Tejay van Garderen leads the Tour of California
(Photo: GIBSON / SUNADA)The Tour of California has been hit by a controversy after Tejay van Garderen was allowed to hold onto the race lead, despite losing time on stage four.
Tejay van Garderen (EF-Education First) maintains control of the Tour of California, despite finishing more than 54 seconds adrift of winner Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick Step).MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA - MAY 15: Arrival / Sprint / Fabio Jakobsen of The Netherlands and Team Deceuninck - Quick-Step / Jasper Philipsen of Belgium and UAE - Team Emirates / Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Team Bora-Hansgrohe / during the 14th Amgen Tour of California 2019, Stage 4 a 214,5km stage from Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca to Morro Bay / #AmgenTOC / @AmgenTOC / on May 15, 2019 in Morro Bay, California. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)In an uphill sprint finish, Jakobsen beat Jasper Philipsen (UAE-Team Emirates) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hangsrohe) in Morro Bay, registering...
A spectacular attack on the slopes of Mt. Hamilton 67km from the finish saw Remi Cavagna win stage three of the Tour of California.MORGAN HILL, CALIFORNIA - MAY 14: Arrival / Celebration / ß of France and Team Deceuninck - Quick-Step / during the 14th Amgen Tour of California 2019, Stage 3 a 208km stage from Stockton to Morgan Hill / #AmgenTOC / @AmgenTOC / on May 14, 2019 in Morgan Hill, California. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider was part of a two-man breakaway with Alex Hoehn (United States), and the Frenchman distanced his companion on the toughest climb of the day. Sitting almost 18 minutes adrift of overnight leader Tejay van Garderen (EF-Education First), the 23-year-old...
Mark Cavendish at the 2019 Tour of California (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)Mark Cavendish survived a brutal day of climbing on stage two of the Tour of California that was “like sitting on the indoor trainer for seven hours.”
