EXTRAGIRO. SuperSagan a segno in California

| 14/05/2012 | 08:56
Il Tour of California è una calamita per Peter Sagan. Due vittorie nel 2010, una nel 2011 e nella notte italiana la prima del 2012. Sul rettilineo di Santa Rosa (da dove la corsa era partita) il campione slovacco della Liquigas-Cannondale ha dato una dimostrazione di potenza che non ha lasciato nessuna possibilità agli avversari (Haussler secondo, Rodriguez terzo). Bravissimo Sagan e bravissimi i compagni che l’hanno prima aiutato a rientrare in gruppo dopo una foratura a 8 km dal traguardo e poi, con Daniel Oss, a lanciarlo nel migliore dei modi per la volata.
«Non sapevo quanto potevo essere brillante visto che non correvo da quasi un mese – ha spiegato Sagan – e l’incognita maggiore era la tenuta sulle salite finali. Più passavano i chilometri, però, e più le sensazioni miglioravano. Nel finale è successo di tutto: prima la foratura, rimediata grazie ai compagni, poi una caduta che ha coinvolto King e che per poco non buttava a terra anche me. Superata quella, il gruppo si è frazionato e c’era confusione. Daniel Oss mi ha guidato e lanciato alla perfezione, io ho solo aperto il gas più che potevo. E’ stata gran una bella vittoria di squadra. Ora vediamo quanto riesco a tenere la maglia di leader anche se sarà molto dura. In compenso ci sono altre tappe che potrebbero fare per me».
Con la vittoria nella prima tappa Sagan si è ovviamente portato al comando della classifica generale, di quella a punti e di quella di miglior giovane. Da sottolineare infine le condizioni di Ted King, buttato a terra a pochi chilometri dal traguardo e dolorante ad un ginocchio.

Ordine d’arrivo
1 Peter SAGAN Liquigas-Cannondale 4:42:35
2 Heinrich HAUSSLER Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:00
3 Fred RODRIGUEZ Team Exergy 0:00:00
4 Leigh HOWARD Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:00
5 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
6 George HINCAPIE BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
7 Ryan ANDERSON Spidertech Powered by C10 0:00:00
8 Stijn VANDENBERGH Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:00
9 Lawson CRADDOCK Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:00
10 Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:00
11 Paul MARTENS Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:00
12 Gavin MANNION Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:00
13 Dries DEVENYNS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:00
14 Romain BARDET AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:00
15 Fabio DUARTE AREVALO Colombia - Coldeportes 0:00:00
16 Cameron MEYER Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:00
17 Tiago MACHADO RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:00
18 Tom DUMOULIN Argos-Shimano 0:00:00
19 Wilco KELDERMAN Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:00
20 Rory SUTHERLAND UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:00
21 Peter VELITS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:00
22 Marc DE MAAR UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:00
23 Christopher HORNER RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:00
24 Pieter WEENING Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:00
25 Andrew TALANSKY Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:00
26 Christopher JONES UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:00
27 Stephen CUMMINGS BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
28 Daniel OSS Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:00
29 Steve MORABITO BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
30 Jhon ATAPUMA Colombia - Coldeportes 0:00:00
31 Matthew BUSCHE RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:00
32 Luke DURBRIDGE Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:00
33 Laurens TEN DAM Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:00
34 Tom DANIELSON Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:00
35 Brent BOOKWALTER BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
36 Brian VANDBORG BACH Spidertech Powered by C10 0:00:00
37 Raymond KUNZLI Spidertech Powered by C10 0:00:00
38 Timothy DUGGAN Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:00
39 David ZABRISKIE Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:00
40 Robert GESINK Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:00
41 Andrés DÍAZ CORRALES Team Exergy 0:00:00
42 Vincenzo NIBALI Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:00
43 Levi LEIPHEIMER Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:00
44 Rinaldo NOCENTINI AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:00
45 Ben JACQUES-MAYNES Bissell Pro Cycling 0:00:00
46 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
47 Timothy ROE BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
48 Philip DEIGNAN UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:00
49 Matt COOKE Team Exergy 0:00:00
50 Josh ATKINS Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:00
51 Nathan BROWN Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:00
52 Wesley SULZBERGER Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:00
53 Ian BOSWELL Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:00
54 Jeffry LOUDER UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:00
55 Alessandro VANOTTI Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:00
56 Markel IRIZAR ARRANBURU RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:00
57 Christopher BALDWIN Bissell Pro Cycling 0:00:22
58 Tom BOONEN Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:00
59 Alexandre GENIEZ Argos-Shimano 0:00:24
60 George BENNETT RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:24
61 Andrew BAJADALI Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:00:24
62 Joseph DOMBROWSKI Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:24
63 Bram TANKINK Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:24
64 Maxime BOUET AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:24
65 Frank PIPP Bissell Pro Cycling 0:00:33
66 Yannick EIJSSEN BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
67 Alex HOWES Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:00
68 Jeremy VENNELL Bissell Pro Cycling 0:00:00
69 Mikael CHÉREL AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:00
70 Nicolas ROCHE AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:00
71 Sylvain GEORGES AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:00
72 Edward KING Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:00
73 Sam JOHNSON Team Exergy 0:04:43
74 Michael MATTHEWS Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:00
75 Sébastian SALAS Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:15
76 Matt WILSON Orica GreenEDGE 0:06:56
77 Jonathan CLARKE UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:06:56
78 Thomas ZIRBEL Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:56
79 Patrick BEVIN Bissell Pro Cycling 0:06:56
80 Gregory RAST RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:56
81 Robbie MCEWEN Orica GreenEDGE 0:06:56
82 Victor Hugo PENA Colombia - Coldeportes 0:06:56
83 Juan Pablo SUAREZ Colombia - Coldeportes 0:06:56
84 Mauro DA DALTO Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:56
85 Logan MOONY Team Exergy 0:06:56
86 Kristjan KOREN Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:56
87 Benjamin KING RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:56
88 Carter JONES Bissell Pro Cycling 0:06:56
89 Bradley WHITE UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:06:56
90 Hugo HOULE Spidertech Powered by C10 0:06:56
91 David BOILY Spidertech Powered by C10 0:06:56
92 Javier GONZALEZ Colombia - Coldeportes 0:06:56
93 Guillaume BOIVIN Spidertech Powered by C10 0:06:56
94 Lloyd MONDORY AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:56
95 Christophe RIBLON AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:56
96 Thomas DAMUSEAU Argos-Shimano 0:06:56
97 Gerald CIOLEK Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:06:56
98 Marcel KITTEL Argos-Shimano 0:06:56
99 Ken HANSON Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:56
100 Yukihiro DOI Argos-Shimano 0:06:56
101 Alexander CANDELARIO Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:56
102 Thomas PETERSON Garmin-Barracuda 0:06:56
103 Scott ZWIZANSKI Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:56
104 Bert GRABSCH Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:06:56
105 Jens VOIGT RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:56
106 Roger KLUGE Argos-Shimano 0:06:56
107 Tom STAMSNIJDER Argos-Shimano 0:06:56
108 Maarten TJALLINGII Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:56
109 Morgan SCHMITT Team Exergy 0:06:56
110 Koen DE KORT Argos-Shimano 0:06:56
111 Nathan HAAS Garmin-Barracuda 0:06:56
112 Frantisek RABON Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:06:56
113 Jonathan Patrick MCCARTY Spidertech Powered by C10 0:06:56
114 Michael CREED Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:56
115 Jasper STUYVEN Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:06:56
116 Ryan EASTMAN Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:06:56
117 Lucas EUSER Spidertech Powered by C10 0:06:56
118 Michael RODRIGUEZ Colombia - Coldeportes 0:10:35
119 Serghei TVETCOV Team Exergy 0:11:48
120 Wilson MARENTES TORRES Colombia - Coldeportes 0:11:48
121 Jacob RATHE Garmin-Barracuda 0:11:48
122 Carlos Julian QUINTERO Colombia - Coldeportes 0:11:48
123 Jason MCCARTNEY UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:11:48
124 Carlos ALZATE ESCOBAR Team Exergy 0:11:48
125 Michael FRIEDMAN Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:11:48
126 Eric YOUNG Bissell Pro Cycling 0:11:48
127 Travis MEYER Orica GreenEDGE 0:11:48
128 Andrew DAHLHEIM Bissell Pro Cycling 0:16:23

Classifica generale
1 Peter SAGAN Liquigas-Cannondale 4:42:25
2 Heinrich HAUSSLER Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:04
3 Jeffry LOUDER UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:04
4 Fred RODRIGUEZ Team Exergy 0:00:06
5 Ben JACQUES-MAYNES Bissell Pro Cycling 0:00:06
6 Josh ATKINS Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:09
7 Leigh HOWARD Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:10
8 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
9 George HINCAPIE BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
10 Ryan ANDERSON Spidertech Powered by C10 0:00:10
11 Stijn VANDENBERGH Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:10
12 Lawson CRADDOCK Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:10
13 Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:10
14 Paul MARTENS Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:10
15 Gavin MANNION Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:10
16 Dries DEVENYNS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:10
17 Romain BARDET AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:10
18 Fabio DUARTE AREVALO Colombia - Coldeportes 0:00:10
19 Cameron MEYER Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:10
20 Tiago MACHADO RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:10
21 Tom DUMOULIN Argos-Shimano 0:00:10
22 Wilco KELDERMAN Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:10
23 Rory SUTHERLAND UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:10
24 Peter VELITS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:10
25 Marc DE MAAR UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:10
26 Christopher HORNER RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:10
27 Pieter WEENING Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:10
28 Andrew TALANSKY Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:10
29 Christopher JONES UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:10
30 Stephen CUMMINGS BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
31 Daniel OSS Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:10
32 Steve MORABITO BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
33 Jhon ATAPUMA Colombia - Coldeportes 0:00:10
34 Matthew BUSCHE RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:10
35 Luke DURBRIDGE Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:10
36 Laurens TEN DAM Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:10
37 Tom DANIELSON Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:10
38 Brent BOOKWALTER BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
39 Brian VANDBORG BACH Spidertech Powered by C10 0:00:10
40 Raymond KUNZLI Spidertech Powered by C10 0:00:10
41 Timothy DUGGAN Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:10
42 David ZABRISKIE Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:10
43 Robert GESINK Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:10
44 Andrés DÍAZ CORRALES Team Exergy 0:00:10
45 Vincenzo NIBALI Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:10
46 Levi LEIPHEIMER Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:10
47 Rinaldo NOCENTINI AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:10
48 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
49 Timothy ROE BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
50 Philip DEIGNAN UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:10
51 Matt COOKE Team Exergy 0:00:10
52 Nathan BROWN Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:10
53 Wesley SULZBERGER Orica GreenEDGE 0:00:10
54 Ian BOSWELL Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:10
55 Alessandro VANOTTI Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:10
56 Markel IRIZAR ARRANBURU RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:10
57 Tom BOONEN Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:10
58 Yannick EIJSSEN BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
59 Alex HOWES Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:10
60 Jeremy VENNELL Bissell Pro Cycling 0:00:10
61 Mikael CHÉREL AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:10
62 Nicolas ROCHE AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:10
63 Sylvain GEORGES AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:10
64 Edward KING Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:10
65 Michael MATTHEWS Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:10
66 Christopher BALDWIN Bissell Pro Cycling 0:00:32
67 Maxime BOUET AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:33
68 Alexandre GENIEZ Argos-Shimano 0:00:34
69 George BENNETT RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:34
70 Andrew BAJADALI Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:00:34
71 Joseph DOMBROWSKI Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:00:34
72 Bram TANKINK Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:34
73 Frank PIPP Bissell Pro Cycling 0:00:43
74 Sam JOHNSON Team Exergy 0:04:53
75 Sébastian SALAS Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:25
76 Matt WILSON Orica GreenEDGE 0:07:06
77 Jonathan CLARKE UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:07:06
78 Thomas ZIRBEL Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:07:06
79 Patrick BEVIN Bissell Pro Cycling 0:07:06
80 Gregory RAST RadioShack-Nissan 0:07:06
81 Robbie MCEWEN Orica GreenEDGE 0:07:06
82 Victor Hugo PENA Colombia - Coldeportes 0:07:06
83 Juan Pablo SUAREZ Colombia - Coldeportes 0:07:06
84 Mauro DA DALTO Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:06
85 Logan MOONY Team Exergy 0:07:06
86 Kristjan KOREN Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:06
87 Benjamin KING RadioShack-Nissan 0:07:06
88 Carter JONES Bissell Pro Cycling 0:07:06
89 Bradley WHITE UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:07:06
90 Hugo HOULE Spidertech Powered by C10 0:07:06
91 David BOILY Spidertech Powered by C10 0:07:06
92 Javier GONZALEZ Colombia - Coldeportes 0:07:06
93 Guillaume BOIVIN Spidertech Powered by C10 0:07:06
94 Lloyd MONDORY AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:06
95 Christophe RIBLON AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:06
96 Thomas DAMUSEAU Argos-Shimano 0:07:06
97 Gerald CIOLEK Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:07:06
98 Marcel KITTEL Argos-Shimano 0:07:06
99 Ken HANSON Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:07:06
100 Yukihiro DOI Argos-Shimano 0:07:06
101 Alexander CANDELARIO Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:07:06
102 Thomas PETERSON Garmin-Barracuda 0:07:06
103 Scott ZWIZANSKI Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:07:06
104 Bert GRABSCH Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:07:06
105 Jens VOIGT RadioShack-Nissan 0:07:06
106 Roger KLUGE Argos-Shimano 0:07:06
107 Tom STAMSNIJDER Argos-Shimano 0:07:06
108 Maarten TJALLINGII Rabobank Cycling Team 0:07:06
109 Morgan SCHMITT Team Exergy 0:07:06
110 Koen DE KORT Argos-Shimano 0:07:06
111 Nathan HAAS Garmin-Barracuda 0:07:06
112 Frantisek RABON Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:07:06
113 Jonathan Patrick MCCARTY Spidertech Powered by C10 0:07:06
114 Michael CREED Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:07:06
115 Jasper STUYVEN Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:07:06
116 Ryan EASTMAN Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:07:06
117 Lucas EUSER Spidertech Powered by C10 0:07:06
118 Michael RODRIGUEZ Colombia - Coldeportes 0:10:45
119 Serghei TVETCOV Team Exergy 0:11:58
120 Wilson MARENTES TORRES Colombia - Coldeportes 0:11:58
121 Jacob RATHE Garmin-Barracuda 0:11:58
122 Carlos Julian QUINTERO Colombia - Coldeportes 0:11:58
123 Jason MCCARTNEY UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:11:58
124 Carlos ALZATE ESCOBAR Team Exergy 0:11:58
125 Michael FRIEDMAN Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:11:58
126 Eric YOUNG Bissell Pro Cycling 0:11:58
127 Travis MEYER Orica GreenEDGE 0:11:58
128 Andrew DAHLHEIM Bissell Pro Cycling 0:16:33