Californian Katie Hall Wins 2018 Amgen Tour
of California Women’s Race Empowered With Sram
Egan Bernal, Team Sky’s 21-year-old Colombian rider,
defended his lead from yesterday to claim the 2018 Amgen Tour of
California championship by the second largest margin in race
history, +1.25” ahead of BMC Racing Team’s U.S. rider Tejay van
Garderen. Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b
Cannondale’s Daniel Martinez (COL) rounds out third
place overall.
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The Amgen Race Leader Jersey traded between the two
leaders after van Garderen’s blazing time trial Wednesday
put him ahead of the Team Sky rider for two days. Bernal,
who initially claimed the race lead on Monday’s Gibraltar Road
summit stage, took back enough time on yesterday’s climbing stage
to win back the coveted yellow jersey and a comfortable lead of
+1.25”, leading to his first overall WorldTour race win today.
Van Garderen himself still holds the race record for the
largest winning margin of all time with his 2013 overall win +1.47”
ahead of Michael Rogers.
“I’m so happy because it’s my first overall win on the WorldTour
level,” said the 21-year old who will also go home with the TAG
Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey. “Today I feel great. The
team did a really good job on the race and I won, and I’m just
happy.”
Presented by Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM, the men’s Stage 7
race conclusion was a 90.7-mile trek that began and ended in
downtown Sacramento with three circuits that the peloton’s
world-renowned sprinters were hungry for after being shut out all
week by Quick-Step Floors’ Fernando Gaviria (COL). In the
final stretch, Gaviria’s bike throw over the line seized the
photo-finish win over Team Sunweb’s Maximilian Walscheid
(GER), followed by Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Caleb Ewan (AUS).
Gaviria held off lauded sprinters who have won this stage in
past editions including Team Dimension Data’s Mark Cavendish
(GBR) and Team KATUSHA ALPECIN’s Marcel Kittel (GER),
bringing his total stage wins this week to three – a clean sweep of
the expected sprint finish stages – and clinching the prestigious
Visit California Sprint Jersey competition.
Today’s breakaway began early again and lasted until midway
through the finishing circuits, containing Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s
hometown rider Neilson Powless (Roseville, Calif.), Rally
Cycling’s Adam de Vos (CAN), United Healthcare Pro Cycling’s
Jonathan Clarke (AUS), and Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling
Team’s U23 World Champ Mikkel Bjerg (DEN), who was awarded
the Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider
Jersey.
Overall Race Result:1. Egan
Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR) 25h34’19”2. Tejay van Garderen (USA),
BMC Racing Team (USA) +1’25”3. Daniel Martinez (COL), Team EF
Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale (USA) +2’14”4. Adam Yates
(GBR), Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) + 2’16”5. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR),
Team Sky (GBR) +2’28”
Jersey Winners at Race
Conclusion:Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Egan
Bernal (COL), Team Sky (GBR)Visit California Sprint
Jersey – Fernando Gaviria (COL), Quick-Step Floors
(BEL)Lexus King of the Mountain (KOM)
Jersey – Toms Skujins (LAT), Trek-Segafredo
(USA)TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Egan Bernal
(COL), Team Sky (GBR)Breakaway from Cancer® Most
Courageous Rider Jersey – Mikkel Bjerg (DEN),
Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team (USA)
Overall Team Winner:Team Sky
(GBR)
Stage 7 Podium:1. Fernando
Gaviria (COL), Quick-Step Floors (BEL) 3h07'39"”2. Maximilian
Walscheid (GER), Team Sunweb (GER) +00”3. Caleb Ewan
(AUS), Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) +00”
AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S RACE
EMPOWERED WITH SRAM
After placing second in last year’s race by just one second,
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling’s Katie
Hall (Oakland, Calif.) came away the decisive 2018
champion when Stage 3 and the race concluded today in Sacramento.
Trek-Drops’ Tayler Wiles (Fairfax, Calif.) claimed
second place overall with CANYON//SRAM Racing’s Kasia
Niewiadoma (POL) in third.
Stage 3 presented by Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM was set up
for sprinters, featuring 20 fast-paced laps of the 2.2-mile Capitol
circuit in downtown Sacramento. Astana Women’s Team’s Arlenis
Sierra (CUB), who placed third overall last year as well as
taking home the Sprint and Best Young Rider titles, pulled ahead of
the tightly packed peloton near the finish to win the stage. She
was followed over the line by CANYON//SRAM Racing’s Alexis
Ryan (USA) then Rally Cycling’s Emma White (Duanesburg,
New York), who was on the podium in second place for Stage 1, as
was Ryan’s sister Kendall (first place for Stage 1). Team Sunweb’s
Southern California rider Coryn Rivera escaped the box of
riders around her to attack on the final meters but fell short of
overtaking Sierra, and finished the stage in fourth
place.
“Feels really, really good. This is actually the third year that
I’ve worn the yellow jersey but the first year that I’ve taken it
home,” said Hall, who all but cemented her victory after
gaining a big lead on yesterday’s climbing stage in South Lake
Tahoe. “I’m just really thankful for my teammates and really happy
to have so many fans and friends here in my home race, and happy to
go home with the yellow jersey.”
Hall also locked up the Lexus Queen of the Mountain
Jersey, with the Visit California Sprint Jersey going to
Rally Cycling’s Emma White.
Overall Race Result:1. Katie
Hall (USA), UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling (USA)
7h51’11”2. Tayler Wiles (USA), Trek–Drops (GBR) +29”3. Kasia
Niewiadoma (POL),CANYON//SRAM Racing +01’07”4. Erica Magnaldi
(ITA), BePink (ITA) +01’12”5. Brodie Chapman (AUS), Team
TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank (USA) +01’16”
Jersey Winners at Race
Conclusion:Amgen Race Leader
Jersey – Katie Hall (USA), UnitedHealthcare Pro
Cycling Team (USA)Lexus Queen of the Mountain (QOM)
Jersey – Katie Hall
(USA), UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)Visit
California Sprint Jersey – Emma White (USA), Rally
Cycling (USA)TAG Heuer Best Young Rider
Jersey – Sara Poidevin (CAN), Rally Cycling
(USA)Breakaway from Heart
DiseaseTM Most Courageous Rider
Jersey – Liane Lippert (GER), Team Sunweb (NED)
Overall Team
Winner:UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)
Stage 3 Podium:1. Arlenis
Sierra (CUB), Astana Women’s Team (ITA) 1h37’32”2. Alexis Ryan
(USA), CANYON//SRAM Racing (GER) + 00’3. Emma White (USA),
Rally Cycling (USA)+ 00”
“It’s truly been the best race ever. Not only did we kick off
the 13th Amgen Tour of California with the best men’s and women’s
teams, but we’ve seen incredible performances every day,” said
Kristin Klein, president of the Amgen Tour of California and
executive vice president of AEG Sports. “As you take a look back at
our race, you’ve seen riders like Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan
who’ve established themselves as elite riders here at the Amgen
Tour of California, and what’s special this year is that we have
the opportunity to introduce our fans to the next generation of
cyclists like Egan Bernal, Fernando Gaviria and Brandon McNulty on
the men’s side, and Katie Hall, Megan Guarnier, and Alexis and
Kendall Ryan who’ve made their mark here. The Amgen Tour of
California has proven to be a launch pad for the best riders in the
world.”
The 2018 edition of America’s premier cycling stage race covered
645 miles of roadways, highways and coastlines during seven stages
from Long Beach to Sacramento May 13-19, while the Amgen Tour of California Women's Race empowered with
SRAM, showcasing the world’s best women cyclists, ran
concurrently May 17-19, covering upward of 187 miles over three
stages. The annual professional cycling events are the only U.S.
races on the UCI WorldTour calendar and continue to attract some of
the most renowned cyclists and teams in the world.
Returning as title sponsor for the 13th consecutive year, Amgen,
a biotechnology company in the race to dramatically improve
patients’ lives, is proud to sponsor the Amgen Tour of California.
Similar to the cyclists who will compete intensely to win during
the Amgen Tour of California, Amgen scientists and staff have a
level of perseverance, determination and skill that is unmatched in
the industry in order to help win the fight for patients
worldwide.
“Our sponsorship of the Amgen Tour of California gives Amgen a
platform to educate people nationwide about important resources for
cancer survivors and their loved ones available through our
Breakaway from Cancer® program,” said Laura Hamill, senior vice
president, U.S. Business Operations, Amgen. “As well, the Breakaway
from Heart DiseaseTM initiative encourages Americans to take charge
of their risk of heart disease by offering educational information
as well as providing activities to help everyone feel empowered to
take action for good heart health.”
Following a successful week of honoring and celebrating cancer
and heart disease survivors as the race traveled through the state,
a Breakaway from Cancer® Pep Rally Celebration and CycleNation
Community Event walk took place in Sacramento today. Prakashni
Shandil, a Sacramento cancer survivor, was honored at the Pep Rally
and was joined by about 150 community members to honor the millions
of cancer survivors worldwide. And “Fast Freddie” Rodriguez,
professional cyclist and health advocate, pedaled with over 50
community participants on the capital green for the CycleNation
spin class to empower everyone to choose cycling for good heart
health.
For more information, visit www.breakawayfromcancer.com and
www.breakawayfromheartdisease.com to learn more.
About the Amgen Tour of
California
The Amgen Tour of California and the Amgen Tour of California
Women's Race empowered with SRAM are Tour de France-style cycling
road races created and presented by AEG. Running concurrently, the
races challenge the world's top professional cycling teams to
compete along demanding courses that traverse hundreds of miles of
California's iconic highways, byways and coastlines each spring.
The teams chosen to participate have included Olympic medalists,
Tour de France contenders and World Champions, and award important,
world-ranking points to the top finishers. More information is
available at amgentourofcalifornia.com.
About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for
patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering,
developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human
therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced
human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and
understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages
its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes
and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer
since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading
independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of
patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines
with breakaway potential.
For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on
www.twitter.com/amgen.
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