Horner gewinnt 6. Kalifornien-Rundfahrt – Goss siegt auf Schlussetappe

Der US-Amerikaner Christopher Horner hat die 6. Auflage der Kalifornien-Rundfahrt durch den gleichnamigen US-Bundesstaat gewonnen.

Den Sieg der abschließenden 8. Etappe sicherte sich der Australier Matthew Goss und sorgte damit doch noch für einen Etappenerfolg des US-Teams HTC-Highroad. Der Mailand-San-Remo-Sieger setzte sich nach 132,4 Kilometern von Santa Clarita nach Thousand Oaks vor dem Slowaken Peter Sagan (Liquigas) und dem Neuseeländer Greg Henderson (Sky) im Massensprint durch. Bester Deutscher des Schlussabschnittes wurde der Hamburger Timon Seubert aus der deutschen NetApp-Mannschaft als Zwölfter.

Auf die Spitze der Gesamtwertung hatte die Etappe erwartungsgemäß keinen Einfluss mehr. Der 39 Jahre alte Christopher Horner (RadioShack) verteidigte sein Gelbes Trikot mit 38 Sekunden Vorsprung auf seinen Landsmann und Teamkollegen Levi Leipheimer, Gesamtsieger der Austragungen 2007 bis 2009. Die Plätze drei und vier sicherte sich das US-amerikanische Garmin-Cervélo-Duo Thomas Danielson (2:45 Min. zurück) und Christian Vande Velde (+3:18). Hinter Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC-Highroad) wurde der Niederländer Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) Sechster und damit bester „Nicht-Amerikaner“. Der Münsteraner Linus Gerdemann (Leopard Trek/+6:22) beendete die Rundfahrt als bester Deutscher auf Gesamtrang 11.

6. Amgen Tour of California (UCI-Kat. 2. HC, 15. – 22. Mai 2011, USA)
Resultat 8. Etappe, Santa Clarita – Thousand Oaks 132,4 km:

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

Abschließende Gesamtwertung:

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

Punktewertung: Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
Bergwertung: Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
Nachwuchswertung: Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
Mannschaftswertung: Garmin-Cervélo (USA)

Foto: Richard Masoner