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Taylor Phinney takes Tour of California Stage 5 win with solo breakaway

Out of the peloton, 25 km from the finish in Santa Barbara, Calif., Talyor Phinney (U.S.A./BMC) took off ahead of the bunch riding the Amgen Tour of California. The time trial specialist–who has used his TT abilities to great effect at the 2012 Giro d'Italia and at the 2010 under-23 world time trial championships where he was first—rode ahead of the teams who wanted to reel him in. Cannondale and Orica-GreenEdge wanted to place their sprinters for the win.

Taylor Phinney
May 16, 2014
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Taylor Phinney takes a bow as he crosses the finish line in Santa Barbara, Calif. The American BMC rider took the win after he broke away from the pack with 25 km to go. Photo credit: Amgen Tour of California

Out of the peloton, 25 km from the finish in Santa Barbara, Calif., Talyor Phinney (U.S.A./BMC) took off ahead of the bunch riding the Amgen Tour of California. The time trial specialist–who has used his TT abilities to great effect at the 2012 Giro d’Italia and at the 2010 under-23 world time trial championships where he was first—rode ahead of the teams who wanted to reel him in. Cannondale and Orica-GreenEdge wanted to place their sprinters for the win. The American, however, got himself a healthy gap that he kept all the way to the finish line. His move marks the second day at the Tour of California that a breakaway has succeeded.

“To do what I did is kind of one of those things where you get to the finish and you’re like, ‘How did I do that? And why did I do that?'” said Phinney.

Canada’s Will Routley (Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies) made an attack of his own. Before the day’s king of the mountain peak, Routley surged ahead to gain maximum points. He now has 42 KOM points in the Tour. Rohan Dennis (Australia/Garmin-Sharp) is second in the KOM competition at 16 points.

Tour of California Stage 5 Results

Place Name Team Country Time Gap
1 Taylor Phinney BMC USA 03:59:33 00:00:00
2 Peter Sagan Cannondale SVK 03:59:45 00:00:12
3 Matthew Harley Goss Orica-GreenEdge AUS 03:59:45 00:00:12
4 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing BEL 03:59:45 00:00:12
5 Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
6 Lawson Craddock Giant-Shimano USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
7 Thomas Damuseau Giant-Shimano FRA 03:59:45 00:00:12
8 Greg Van Avermaet BMC BEL 03:59:45 00:00:12
9 Paul Voss NetApp-Endura GER 03:59:45 00:00:12
10 Tiago Machado NetApp-Endura POR 03:59:45 00:00:12
11 Eloy Teruel Rovira Jamis-Hagens Berman ESP 03:59:45 00:00:12
12 Martin Velits Omega Pharma-QuickStep SVK 03:59:45 00:00:12
13 Rohan Dennis Garmin-Sharp AUS 03:59:45 00:00:12
14 Robert Víctor Squire Jamis-Hagens Berman USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
15 Jacob Rathe Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
16 Daniel Jaramillo Díez Jamis-Hagens Berman COL 03:59:45 00:00:12
17 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Omega Pharma-QuickStep ESP 03:59:45 00:00:12
18 Daan Olivier Giant-Shimano NED 03:59:45 00:00:12
19 Joshua Edmondson Sky Pro Cycling GBR 03:59:45 00:00:12
20 Nathan Brown Garmin-Sharp USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
21 Clément Chevrier Bissell Development Team FRA 03:59:45 00:00:12
22 Bradley Wiggins Sky Pro Cycling GBR 03:59:45 00:00:12
23 Javier Megias Leal Novo Nordisk ESP 03:59:45 00:00:12
24 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEdge GBR 03:59:45 00:00:12
25 David De La Cruz Melgarejo NetApp-Endura ESP 03:59:45 00:00:12
26 Carter Jones Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
27 Luis Romero Amaran Jamis-Hagens Berman CUB 03:59:45 00:00:12
28 Benjamin King Garmin-Sharp USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
29 Lucas Euser UnitedHealthcare USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
30 Amael Moinard BMC FRA 03:59:45 00:00:12
31 Jens Keukeleire Orica-GreenEdge BEL 03:59:45 00:00:12
32 Gregory Brenes Jamis-Hagens Berman CRC 03:59:45 00:00:12
33 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio Orica-GreenEdge COL 03:59:45 00:00:12
34 Peter Stetina BMC USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
35 Laurens Ten Dam Belkin Pro Cycling NED 03:59:45 00:00:12
36 Tom Danielson Garmin-Sharp USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
37 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre Trek Factory Racing ESP 03:59:45 00:00:12
38 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle Garmin-Sharp COL 03:59:45 00:00:12
39 Kristijan Koren Cannondale SLO 03:59:45 00:00:12
40 Damien Howson Orica-GreenEdge AUS 03:59:45 00:00:12
41 George Bennett Cannondale NZL 03:59:45 00:00:12
42 Danny Pate Sky Pro Cycling USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
43 Ben Jacques-Maynes Jamis-Hagens Berman USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
44 Daniel Summerhill UnitedHealthcare USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
45 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale POL 04:00:56 00:01:23
46 Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing USA 03:59:45 00:00:12
47 José Joao Pimenta Costa NetApp-Endura POR 04:03:24 00:03:51
48 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing NZL 04:03:24 00:03:51
49 Jens Voigt Trek Factory Racing GER 04:03:24 00:03:51
50 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma-QuickStep ITA 04:03:24 00:03:51
51 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale ITA 04:03:24 00:03:51
52 Christian Knees Sky Pro Cycling GER 04:03:24 00:03:51
53 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing ESP 04:03:24 00:03:51
54 Luis Enrique Davila Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis MEX 04:03:24 00:03:51
55 Eric Young Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
56 Edward King Cannondale USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
57 Ryan Anderson Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies CAN 04:03:24 00:03:51
58 William Routley Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies CAN 04:03:24 00:03:51
59 Joonas Henttala Novo Nordisk FIN 04:03:24 00:03:51
60 John Murphy UnitedHealthcare USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
61 Scott Zwizanski Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
62 Alex Candelario Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
63 Iker Camano Ortuzar NetApp-Endura ESP 04:03:24 00:03:51
64 Michael Schär BMC SUI 04:03:24 00:03:51
65 Lawrence Warbasse BMC USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
66 Zakkari Dempster NetApp-Endura AUS 04:03:24 00:03:51
67 Jack Bobridge Belkin Pro Cycling AUS 04:03:24 00:03:51
68 Andreas Schillinger NetApp-Endura GER 04:03:24 00:03:51
69 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling NED 04:03:24 00:03:51
70 Koen De Kort Giant-Shimano NED 04:03:24 00:03:51
71 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
72 Ruben Zepuntke Bissell Development Team GER 04:03:24 00:03:51
73 John Degenkolb Giant-Shimano GER 04:03:24 00:03:51
74 Chad Haga Giant-Shimano USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
75 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez UnitedHealthcare COL 04:03:24 00:03:51
76 Nicolai Brochner Bissell Development Team DEN 04:03:24 00:03:51
77 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski Sky Pro Cycling USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
78 Gregory Daniel Bissell Development Team USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
79 Caleb Fairly Garmin-Sharp USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
80 Fred Rodriguez Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
81 Tao Geoghegan Hart Bissell Development Team GBR 04:03:24 00:03:51
82 Nicky Van Der Lijke Belkin Pro Cycling NED 04:03:24 00:03:51
83 Matthew Lloyd Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis AUS 04:03:24 00:03:51
84 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling NED 04:03:24 00:03:51
85 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling BEL 04:03:24 00:03:51
86 Tanner Putt Bissell Development Team USA 04:03:24 00:03:51
87 Serghei Tvetcov Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis ROU 04:07:03 00:07:30
88 Mathew Hayman Orica-GreenEdge AUS 04:07:03 00:07:30
89 Nicolas Lefrançois Novo Nordisk FRA 04:10:18 00:10:45
90 Calvin Watson Trek Factory Racing AUS 04:10:18 00:10:45
91 David Lozano Riba Novo Nordisk ESP 04:10:18 00:10:45
92 Steve Fisher Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis USA 04:10:18 00:10:45
93 Matt Cooke Jamis-Hagens Berman USA 04:10:18 00:10:45
94 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling NED 04:11:16 00:11:43
95 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma-QuickStep GBR 04:11:16 00:11:43
96 Charles Planet Novo Nordisk FRA 04:11:16 00:11:43
97 Ken Hanson UnitedHealthcare USA 04:11:16 00:11:43
98 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma-QuickStep AUS 04:11:16 00:11:43
99 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma-QuickStep BEL 04:11:16 00:11:43
100 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma-QuickStep BEL 04:11:16 00:11:43
101 Kirk Carlsen Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis USA 04:11:16 00:11:43
102 Roy Curvers Giant-Shimano NED 04:11:16 00:11:43
103 Martijn Verschoor Novo Nordisk NED 04:11:16 00:11:43
104 Juan Jose Haedo Jamis-Hagens Berman ARG 04:11:16 00:11:43
105 Thor Hushovd BMC NOR 04:11:16 00:11:43
106 Scott Thwaites NetApp-Endura GBR 04:11:16 00:11:43
107 Cameron Wurf Cannondale AUS 04:11:16 00:11:43
108 Martin Kohler BMC SUI 04:11:16 00:11:43
109 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma-QuickStep NED 04:11:16 00:11:43
110 Kevin De Masmaeker Novo Nordisk BEL 04:11:16 00:11:43
111 Thomas Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling NED 04:11:16 00:11:43
112 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare AUS 04:11:16 00:11:43
113 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale CAN 04:11:16 00:11:43
114 Jens Mouris Orica-GreenEdge NED 04:11:16 00:11:43
115 Luke Rowe Sky Pro Cycling GBR 04:11:16 00:11:43
116 Nathan Earle Sky Pro Cycling AUS 04:11:16 00:11:43
117 Leigh Howard Orica-GreenEdge AUS 04:11:16 00:11:43
118 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing NED 04:11:16 00:11:43
119 Alex Howes Garmin-Sharp USA 04:11:16 00:11:43
120 Ian Boswell Sky Pro Cycling USA 04:11:16 00:11:43
121 Phil Gaimon Garmin-Sharp USA 04:11:16 00:11:43
122 Charles Bradley Huff Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 04:11:16 00:11:43

Tour of California GC following Stage 5

Place Country Time Gap
1 Bradley Wiggins Sky Pro Cycling GBR 17:53:36 00:00:00
2 Rohan Dennis Garmin-Sharp AUS 17:54:04 00:00:28
3 Tiago Machado NetApp-Endura POR 17:54:45 00:01:09
4 Lawson Craddock Giant-Shimano USA 17:55:01 00:01:25
5 Adam Yates Orica-GreenEdge GBR 17:55:50 00:02:14
6 Peter Stetina BMC USA 17:56:04 00:02:28
7 Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing USA 17:56:05 00:02:29
8 Carter Jones Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 17:56:07 00:02:31
9 Laurens Ten Dam Belkin Pro Cycling NED 17:56:09 00:02:33
10 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle Garmin-Sharp COL 17:56:10 00:02:34
11 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre Trek Factory Racing ESP 17:56:25 00:02:49
12 Damien Howson Orica-GreenEdge AUS 17:56:35 00:02:59
13 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio Orica-GreenEdge COL 17:57:08 00:03:32
14 Nathan Brown Garmin-Sharp USA 17:57:15 00:03:39
15 David De La Cruz Melgarejo NetApp-Endura ESP 17:57:22 00:03:46
16 George Bennett Cannondale NZL 17:57:25 00:03:49
17 Lucas Euser UnitedHealthcare USA 17:57:48 00:04:12
18 Daan Olivier Giant-Shimano NED 17:57:48 00:04:12
19 Tom Danielson Garmin-Sharp USA 17:58:15 00:04:39
20 Thomas Damuseau Giant-Shimano FRA 17:59:07 00:05:31
21 Kristijan Koren Cannondale SLO 18:00:18 00:06:42
22 Gregory Brenes Jamis-Hagens Berman CRC 18:00:21 00:06:45
23 Clément Chevrier Bissell Development Team FRA 18:00:51 00:07:15
24 Luis Romero Amaran Jamis-Hagens Berman CUB 18:00:58 00:07:22
25 Benjamin King Garmin-Sharp USA 18:01:24 00:07:48
26 Daniel Jaramillo Díez Jamis-Hagens Berman COL 18:02:02 00:08:26
27 Javier Megias Leal Novo Nordisk ESP 18:02:27 00:08:51
28 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Omega Pharma-QuickStep ESP 18:02:51 00:09:15
29 Amael Moinard BMC FRA 18:03:24 00:09:48
30 Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare USA 18:03:53 00:10:17
31 Caleb Fairly Garmin-Sharp USA 18:03:59 00:10:23
32 Jack Bobridge Belkin Pro Cycling AUS 18:04:09 00:10:33
33 Jens Voigt Trek Factory Racing GER 18:04:49 00:11:13
34 Edward King Cannondale USA 18:05:00 00:11:24
35 Ben Jacques-Maynes Jamis-Hagens Berman USA 18:05:30 00:11:54
36 Jens Keukeleire Orica-GreenEdge BEL 18:06:46 00:13:10
37 Maarten Wynants Belkin Pro Cycling BEL 18:06:59 00:13:23
38 Paul Voss NetApp-Endura GER 18:07:25 00:13:49
39 Joshua Edmondson Sky Pro Cycling GBR 18:07:39 00:14:03
40 Nicky Van Der Lijke Belkin Pro Cycling NED 18:08:22 00:14:46
41 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski Sky Pro Cycling USA 18:09:01 00:15:25
42 Chad Haga Giant-Shimano USA 18:09:19 00:15:43
43 Markel Irizar Trek Factory Racing ESP 18:09:43 00:16:07
44 Gregory Daniel Bissell Development Team USA 18:09:54 00:16:18
45 Iker Camano Ortuzar NetApp-Endura ESP 18:10:00 00:16:24
46 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare USA 18:10:14 00:16:38
47 Scott Zwizanski Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 18:10:45 00:17:09
48 Christian Knees Sky Pro Cycling GER 18:11:20 00:17:44
49 Eloy Teruel Rovira Jamis-Hagens Berman ESP 18:11:52 00:18:16
50 Daniel Summerhill UnitedHealthcare USA 18:12:20 00:18:44
51 Ruben Zepuntke Bissell Development Team GER 18:12:36 00:19:00
52 Lars Boom Belkin Pro Cycling NED 18:12:39 00:19:03
53 Taylor Phinney BMC USA 18:12:43 00:19:07
54 Peter Sagan Cannondale SVK 18:14:37 00:21:01
55 Greg Van Avermaet BMC BEL 18:15:31 00:21:55
56 Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing BEL 18:16:25 00:22:49
57 Matthew Harley Goss Orica-GreenEdge AUS 18:16:34 00:22:58
58 Danny Pate Sky Pro Cycling USA 18:16:38 00:23:02
59 Maciej Bodnar Cannondale POL 18:16:46 00:23:10
60 Jesse Sergent Trek Factory Racing NZL 18:17:07 00:23:31
61 Jacob Rathe Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis USA 18:17:11 00:23:35
62 Martin Velits Omega Pharma-QuickStep SVK 18:17:14 00:23:38
63 Michael Schär BMC SUI 18:18:32 00:24:56
64 Luis Enrique Davila Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis MEX 18:18:52 00:25:16
65 Robert Víctor Squire Jamis-Hagens Berman USA 18:18:55 00:25:19
66 John Murphy UnitedHealthcare USA 18:19:35 00:25:59
67 Fred Rodriguez Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis USA 18:19:39 00:26:03
68 John Degenkolb Giant-Shimano GER 18:19:40 00:26:04
69 Fabio Sabatini Cannondale ITA 18:19:51 00:26:15
70 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma-QuickStep ITA 18:19:55 00:26:19
71 Tanner Putt Bissell Development Team USA 18:20:00 00:26:24
72 Tao Geoghegan Hart Bissell Development Team GBR 18:20:02 00:26:26
73 Koen De Kort Giant-Shimano NED 18:20:05 00:26:29
74 Ryan Anderson Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies CAN 18:20:18 00:26:42
75 Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling NED 18:20:23 00:26:47
76 Kirk Carlsen Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis USA 18:20:26 00:26:50
77 Lawrence Warbasse BMC USA 18:20:27 00:26:51
78 Andreas Schillinger NetApp-Endura GER 18:20:53 00:27:17
79 Zakkari Dempster NetApp-Endura AUS 18:21:28 00:27:52
80 Alex Candelario Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 18:21:47 00:28:11
81 Serghei Tvetcov Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis ROU 18:22:15 00:28:39
82 José Joao Pimenta Costa NetApp-Endura POR 18:23:36 00:30:00
83 Mathew Hayman Orica-GreenEdge AUS 18:24:10 00:30:34
84 Danny Van Poppel Trek Factory Racing NED 18:25:58 00:32:22
85 Martin Kohler BMC SUI 18:26:12 00:32:36
86 Phil Gaimon Garmin-Sharp USA 18:26:13 00:32:37
87 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez UnitedHealthcare COL 18:26:21 00:32:45
88 Eric Young Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 18:26:32 00:32:56
89 Nicolai Brochner Bissell Development Team DEN 18:26:34 00:32:58
90 Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma-QuickStep GBR 18:27:30 00:33:54
91 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma-QuickStep BEL 18:27:42 00:34:06
92 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma-QuickStep BEL 18:27:43 00:34:07
93 Mark Renshaw Omega Pharma-QuickStep AUS 18:27:50 00:34:14
94 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare AUS 18:28:10 00:34:34
95 Niki Terpstra Omega Pharma-QuickStep NED 18:28:17 00:34:41
96 Kevin De Masmaeker Novo Nordisk BEL 18:28:19 00:34:43
97 Guillaume Boivin Cannondale CAN 18:28:20 00:34:44
98 Ian Boswell Sky Pro Cycling USA 18:28:25 00:34:49
99 Martijn Verschoor Novo Nordisk NED 18:28:43 00:35:07
100 Scott Thwaites NetApp-Endura GBR 18:29:11 00:35:35
101 Ken Hanson UnitedHealthcare USA 18:29:12 00:35:36
102 Roy Curvers Giant-Shimano NED 18:29:24 00:35:48
103 Jens Mouris Orica-GreenEdge NED 18:29:44 00:36:08
104 Dennis Van Winden Belkin Pro Cycling NED 18:29:50 00:36:14
105 Nicolas Lefrançois Novo Nordisk FRA 18:30:43 00:37:07
106 Charles Planet Novo Nordisk FRA 18:32:19 00:38:43
107 William Routley Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies CAN 18:32:39 00:39:03
108 Thomas Leezer Belkin Pro Cycling NED 18:33:27 00:39:51
109 Juan Jose Haedo Jamis-Hagens Berman ARG 18:33:35 00:39:59
110 Leigh Howard Orica-GreenEdge AUS 18:34:43 00:41:07
111 Charles Bradley Huff Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies USA 18:34:45 00:41:09
112 David Lozano Riba Novo Nordisk ESP 18:34:50 00:41:14
113 Luke Rowe Sky Pro Cycling GBR 18:36:19 00:42:43
114 Matthew Lloyd Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis AUS 18:36:20 00:42:44
115 Thor Hushovd BMC NOR 18:36:22 00:42:46
116 Joonas Henttala Novo Nordisk FIN 18:37:16 00:43:40
117 Matt Cooke Jamis-Hagens Berman USA 18:39:15 00:45:39
118 Calvin Watson Trek Factory Racing AUS 18:40:36 00:47:00
119 Nathan Earle Sky Pro Cycling AUS 18:41:01 00:47:25
120 Steve Fisher Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis USA 18:41:47 00:48:11
121 Cameron Wurf Cannondale AUS 18:44:41 00:51:05
122 Alex Howes Garmin-Sharp USA 18:49:23 00:55:47