Bennett kicks off aggressively in Tour of California
George Bennett has shown his ambitions in the opening stage of the Tour of California. Team Jumbo-Visma’s New Zealand captain rode attentively and took a bonus second. In the sprint for the victory, Danny van Poppel chose the wrong wheel and finished twelfth.
The first stage wasn’t too exciting. The weather conditions were good and soon a leading group of four men was created. The sprinter teams put things in order without any problems in the final. Van Poppel tuned his sprint to Deceuninck-QuickStep, but their sprint didn’t turn out as planned.
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“Because eight riders created a small gap in the last hundreds of meters”, sports director Grischa Niermann said. “If the predictions are right, there will be three more sprint opportunities this week. They suit Danny better. Everything is going well for us and we are preparing for tomorrow. Then a long, exhausting stage to Lake Tahoe awaits us."
Amgen Tour of California
Stage 1
Result
1
Peter Sagan
BORA - hansgrohe
03:14:10
2
Travis McCabe
United States
s.t.
3
Max Walscheid
Team Sunweb
s.t.
12
Danny van Poppel
Team Jumbo-Visma
+0:04
23
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
25
Neilson Powless
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
71
Floris De Tier
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
117
Lennard Hofstede
Team Jumbo-Visma
+0:45
118
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
124
Timo Roosen
Team Jumbo-Visma
+0:59
Rankings
1
Peter Sagan
BORA - hansgrohe
03:14:00
2
Travis McCabe
United States
s.t.
3
Max Walscheid
Team Sunweb
s.t.
8
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
+0:13
9
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
15
Danny van Poppel
Team Jumbo-Visma
+0:14
16
Danny van Poppel
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
27
Neilson Powless
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
28
Neilson Powless
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
71
Floris De Tier
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
72
Floris De Tier
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
117
Lennard Hofstede
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
118
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
124
Timo Roosen
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:09
