:36
18	Danilo WYSS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:04:06
19	Manuel SENNI	BMC RACING TEAM	0:04:42
20	Janez BRAJKOVIC	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:04:44
21	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:04:51
22	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:05:04
23	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:05:28
24	Joseph ROSSKOPF	BMC RACING TEAM	0:05:37
25	Michael SCHÄR	BMC RACING TEAM	0:07:45
26	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	0:08:33
27	Lawson CRADDOCK	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:09:09
28	Laurens TEN DAM	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:09:19
29	Philip DEIGNAN	TEAM SKY	0:09:49
30	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:12:35
31	Ruben GUERREIRO	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:12:46
32	Michael WOODS	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:14:26
33	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:16:42
34	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:17:55
35	Laurent DIDIER	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:18:58
36	Jesus HERNANDEZ	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:20:25
37	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:20:37
38	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:22:58
39	Robin CARPENTER	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:25:42
40	Chris BUTLER	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:27:56
41	Daniel OSS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:28:22
42	Alex HOWES	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:28:36
43	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:28:40
44	Ruben ZEPUNTKE	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:28:42
45	Gregory OBANDO	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:29:10
46	Stijn DEVOLDER	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:31:56
47	Alexander BRAICO	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:32:29
48	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:32:41
49	Travis MCCABE	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:33:33
50	Gregory DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:33:57
51	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	0:35:51
52	Evan HUFFMAN	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
53	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:36:35
54	Darren LAPTHORNE	DRAPAC	0:36:38
55	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:36:41
56	Lucas Sebastian HAEDO	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:36:49
57	Jonathan CLARKE	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:37:37
58	Roy CURVERS	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:37:42
59	Daniel SUMMERHILL	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:38:13
60	Campbell FLAKEMORE	BMC RACING TEAM	0:38:19
61	Sep VANMARCKE	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:38:42
62	John MURPHY	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:38:50
63	Nicolae TANOVITCHII	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:38:51
64	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:40:08
65	Daniele BENNATI	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:40:36
66	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:40:55
67	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:40:56
68	Matthew Harley GOSS	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:41:03
69	Mike TEUNISSEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:41:14
70	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:41:17
71	Mark CAVENDISH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:41:30
72	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:41:33
73	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:41:51
74	Charles PLANET	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:41:58
75	Koen DE KORT	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:41:59
76	Tyler FARRAR	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:42:01
77	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:42:05
78	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:42:06
79	Thierry HUPOND	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:42:14
80	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:42:37
81	Luis ROMERO	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:43:03
82	Andrea PERON	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:43:46
83	Xabier ZANDIO	TEAM SKY	0:43:48
84	Martin KOHLER	DRAPAC	0:44:19
85	Yves LAMPAERT	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:44:35
86	Maarten WYNANTS	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:44:45
87	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:44:56
88	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:45:02
89	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	s.t.
90	Zico WAEYTENS	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:45:13
91	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:45:25
92	Eric MARCOTTE	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:45:29
93	Mark RENSHAW	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:46:00
94	Dennis VAN WINDEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:46:04
95	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:46:26
96	Oscar CLARK	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:46:32
97	Matt BRAMMEIER	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:47:22
98	Jure KOCJAN	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:47:27
99	Tom VAN ASBROECK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:48:04
100	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:48:15
101	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:48:16
102	Joseph SCHMALZ	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:48:46
103	Martijn VERSCHOOR	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:48:55
104	Jos VAN EMDEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:48:57
105	David LOZANO RIBA	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:49:26
106	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:50:15
107	Javier MEGIAS	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:50:50
108	Joonas HENTTALA	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:51:23
109	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	0:51:23
110	Jacob RATHE	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:51:26
111	Tanner PUTT	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:51:59
112	Stephen LEECE	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:53:42
113	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:53:55
114	Martin VELITS	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:54:10
115	Nathan EARLE	TEAM SKY	0:54:13
116	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:54:26
117	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:54:34
118	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:54:36
119	Carson MILLER	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	0:55:56
120	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:56:34
121	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:56:47
122	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	0:57:12
123	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	0:57:33
124	Kiel REIJNEN	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:58:50
125	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	@ 1hr 0min 3sec
126	David WILLIAMS	JAMIS - HAGENS BERMAN	1:01:12
127	Daniele RATTO	UNITED HEALTHCARE	1:01:45
128	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF - SAXO	1:02:58
129	Johnathan FRETER	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	1:03:17

Stage 7 map and profile:

Tour of California stage 7 map

Tour of California stage 7 profile

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