Missione compiuta per Tejay Van Garderen al Giro di California 2018 . Dopo aver corso in difensiva in salita, cercando di limitare i danni proprio in vista della cronometro, il capitano della BMC ha fatto la differenza lungo i 34,7 chilometri in programma tra San José e Morgan Hill, sfrecciando alla media di 51,050 km/h. Tagliando il traguardo in 40’47” lo statunitense ha dunque conquistato la tappa, con un margine di sette secondi sul compagno Patrick Bevin (BMC), unico a reggerne il ritmo, mentre a completare il podio è l’ancora ottimo Tao Geoghegan Hart (Sky), che chiude con un tempo di 32 secondi superiore. Tra le prestazioni positive bene anche Filippo Ganna (UAE Team Emirates), quinto a 49 secondi dal vincitore, e Daniel Martinez (EF-Drapac), decimo a 57″.
Completamente riscritta dunque la classifica generale, nella quale Van Garderen balza prepotentemente al comando con un vantaggio di 23″ sull’ex leader Egan Bernal (Sky), che nella crono perde ben 1’23” dal rivale, e di 37″ sul sorprendente Martinez, autore di una ottima crono. Ai piedi del podio ora Geoghegan Hart, che guadagna ben sette posizioni con la sua prestazione, infilandosi davanti anche ad Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) e Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe), costretti a perdere molto tempo nello sforzo solitario, con ritardi ormai superiori al minuto.
Ordine di Arrivo Quarta Tappa Giro di California 2018
1 VAN GARDEREN Tejay USA BMC RACING TEAM 30 40:47.33
2 BEVIN Patrick NZL BMC RACING TEAM 27 +07
3 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR TEAM SKY 23 +32
4 CRADDOCK G Lawson USA TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 26 +46
5 GANNA Filippo ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 22 +49
6 BJERG Mikkel DEN HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 20 +53
7 BAUER Jack NZL MITCHELTON – SCOTT 33 +55
8 POWLESS Neilson USA TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 22 +56
9 BODNAR Maciej POL BORA – HANSGROHE 33 +57
10 MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe COL TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 22 +57
11 POLITT Nils GER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 24 +59
12 BOOKWALTER Brent USA BMC RACING TEAM 34 +59
13 TVETCOV Serghei ROU UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 30 +01:00
14 PHINNEY Taylor USA TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 28 +01:02
15 HEPBURN Michael AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 27 +01:15
16 SIVAKOV Pavel RUS TEAM SKY 21 +01:16
17 ARNDT Nikias GER TEAM SUNWEB 27 +01:19
18 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley COL TEAM SKY 21 +01:23
19 BARTA William USA HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 22 +01:28
20 ROSSKOPF Joseph USA BMC RACING TEAM 29 +01:29
21 HUFFMAN Evan USA RALLY CYCLING 28 +01:34
22 YATES Adam GBR MITCHELTON – SCOTT 26 +01:36
23 SCHÄR Michael SUI BMC RACING TEAM 32 +01:41
24 MCNULTY Brandon USA RALLY CYCLING 20 +01:43
25 DILLIER Silvan SUI AG2R LA MONDIALE 28 +01:49
26 MANNION Gavin USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 27 +01:49
27 HOLLENSTEIN Reto SUI TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 33 +01:56
28 DE PLUS Laurens BEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS 23 +01:59
29 BENNETT Sean USA HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 22 +02:01
30 MAJKA Rafal POL BORA – HANSGROHE 29 +02:04
31 SKUJINS Toms LAT TREK – SEGAFREDO 27 +02:05
32 ASGREEN Kasper DEN QUICK – STEP FLOORS 23 +02:07
33 CLARKE Simon AUS TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 32 +02:12
34 BRITTON Robert CAN RALLY CYCLING 34 +02:13
35 BOSWELL Ian USA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 27 +02:26
36 ĐURASEK Kristijan CRO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 31 +02:35
37 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BEL BMC RACING TEAM 23 +02:38
38 GASTAUER Ben LUX AG2R LA MONDIALE 31 +02:39
39 FRANK Mathias SUI AG2R LA MONDIALE 32 +02:46
40 GARRISON Ian USA HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 20 +02:54
41 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz POL TEAM SKY 27 +02:55
42 OLIVEIRA Ivo POR HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 22 +03:01
43 HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose COL QUICK – STEP FLOORS 22 +03:01
44 HOWES Alex USA TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 30 +03:04
45 CARPENTER Robin USA RALLY CYCLING 26 +03:08
46 OSS Daniel ITA BORA – HANSGROHE 31 +03:12
47 VERMOTE Julien BEL TEAM DIMENSION DATA 29 +03:17
48 HINDLEY Jai AUS TEAM SUNWEB 22 +03:17
49 STETINA Peter USA TREK – SEGAFREDO 31 +03:17
50 FABBRO Matteo ITA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 23 +03:18
51 ROWE Luke GBR TEAM SKY 28 +03:19
52 KEISSE Iljo BEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS 36 +03:22
53 GUERREIRO Rúben POR TREK – SEGAFREDO 24 +03:24
54 STUYVEN Jasper BEL TREK – SEGAFREDO 26 +03:28
55 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 20 +03:29
56 EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) USA HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 24 +03:31
57 VANDENBERGH Stijn BEL AG2R LA MONDIALE 34 +03:32
58 GAUTIER Cyril FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 31 +03:32
59 CONCI Nicola ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 21 +03:32
60 SAGAN Peter SVK BORA – HANSGROHE 28 +03:39
61 COSNEFROY Benoit FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 23 +03:39
62 WYSS Danilo SUI BMC RACING TEAM 33 +03:40
63 HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian COL TEAM SKY 25 +03:44
64 TOLHOEK Antwan NED TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 24 +03:48
65 WYNANTS Maarten BEL TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 36 +03:52
66 POLJANSKI Pawel POL BORA – HANSGROHE 28 +03:54
67 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando COL QUICK – STEP FLOORS 24 +03:54
68 RAVASI Edward ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 24 +03:56
69 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan ECU QUICK – STEP FLOORS 21 +04:06
70 HAYMAN Mathew AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 40 +04:11
71 COMPANIONI Ruben CUB HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 28 +04:14
72 CAVENDISH Mark GBR TEAM DIMENSION DATA 33 +04:16
73 KRASILNIKAU Andrei BLR HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 29 +04:17
74 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte NED TEAM DIMENSION DATA 29 +04:17
75 WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard GER TEAM SUNWEB 25 +04:23
76 BYSTRØM Sven Erik NOR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 26 +04:23
77 ZABEL Rick GER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 25 +04:24
78 AIT EL ABDIA Anass MAR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 25 +04:26
79 RAST Gregory SUI TREK – SEGAFREDO 38 +04:37
80 DE TIER Floris BEL TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 26 +04:42
81 RICE Michael AUS HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 22 +04:47
82 MCLAY Daniel GBR TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 26 +04:51
83 PUTT Tanner USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 26 +05:02
84 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel ARG QUICK – STEP FLOORS 35 +05:08
85 PATE Danny USA RALLY CYCLING 39 +05:10
86 KLUGE Roger GER MITCHELTON – SCOTT 32 +05:17
87 MAGNER Tyler USA RALLY CYCLING 27 +05:18
88 DAVIES Scott GBR TEAM DIMENSION DATA 23 +05:19
89 THOMSON Jay Robert RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA 32 +05:20
90 REIJNEN Kiel USA TREK – SEGAFREDO 32 +05:20
91 NORRIS Lachlan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 31 +05:25
92 KOLÁR Michal SVK BORA – HANSGROHE 26 +05:26
93 OWEN Logan USA TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 23 +05:29
94 STANNARD Ian GBR TEAM SKY 31 +05:30
95 RENSHAW Mark AUS TEAM DIMENSION DATA 36 +05:32
96 MURPHY John USA HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 34 +05:34
97 BRYON Miguel USA HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 23 +05:34
98 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 31 +05:37
99 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian ARG UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 35 +05:38
100 LIENHARD Fabian SUI HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 25 +05:39
101 HAAS Nathan AUS TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 29 +05:40
102 LEEZER Thomas NED TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 33 +05:46
103 SAGAN Juraj SVK BORA – HANSGROHE 30 +05:48
104 STAMSNIJDER Tom NED TEAM SUNWEB 33 +05:53
105 CLARKE Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 34 +05:55
106 TEUNISSEN Mike NED TEAM SUNWEB 26 +06:00
107 KUSS Sepp USA TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 24 +06:02
108 KITTEL Marcel GER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 30 +06:07
109 EWAN Caleb AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 24 +06:13
110 DE VOS Adam CAN RALLY CYCLING 25 +06:20
111 MEZGEC Luka SLO MITCHELTON – SCOTT 30 +06:31
112 MIRZA AL-HAMMADI Yousif UAE UAE TEAM EMIRATES 30 +06:32
113 MORTON Lachlan AUS TEAM DIMENSION DATA 26 +06:38
114 FRÖHLINGER Johannes GER TEAM SUNWEB 33 +07:08
115 MCCABE Travis USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 29 +07:24
116 NAESEN Oliver BEL AG2R LA MONDIALE 28 +08:08
Classifica Generale
1 VAN GARDEREN Tejay USA BMC RACING TEAM 30 12:50:55
2 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley COL TEAM SKY 21 +23
3 MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe COL TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 22 +37
4 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR TEAM SKY 23 +52
5 YATES Adam GBR MITCHELTON – SCOTT 26 +01:07
6 MAJKA Rafal POL BORA – HANSGROHE 29 +01:29
7 MCNULTY Brandon USA RALLY CYCLING 20 +02:08
8 DE PLUS Laurens BEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS 23 +02:13
9 ĐURASEK Kristijan CRO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 31 +02:15
10 BOOKWALTER Brent USA BMC RACING TEAM 34 +02:34
11 FRANK Mathias SUI AG2R LA MONDIALE 32 +02:36
12 BARTA William USA HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 22 +02:56
13 TOLHOEK Antwan NED TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 24 +03:28
14 GUERREIRO Rúben POR TREK – SEGAFREDO 24 +03:35
15 BENNETT Sean USA HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 22 +03:43
16 POWLESS Neilson USA TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 22 +03:45
17 MANNION Gavin USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 27 +03:54
18 BRITTON Robert CAN RALLY CYCLING 34 +04:21
19 BOSWELL Ian USA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 27 +04:31
20 SKUJINS Toms LAT TREK – SEGAFREDO 27 +04:36
21 RAVASI Edward ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 24 +04:38
22 STETINA Peter USA TREK – SEGAFREDO 31 +04:38
23 CONCI Nicola ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 21 +04:39
24 ROSSKOPF Joseph USA BMC RACING TEAM 29 +05:22
25 TVETCOV Serghei ROU UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 30 +05:26
26 EISENHART Taylor (T.J.) USA HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 24 +05:39
27 FABBRO Matteo ITA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 23 +06:30
28 SIVAKOV Pavel RUS TEAM SKY 21 +06:38
29 BAUER Jack NZL MITCHELTON – SCOTT 33 +07:48
30 ASGREEN Kasper DEN QUICK – STEP FLOORS 23 +08:33
31 GAUTIER Cyril FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 31 +08:54
32 OLIVEIRA Ivo POR HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 22 +09:00
33 SCHÄR Michael SUI BMC RACING TEAM 32 +09:12
34 BEVIN Patrick NZL BMC RACING TEAM 27 +09:50
35 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan ECU QUICK – STEP FLOORS 21 +10:01
36 AIT EL ABDIA Anass MAR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 25 +11:00
37 DE TIER Floris BEL TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 26 +11:05
38 HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian COL TEAM SKY 25 +11:34
39 KRASILNIKAU Andrei BLR HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 29 +11:47
40 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte NED TEAM DIMENSION DATA 29 +11:55
41 POLITT Nils GER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 24 +11:58
42 HINDLEY Jai AUS TEAM SUNWEB 22 +11:58
43 WYSS Danilo SUI BMC RACING TEAM 33 +12:09
44 GASTAUER Ben LUX AG2R LA MONDIALE 31 +12:24
45 POLJANSKI Pawel POL BORA – HANSGROHE 28 +12:50
46 ARNDT Nikias GER TEAM SUNWEB 27 +14:46
47 MORTON Lachlan AUS TEAM DIMENSION DATA 26 +15:27
48 NAESEN Oliver BEL AG2R LA MONDIALE 28 +16:10
49 HOWES Alex USA TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 30 +16:38
50 VANDENBERGH Stijn BEL AG2R LA MONDIALE 34 +16:44
51 KUSS Sepp USA TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 24 +17:10
52 VERMOTE Julien BEL TEAM DIMENSION DATA 29 +18:04
53 CLARKE Simon AUS TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 32 +18:13
54 REIJNEN Kiel USA TREK – SEGAFREDO 32 +19:27
55 DILLIER Silvan SUI AG2R LA MONDIALE 28 +19:29
56 ROWE Luke GBR TEAM SKY 28 +19:48
57 THOMSON Jay Robert RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA 32 +21:00
58 CRADDOCK G Lawson USA TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 26 +21:01
59 SAGAN Peter SVK BORA – HANSGROHE 28 +21:15
60 STUYVEN Jasper BEL TREK – SEGAFREDO 26 +22:12
61 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 20 +22:13
62 HOLLENSTEIN Reto SUI TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 33 +22:31
63 WYNANTS Maarten BEL TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 36 +22:37
64 HEPBURN Michael AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 27 +23:26
65 EWAN Caleb AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 24 +23:43
66 BYSTRØM Sven Erik NOR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 26 +23:46
67 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 31 +24:21
68 LIENHARD Fabian SUI HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 25 +24:23
69 MEZGEC Luka SLO MITCHELTON – SCOTT 30 +24:44
70 NORRIS Lachlan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 31 +24:48
71 GANNA Filippo ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 22 +25:16
72 MCCABE Travis USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 29 +25:37
73 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando COL QUICK – STEP FLOORS 24 +25:55
74 HUFFMAN Evan USA RALLY CYCLING 28 +25:57
75 RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel ARG QUICK – STEP FLOORS 35 +26:21
76 HAYMAN Mathew AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 40 +26:22
77 TEUNISSEN Mike NED TEAM SUNWEB 26 +26:28
78 HAAS Nathan AUS TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 29 +26:30
79 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian ARG UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 35 +26:51
80 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz POL TEAM SKY 27 +26:58
81 RICE Michael AUS HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 22 +26:58
82 RAST Gregory SUI TREK – SEGAFREDO 38 +29:11
83 BJERG Mikkel DEN HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 20 +29:26
84 BODNAR Maciej POL BORA – HANSGROHE 33 +29:30
85 PUTT Tanner USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 26 +29:30
86 COSNEFROY Benoit FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 23 +29:32
87 GARRISON Ian USA HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 20 +29:33
88 PHINNEY Taylor USA TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 28 +29:35
89 DAVIES Scott GBR TEAM DIMENSION DATA 23 +29:46
90 STANNARD Ian GBR TEAM SKY 31 +30:04
91 MURPHY John USA HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 34 +30:08
92 LEEZER Thomas NED TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 33 +30:20
93 DE VOS Adam CAN RALLY CYCLING 25 +30:48
94 MIRZA AL-HAMMADI Yousif UAE UAE TEAM EMIRATES 30 +31:06
95 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BEL BMC RACING TEAM 23 +31:11
96 HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose COL QUICK – STEP FLOORS 22 +31:33
97 CARPENTER Robin USA RALLY CYCLING 26 +31:37
98 FRÖHLINGER Johannes GER TEAM SUNWEB 33 +31:42
99 OSS Daniel ITA BORA – HANSGROHE 31 +31:45
100 KEISSE Iljo BEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS 36 +32:26
101 WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard GER TEAM SUNWEB 25 +32:56
102 ZABEL Rick GER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 25 +32:57
103 MCLAY Daniel GBR TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 26 +33:24
104 PATE Danny USA RALLY CYCLING 39 +33:43
105 MAGNER Tyler USA RALLY CYCLING 27 +33:51
106 CAVENDISH Mark GBR TEAM DIMENSION DATA 33 +33:59
107 OWEN Logan USA TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE 23 +34:02
108 KLUGE Roger GER MITCHELTON – SCOTT 32 +34:06
109 BRYON Miguel USA HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 23 +34:07
110 CLARKE Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM 34 +34:26
111 RENSHAW Mark AUS TEAM DIMENSION DATA 36 +35:02
112 COMPANIONI Ruben CUB HOLOWESKO | CITADEL P/B ARAPAHOE RESOURCES 28 +35:08
113 STAMSNIJDER Tom NED TEAM SUNWEB 33 +35:38
114 KITTEL Marcel GER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 30 +36:31
115 KOLÁR Michal SVK BORA – HANSGROHE 26 +43:56
116 SAGAN Juraj SVK BORA – HANSGROHE 30 +47:42
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