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2014 Route:

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Sunday, May 18: 8th and Final Stage, Thousand Oaks Circuit Race, 122.4 km (76.1 miles)

The Race: Mark Cavendish must be enjoying excellent form. After flatting before the stage's big climb, he chased and regained the bunch.

After that, he still had enough gas in the tank to go early in the sprint and win it...barely. John Degenkolb was closing fast, but ran out of race a bit too soon.

Bradley Wiggins finished in the front group, 20th, ensuring his final overall victory.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.247 km/hr

1	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	2hr 53min 50sec
2	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Shimano
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale
4	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica GreenEDGE
5	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
6	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team
7	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
8	Zakkari Dempster	Team NetApp-Endura
9	Alex Howes	Garmin-Sharp
10	Kiel Reijnen	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
11	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
12	Ruben Zepuntke	Bissell Development Team
13	Daniel Jaramillo Díez	Jamis - Hagens Berman
14	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
15	Koen De Kort	Team Giant-Shimano
16	Carter Jones	Team Optum
17	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale
18	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp
19	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing
20	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky
21	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE
22	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura
23	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	Team NetApp-Endura
24	Andreas Schillinger	Team NetApp-Endura
25	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team
26	Clément Chevrier	Bissell Development Team
27	Daan Olivier	Team Giant-Shimano
28	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team
29	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano
30	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	Trek Factory Racing
31	Danny Pate	Team Sky
32	Scott Zwizanski	Team Optum
33	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
34	Javier Megias Leal	Team Novo Nordisk
35	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing
36	Robert Víctor Squire	Jamis - Hagens Berman
37	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE
38	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp
39	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp
40	Joshua Edmondson	Team Sky
41	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
42	Iker Camano Ortuzar	Team NetApp-Endura
43	Lucas Euser	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
44	Luis Romero Amaran	Jamis - Hagens Berman
45	Gregory Daniel	Bissell Development Team
46	Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski	Team Sky
47	Steve Fisher	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
48	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing
49	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale
50	Isaac Bolivar Hernandez	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
51	Gregory Brenes	Jamis - Hagens Berman
52	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp
53	Carlos Verona Quintanilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
54	Nicky Van Der Lijke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
55	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp
56	Thomas Damuseau	Team Giant-Shimano
57	Mathew Hayman	Orica GreenEDGE
58	Paul Voss	Team NetApp-Endura	@ 12 seconds
59	Jens Keukeleire	Orica GreenEDGE
60	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
61	William Routley	Team Optum
62	Eloy Teruel Rovira	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:00:13
63	Christian Knees	Team Sky
64	Ian Boswell	Team Sky
65	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team
66	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
67	Roy Curvers	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:17
68	Amael Moinard	BMC Racing Team
69	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	0:00:20
70	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:00:24
71	Scott Thwaites	Team NetApp-Endura
72	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team
73	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
74	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:30
75	José Joao Pimenta Costa	Team NetApp-Endura	0:00:33
76	Thomas Leezer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:42
77	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:59
78	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:02:28
79	Markel Irizar	Trek Factory Racing	0:05:12
80	Joonas Henttala	Team Novo Nordisk	0:08:58
81	George Bennett	Cannondale	0:09:25
82	Martijn Verschoor	Team Novo Nordisk	0:11:53
83	Ben Jacques-Maynes	Jamis - Hagens Berman
84	Luis Enrique Davila	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	0:13:06
85	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:14:07
86	Nathan Earle	Team Sky
87	Luke Rowe	Team Sky
88	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEDGE
89	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale
90	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale
91	Edward King	Cannondale
92	Cameron Wurf	Cannondale
93	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Shimano
94	Ken Hanson	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
95	Kevin De Masmaeker	Team Novo Nordisk
96	Ryan Anderson	Team Optum
97	Alex Candelario	Team Optum
98	Matthew Lloyd	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
99	Fred Rodriguez	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
100	Tanner Putt	Bissell Development Team
101	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Bissell Development Team

Final GC after Stage 8: 1,155.6 km raced at an average speed of 40.74 km/hr

1	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	28hr 22min 5sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	@ 30 seconds
3	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:48
4	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	0:02:02
5	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:14
6	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team	0:02:30
7	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:39
8	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:03:01
9	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	0:03:05
10	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	Team NetApp-Endura	0:03:06
11	Carter Jones	Team Optum	0:03:19
12	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	Trek Factory Racing	0:03:45
13	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	0:03:57
14	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	0:04:27
15	Daan Olivier	Team Giant-Shimano	0:04:51
16	Gregory Brenes	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:07:30
17	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale	0:08:00
18	Thomas Damuseau	Team Giant-Shimano	0:08:23
19	Daniel Jaramillo Díez	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:09:28
20	Lucas Euser	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:09:59
21	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp	0:10:07
22	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:11:10
23	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp	0:11:20
24	Clément Chevrier	Bissell Development Team	0:12:40
25	George Bennett	Cannondale	0:13:48
26	Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski	Team Sky	0:16:16
27	Amael Moinard	BMC Racing Team	0:16:48
28	Luis Romero Amaran	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:18:34
29	Jens Keukeleire	Orica GreenEDGE	0:19:48
30	Paul Voss	Team NetApp-Endura	0:19:55
31	Nicky Van Der Lijke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:20:11
32	Carlos Verona Quintanilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:20:19
33	Joshua Edmondson	Team Sky	0:20:45
34	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	0:28:55
35	Javier Megias Leal	Team Novo Nordisk	0:29:20
36	Robert Víctor Squire	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:30:15
37	Iker Camano Ortuzar	Team NetApp-Endura	0:31:11
38	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Shimano	0:31:18
39	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	0:32:03
40	Kiel Reijnen	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:32:54
41	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:34:07
42	Eloy Teruel Rovira	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:36:19
43	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	0:36:43
44	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	0:37:12
45	Gregory Daniel	Bissell Development Team	0:37:26
46	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:38:00
47	Scott Zwizanski	Team Optum	0:38:17
48	Ben Jacques-Maynes	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:38:46
49	Christian Knees	Team Sky	0:39:34
50	Danny Pate	Team Sky	0:39:51
51	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	0:40:11
52	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	0:40:25
53	Ruben Zepuntke	Bissell Development Team	0:41:37
54	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:42:34
55	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:43:49
56	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:44:20
57	Andreas Schillinger	Team NetApp-Endura	0:45:05
58	Markel Irizar	Trek Factory Racing	0:45:16
59	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	0:46:12
60	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica GreenEDGE	0:46:55
61	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:47:28
62	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Shimano	0:48:35
63	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	0:49:56
64	Zakkari Dempster	Team NetApp-Endura	0:50:29
65	José Joao Pimenta Costa	Team NetApp-Endura	0:52:45
66	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	0:53:00
67	Edward King	Cannondale	0:54:24
68	Mathew Hayman	Orica GreenEDGE	0:54:29
69	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:54:55
70	Koen De Kort	Team Giant-Shimano	0:55:27
71	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team
72	Ian Boswell	Team Sky	0:58:08
73	Isaac Bolivar Hernandez	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	1:00:00
74	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale	1:00:56
75	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Bissell Development Team	1:01:19
76	William Routley	Team Optum	1:02:04
77	Luis Enrique Davila	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	1:02:17
78	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	1:03:07
79	Roy Curvers	Team Giant-Shimano	1:04:33
80	Scott Thwaites	Team NetApp-Endura	1:04:57
81	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	1:07:22
82	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	1:08:13
83	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	1:08:33
84	Fred Rodriguez	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	1:09:08
85	Thomas Leezer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	1:09:31
86	Ryan Anderson	Team Optum	1:09:47
87	Alex Candelario	Team Optum	1:11:16
88	Tanner Putt	Bissell Development Team	1:11:20
89	Mark Renshaw	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	1:12:06
90	Matthew Lloyd	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	1:15:18
91	Joonas Henttala	Team Novo Nordisk	1:16:35
92	Steve Fisher	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	1:17:09
93	Alex Howes	Garmin-Sharp	1:17:11
94	Kevin De Masmaeker	Team Novo Nordisk	1:17:48
95	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale	1:17:49
96	Martijn Verschoor	Team Novo Nordisk	1:22:49
97	Leigh Howard	Orica GreenEDGE	1:24:12
98	Ken Hanson	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	1:25:32
99	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	1:26:00
100	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	1:30:30
101	Cameron Wurf	Cannondale	1:40:36

Final Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	47 points
2	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	34
3	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Shimano	30
4	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	27
5	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica GreenEDGE	22
6	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	19
7	William Routley	Team Optum	19
8	Gregory Daniel	Bissell Development Team	17
9	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team	17
10	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	12
11	Kiel Reijnen	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	12
12	Kevin De Masmaeker	Team Novo Nordisk	11
13	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	10
14	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp	10
15	Thomas Leezer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
16	Zakkari Dempster	Team NetApp-Endura	10
17	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	7
18	Iker Camano Ortuzar	Team NetApp-Endura	6
19	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	6
20	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	6
21	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Bissell Development Team	6
22	Luis Enrique Davila	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	6
23	Lucas Euser	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	5
24	Robert Víctor Squire	Jamis - Hagens Berman	5
25	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	5
26	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	5
27	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	5
28	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale	5
29	Thomas Damuseau	Team Giant-Shimano	4
30	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	4
31	Jens Keukeleire	Orica GreenEDGE	4
32	Javier Megias Leal	Team Novo Nordisk	4
33	Eloy Teruel Rovira	Jamis - Hagens Berman	4
34	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	4
35	Nicky Van Der Lijke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
36	Mathew Hayman	Orica GreenEDGE	3
37	Isaac Bolivar Hernandez	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	3
38	Paul Voss	Team NetApp-Endura	2
39	Alex Howes	Garmin-Sharp	2
40	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	1
41	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	Team NetApp-Endura	1
42	Carlos Verona Quintanilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	1
43	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	1
44	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	1

Mountains Classification:

1	William Routley	Team Optum	42 points
2	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	31
3	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	24
4	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	21
5	Isaac Bolivar Hernandez	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	17
6	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	Team NetApp-Endura	15
7	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	14
8	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	14
9	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team	14
10	Luis Enrique Davila	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	13
11	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	13
12	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	13
13	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	11
14	Robert Víctor Squire	Jamis - Hagens Berman	10
15	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	9
16	Clément Chevrier	Bissell Development Team	9
17	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Shimano	8
18	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	8
19	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp	7
20	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	7
21	Danny Pate	Team Sky	7
22	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	6
23	Joshua Edmondson	Team Sky	6
24	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	6
25	Carter Jones	Team Optum	5
26	Ruben Zepuntke	Bissell Development Team	5
27	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	4
28	José Joao Pimenta Costa	Team NetApp-Endura	4
29	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	4
30	Paul Voss	Team NetApp-Endura	3
31	Carlos Verona Quintanilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	3
32	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Bissell Development Team	3
33	George Bennett	Cannondale	2
34	Javier Megias Leal	Team Novo Nordisk	2
35	Gregory Daniel	Bissell Development Team	2
36	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	2
37	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	1
38	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	1
39	Ian Boswell	Team Sky	1
40	Kevin De Masmaeker	Team Novo Nordisk	1

Young Rider:

1	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	28hr 23min 53sec
2	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	@ 26 seconds
3	Daan Olivier	Team Giant-Shimano	0:03:03
4	Clément Chevrier	Bissell Development Team	0:10:52
5	Carlos Verona Quintanilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:18:31
6	Joshua Edmondson	Team Sky	0:18:57
7	Gregory Daniel	Bissell Development Team	0:35:38
8	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	0:38:37
9	Ruben Zepuntke	Bissell Development Team	0:39:49
10	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:53:07
11	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Bissell Development Team	0:59:31
12	Luis Enrique Davila	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	1:00:29
13	Tanner Putt	Bissell Development Team	1:09:32

Team Classification:

1	Garmin-Sharp	85hr 12min 16sec
2	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 4min 22sec
3	Orica GreenEDGE	0:05:53
4	Team NetApp-Endura	0:14:40
5	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:15:36
6	Trek Factory Racing	0:22:04
7	Team Sky	0:23:56
8	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:25:30
9	Cannondale	0:34:04
10	BMC Racing Team	0:37:31
11	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	1:01:33
12	Bissell Development Team	1:16:25
13	Team Optum	1:21:53
14	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis	1:36:27
15	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	1:42:28
16	Team Novo Nordisk	2:26:37

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Saturday, May 17: Stage 7, Santa Clarita - Pasadena, 142.8 km (88.7 miles)

Complete stage 7 results and GC |

The Race: Though he almost ran out of Tour, Peter Sagan finally got a 2014 Tour of California stage win.

Peter Sagan's Cannondale team was never going to let the day's seven-man break make it to the finish. They were swept up well before the finish. The Sagan, out of teammates threaded his way to the finish to claim the Tour's seventh stage.

Bradley Wiggins retained his overall lead.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.887 km/hr

1	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	3hr 24min 33sec
2	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team
3	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
4	Zakkari Dempster	Team NetApp-Endura
5	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Shimano
6	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
7	Jens Keukeleire	Orica GreenEDGE
8	Nicky Van Der Lijke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
9	Kiel Reijnen	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
10	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team
Complete stage 7 results and GC

GC after stage 7:

1	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	25hr 28min 15sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	@ 30 seconds
3	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:48
4	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	0:02:02
5	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:14
6	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team	0:02:30
7	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:39
8	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:03:01
9	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	0:03:05
10	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	Team NetApp-Endura	0:03:06
Complete stage 7 results and GC

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Friday, May 16: Stage 6, Santa Clarita - Mountain High, 151.8 km (94.4 miles)

Complete Stage 6 results and GC |

The Race: Today's stage had the 2014 Tour of California's second mountaintop finish.

Johan Chaves left the members of his lead group with less than five kilometers to the finish and gave a master class in climbing, coming in alone, 13 seconds ahead of his nearest chaser.

Back in the yellow jersey group, overall leader Bradley Wiggins managed the inevitable attacks to retain and slightly extend his lead, now 30 seconds over Rohan Dennis.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 36.547 km/hr

1	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	4hr 09min 13sec
2	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	Team NetApp-Endura	@ 13 seconds
3	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:41
4	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:53
5	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky
6	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team	0:00:55
7	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:55
8	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:07
9	George Bennett	Cannondale	0:01:15
10	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:16
Complete Stage 6 results and GC

GC after stage 6:

1	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	22hr 3min 42sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	@ 30 seconds
3	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:48
4	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	0:02:02
5	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:14
6	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team	0:02:30
7	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:39
8	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:03:01
9	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	0:03:05
10	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	Team NetApp-Endura	0:03:06
Complete Stage 6 results and GC

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Thursday, May 15: Stage 5, Pismo Beach - Santa Barbara, 172.9 km (107.4 miles)

Complete Stage 5 results and GC |

The Race: The pack was largely together at the top of the San Marcos Pass, which goes over the Santa Ynez mountains and leads into the coastal city of Santa Barbara.

On the pass' sinuous descent Taylor Phinney took off and time trialed to the finish, finishing 12 seconds ahead of the pack, which was led in by Peter Sagan. Sagan's Cannondales had tried to retrieve the fleeing Phinney, but the audacious pursuiter and time trialist was on song today and earned a well-deserved stage victory.

Bradley Wiggins conserved his overall lead of 28 seconds over Rohan Dennis, finishing 22nd

Complete Results:

1	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	3hr 59min 33sec
2	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	@ 12 seconds
3	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica GreenEDGE
4	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing
5	Kiel Reijnen	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
6	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano
7	Thomas Damuseau	Team Giant-Shimano
8	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team
9	Paul Voss	Team NetApp-Endura
10	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura
Complete Stage 5 results and GC

GC after Stage 5:

1	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	17hr 53min 36sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	@ 28 seconds
3	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	0:01:09
4	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:25
5	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:14
6	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team	0:02:28
7	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	0:02:29
8	Carter Jones	Team Optum	0:02:31
9	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:02:33
10	Janier Alexis Acevedo	Garmin-Sharp	0:02:34
Complete Stage 5 results and GC

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Wednesday, May 14: Stage 4, Monterey - Cambria, 165.1 km (102.6 miles)

Complete Stage 4 results and GC |

First of all, an apology for our site's spotty availability over the last 24 hours. Our server is in San Diego where fires are raging and after service went down it took some time to get things restored.

The Race: For once an early break went the distance. Six riders who posed no GC threat broke free early on and cleverly maintained a steady, but not intense effort. By the time the sprinters team's decided to reel in the break, the escapees were going full gas and couldn't be caught.

William Routely, who has been a regular protagonist in this year's breaks (I think he's tried this in three different stages this year), had the energy to win the sprint after spending the day off the front. Chapeau to all six riders who outsmarted the pack.

Bradley Wiggins (finished 18th) added four seconds to his lead over Rohan Dennis (finished 24th) by being on the right side of a slight split in the peloton.

Results:

1	William Routley	Team Optum	3hr 48min 37sec
2	Gregory Daniel	Bissell Development Team
3	Kevin De Masmaeker	Team Novo Nordisk
4	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
5	Matt Cooke	Jamis - Hagens Berman
6	Jonathan Clarke	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	@ 15 seconds
7	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:01:17
8	Peter Sagan	Cannondale
9	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica GreenEDGE
10	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team
Complete Stage 4 results and GC

GC after Stage 4:

1	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	13hr 53min 51sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	@ 28 seconds
3	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	0:01:09
4	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:25
5	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:14
6	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team	0:02:28
7	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	0:02:29
8	Carter Jones	Team Optum	0:02:31
9	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:02:33
10	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	0:02:34
Complete Stage 4 results and GC

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Tuesday, May 13: Stage 3, San Jose - Mt. Diablo State Park, 174.5 km (108.5 miles)

Complete Stage 3 results and GC |

The Race: On the lower, easier slopes of Mt Diablo, four riders were away, a little over one minute in front of the peloton. Maarten Wynants, Paul Voss, Robbi Squire and Luis Davila were the remnants of a larger break that had taken off almost from the gun.

While Sky led (and strung out) the pack up the climb, Squire, Davila (champion of Mexico) and Voss were able maintain the gap. As the break crossed the 7.5 km to go point, the lead had shrunk to 40 seconds.

Race leader Bradley Wiggins took the responsibility of leading the pack up the mountain and with 5.5 km to go Luis Davila was still dangling 15 seconds off the front. And then Wiggins with the pack (23 riders strong) in tow just rolled by Davila.

Carter Jones, the 2013 Tour of California KOM, blasted off at three km remaining, but Wiggins (without teammates) was unworried by Carter and just kept tapping out his rhythm. A kilometer later Carter was vacuumed up.

At the half-km to go the attacks started to go. Rohan Dennis, jersey unzipped, just rocketed away to win the stage. Wiggins stormed in 20 seconds later, allowing him to keep his now somewhat reduced overall lead.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.368 km/hr

1	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	4hr 56min 02sec
2	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	@ 6 seconds
3	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:08
4	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:11
5	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp
6	Carter Jones	Team Optum	0:00:14
7	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team
8	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE
9	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	0:00:20
10	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:29
Complete Stage 3 results and GC

GC after Stage 3:

1	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	10hr 03min 57sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	@ 24 seconds
3	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	0:01:05
4	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:21
5	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:10
6	Peter Stetina	BMC Racing Team	0:02:24
7	Matthew Busche	Trek Factory Racing	0:02:25
8	Carter Jones	Team Optum	0:02:27
9	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:02:29
10	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	0:02:30
Complete Stage 3 results and GC

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Monday, May 12: Stage 2, Folsom 20.1 km (12.5 mile) individual time trial

The Race: Bradley Wiggins just went a lot faster than anyone else today. Blisteringly fast, in fact, 51.749 km/hr. That was more than good enough for the 2012 Tour de France winner and Olympic time trial gold medalist to win both the stage and the overall race leadership.

Wiggins will have to defend his lead tomorrow during the Tour of California's queen stage. It's a lumpy 174.5 km route starting in San Jose with Mount Hamilton in the way before a hilltop finish at Mount Diablo.

Complete stage 2 results and GC |

Results:

Winner's average speed: 51.749 km/hr

1	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	23min 18.270sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	@ 44 seconds
3	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	0:00:52
4	Eloy Teruel Rovira	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:01:08
5	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:11
6	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:15
7	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	0:01:19
8	Markel Irizar	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:21
9	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:24
10	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:25
Complete stage 2 results and GC

GC after Stage 2:

1	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	5hr 07min 35sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	@ 44seconds
3	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	0:00:52
4	Eloy Teruel Rovira	Jamis - Hagens Berman	0:01:08
5	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:11
6	Tiago Machado	Team NetApp-Endura	0:01:19
7	Markel Irizar	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:21
8	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:24
9	Chad Haga	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:25
10	Tom Zirbel	Team Optum	0:01:28
Complete stage 2 results and GC

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Sunday, May 11: Stage 1, Sacramento - Sacramento, 193.1 km (120 miles)

Complete stage 1 results and GC |

The Race: The day's early break was caught with more than 60 kilometers remaining. From there, Team Sky tried to use the winds to split the peloton. It worked, for a while.

With a little more than 20 kilometers remaining the pack was together with attacking riders trying their luck. But no dice. This was to be decided by a sprint. A sprint, in fact by two of the best living practitioners of the art.

Mark Cavendish and John Degenkolb finished so close together that it took several minutes for the judges to decide the photo showed Cavendish barely winning.

By virtue of the winner's time bonus Cavendish leads the race by four seconds over Degenkolb. Cavendish will have to defend his lead tomorrow in the stage 2 20.1 km individual time trial.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.755 km/hr

1	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	4hr 44min 17sec
2	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Shimano
3	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
4	Peter Sagan	Cannondale
5	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
6	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale
7	Eric Young	Team Optum
8	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica GreenEDGE
9	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team
10	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
Complete stage 1 results and GC

GC after stage 1:

1	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	4hr 44min 07sec
2	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 4 seconds
3	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:06
4	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Bissell Development Team
5	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:00:10
6	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
7	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale
8	Eric Young	Team Optum
9	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica GreenEDGE
10	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team
Complete stage 1 results and GC

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Start list with backnumbers: May 10, 2014

	BMC Racing Team
	Directors: Peiper A/ Sciandri M
1	Peter Stetina
2	Thor Hushovd
3	Martin Kohler
4	Amael Moinard
5	Taylor Phinney
6	Michael Schär
7	Greg Van Avermaet
8	Lawrence Warbasse
	Garmin-Sharp
	Directors: Van Bondt G/ Weltz J
11	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle
12	Tom Danielson
13	Rohan Dennis
14	Caleb Fairly
15	Phil Gaimon
16	Alex Howes
17	Benjamin King
18	Nathan Brown
	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
	Directors: Peeters W/ Holm B
21	Tom Boonen
22	Mark Cavendish
23	Mark Renshaw
24	Niki Terpstra
25	Matteo Trentin
26	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
27	Carlos Verona Quintanilla
28	Martin Velits
	Trek Factory Racing
	Directors: Gallopin A/ Meersman L
31	Matthew Busche
32	Markel Irizar
33	Jesse Sergent
34	Jasper Stuyven
35	Danny Van Poppel
36	Jens Voigt
37	Calvin Watson
38	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
	Team Sky
	Directors: Arvesen K/ Knaven S
41	Bradley Wiggins
42	Ian Boswell
43	Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
44	Nathan Earle
45	Joshua Edmondson
46	Christian Knees
47	Danny Pate
48	Luke Rowe
	Orica-GreenEDGE
	Director: Matthew Wilson
51	Matthew Harley Goss
52	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
53	Mathew Hayman
54	Jens Keukeleire
55	Damien Howson
56	Jens Mouris
57	Adam Yates
58	Leigh Howard
	Cannondale
	Directors: Volpi A/ Scirea M
61	Peter Sagan
62	Maciej Bodnar
63	Guillaume Boivin
64	Edward King
65	Kristijan Koren
66	Fabio Sabatini
67	George Bennett
68	Cameron Wurf
	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
	Director: Frank Verhoeven
71	Laurens Ten Dam
72	Jack Bobridge
73	Lars Boom
74	Moreno Hofland
75	Thomas Leezer
76	Nicky Van Der Lijke
77	Dennis Van Winden
78	Maarten Wynants
	Team Giant-Shimano
	Director: Aike Visbeek
81	Lawson Craddock
82	Roy Curvers
83	Thomas Damuseau
84	John Degenkolb
85	Chad Haga
86	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
87	Koen De Kort
88	Daan Olivier
	United Healthcare Pro Cycling
	Directors: Redant H/ Tamayo M
91	Lucas Euser
92	Isaac Bolivar Hernandez
93	Jonathan Clarke
94	Ken Hanson
95	Christopher Jones
96	John Murphy
97	Kiel Reijnen
98	Daniel Summerhill
	Team NetApp-Endura
	Director: Alexandre Sans Vega
101	Iker Camano Ortuzar
102	David De La Cruz Melgarejo
103	Zakkari Dempster
104	Tiago Machado
105	José Joao Pimanta Costa Mendes
106	Andreas Schillinger
107	Scott Thwaites
108	Paul Voss
	Team Novo Nordisk
	Directors: Davidenko V/ Cherkasov
111	Javier Megias Leal
112	Andrea Peron
113	David Lozano Riba
114	Martijn Verschoor
115	Charles Planet
116	Joonas Henttala
117	Nicolas Lefrançois
118	Kevin De Masmaeker
	Team Optum By Kelly Benefit Strategies
	Directors: Carney J/ Wohlberg E
121	Ryan Anderson
122	Alex Candelario
123	Charles Bradley Huff
124	Carter Jones
125	William Routley
126	Eric Young
127	Tom Zirbel
128	Scott Zwizanski
	Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
	Directors: Van Haute D/ Rice M
131	Serghei Tvetcov
132	Kirk Carlsen
133	Luis Enrique Davila
134	Steve Fisher
135	Matthew Lloyd
136	Sean Mazich
137	Jacob Rathe
138	Fred Rodriguez
	Jamis - Hagens Berman
	Directors: Alexandre S/ Pratissoli H
141	Juan Jose Haedo
142	Matt Cooke
143	Ben Jacques-Maynes
144	Daniel Jaramillo Díez
145	Gregory Brenes
146	Luis Romero Amaran
147	Robert Víctor Squire
148	Eloy Teruel Rovira
	Bissell Development Team
	Directors: Merckx A/ Kem O
151	Tanner Putt
152	Nicolai Brochner
153	Clément Chevrier
154	Gregory Daniel
155	Ryan Eastman
156	Tao Geoghegan Hart
157	James Oram
158	Ruben Zepuntke