Slowake Sagan holt Australier Howard noch ein

Der Slowake Peter Sagan hat die fünfte Etappe der 6. Kalifornien-Rundfahrt gewonnen.

Der 21-jährige Liquigas-Profi konnte sich nach 217,4 Kilometern im Massensprint mit einer knappen Radlänge vor dem Australier Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) durchsetzen, den er auf den letzten Metern der Zielgerade noch abfangen konnte. Hinter dem Briten Ben Swift (Sky) fuhr der Rostocker Paul Martens vom niederländischen Team Rabobank auf Platz vier.

Das Gelbe Trikot des Gesamtführenden konnte der US-Amerikaner Christopher Horner erfolgreich verteidigen. Der 39-jährige RadioShack-Profi liegt weiterhin 1:15 Minuten vor seinem Teamkollege und Landsmann Levi Leipheimer. Rang drei belegt mit Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo/1:22 zurück) ein weiterer US-Amerikaner. Bester Deutscher bleibt der Münsteraner Linus Gerdemann (Leopard Trek), der mit 1:50 Minuten Rückstand auf Horner Achter ist.

Die fünfte Etappe ist am Freitag ein 24 Kilometer langes Einzelzeitfahren in Solvang.

6. Amgen Tour of California (UCI-Kat. 2. HC, 15. – 22. Mai 2011, USA)
Resultat 5. Etappe, Seaside – Paso Robles 217,4 km:

1. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 5:16:03 Stunden
2. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad
3. Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
4. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
5. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
6. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
7. Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
9. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling
10. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp
11. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
12. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
13. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
14. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
15. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
16. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
17. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
18. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis – Sutter Home
19. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
20. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
21. Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek
22. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
23. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
24. Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
25. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
26. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack
27. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard
28. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
29. Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling
30. Zachary Bell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
31. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
32. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp
33. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
34. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
35. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
36. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
37. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
38. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
39. Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek
40. Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
41. Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
42. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
43. Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
44. Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
45. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
46. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:10
47. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 0:00:18
48. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:40
49. Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
50. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:42
51 . Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:47
52. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
53. Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling
54. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
55. Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
56. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
57. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
58. Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
59. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
60. Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
61. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
62. Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
63. Benjamin Day (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
64. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
65. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
66. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
67. Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
68. Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
69. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard
70. Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
71. Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp
72. Tom Zirbel (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
73. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp
74. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
75. Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
76. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
77. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale
78. Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
79. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
80. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
81. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
82. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
83. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
84. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling
85. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling
86. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
87. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling
88. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
89. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
90. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
91. Jason Donald (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
92. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
93. Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
94. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
95. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
96. Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
97. Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team
98. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:01
99. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:21
100. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:02:36
101. Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack
102. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
103. Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:03:18
104. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:03:42
105. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:03:59
106. Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
107. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
108. Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
109. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
110. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:04:10
111. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp 0:04:31
112. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 0:07:13
113. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:07:31
114. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
115. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:09:57
116. William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
117. James Stemper (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
118. Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
119. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
120. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek
121. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
122. Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
123. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
124. Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Team NetApp
125. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
126. Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack
127. Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
128. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
129. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:11:08
130. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
131. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
132. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
133. Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:13:33

Gesamtwertung nach der 5. Etappe:

1. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 16:45:35 Stunden
2. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:01:15 zurück
3. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:22
4. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:29
5. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:01:30
6. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
7. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:36
8. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:01:50
9. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:00
10. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:02:05
11. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:34
12. Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:02:37
13. Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:02:38
14. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:02:50
15. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:03:19
16. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:03:20
17. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
18. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:03:25
19. Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:03:37
20. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:51
21. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:52
22. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:03:59
23. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:04:34
24 . Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:04:52
25. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:04:55
26. Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling 0:05:05
27. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:10
28. Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:05:12
29. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:05:14
30. Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:05:21
31. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:05:29
32. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:06:15
33. Benjamin Day (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:06:18
34. Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:06:32
35. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:07:13
36. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:07:34
37. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:08:14
38. Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:08:30
39. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:10:25
40. Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:11:00
41. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:11:05
42. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:11:30
43. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:12:04
44. Jason Donald (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:12:32
45. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
46. Tom Zirbel (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
47. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:12:40
48. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:12:50
49. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling 0:12:58
50. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:13:25
51. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:13:27
52. Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:13:31
53. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:13:33
54. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:13:42
55. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp 0:14:12
56. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:14:14
57. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:14:53
58. Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling 0:15:13
59. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 0:15:56
60. Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack 0:16:48
61. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:16:53
62. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:17:00
63. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:18:11
64. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:18:26
65. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp 0:18:57
66. Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:19:22
67. Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek 0:22:46
68. Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:23:04
69. James Stemper (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:24:24
70. Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:24:29
71. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:24:37
72. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:24:43
73. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
74. Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:24:44
75. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:24:52
76. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:24:58
77. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:25:08
78. Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:25:09
79. Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:25:23
80. Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek 0:25:24
81. Zachary Bell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
82. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:25:26
83. Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:25:30
84. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
85. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
86. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
87. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:25:45
88. Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp
89. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard
90. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
91. Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:25:56
92. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:25:45
93. Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
94. Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
95. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
96. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:26:07
97. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:26:09
98. Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:26:11
99. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:26:16
100. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:26:53
101. Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:27:23
102. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:27:27
103. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:27:30
104. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:27:34
105. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 0:27:43
106. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:28:36
107. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:28:42
108. Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:29:23
109. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp 0:29:29
110. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:30:09
111. Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:30:45
112. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:31:09
113. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:32:14
114. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:34:31
115. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:34:40
116. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
117. Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
118. Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:34:51
119. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 0:34:55
120. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
121. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
122. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:36:04
123. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:36:32
124. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:36:36
125. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:36:52
126. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 0:37:49
127. Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:37:59
128. Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 0:41:43
129. Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Team NetApp 0:44:10
130. William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
131. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:44:34
132. Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:44:54
133. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:46:51

Foto: Richard Masoner