Amgen Tour of California 2014

[ScottCM]

Provisional start list for 2014 race

The organisers of the 2014 Tour of California published the provisional start list for the race, with 2012 Tour de France winner and multi-time Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins in the starring role for Team Sky.

The 2014 edition of the race features a 20km time trial, the mountain finishes on Mount Diablo and Mountain High and the final stage in Thousand Oaks as the decisive stages for the general classification.

Among the favorites, along with Wiggins, is last year's podium finisher Janier Acevedo (Garmin-Sharp), who, together with Tom Danielson and Rohan Dennis will attempt to give Garmin-Sharp its first overall victory in the race.

The 2013 overall winner, Tejay van Garderen will not be in attendance, but BMC is bringing a strong team with American contender Peter Stetina. The team will also include Thor Hushovd, Taylor Phinney and sprinter Greg Van Avermaet, a podium finisher in nearly every spring classic.

In between the critical stages, there are opportunities for the sprinters, and 10-time stage winner Peter Sagan (Cannondale) will be the man to beat. Omega Pharma-Quickstep will be keen to take him on, with both Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen in attendance.

Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge), John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) and Juan Jose Haedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman) should also make Sagan's past domination a bit more difficult this year.

The domestic teams will be on the attack as always, but this time with real opportunities to shake up the overall classification. Last year's Mt. Diablo stage winner Leopold König (Netapp-Endura) will be hard to shake, as will Jamis-Hagens Berman's climbers Daniel Jaramillo and Gregory Brenes. Looking for a dark horse? Try Matthew Lloyd, who has made his comeback from injury with Jelly Belly, or Novo Nordisk's Javier Megias, fresh off a strong ride at the Tour of Turkey.

Optum's Carter Jones, hot off his victory in the Tour of the Gila, will be a prime contender to repeat as the mountains classification winner, but will be up against Tour of Turkey mountain winner Marc de Maar. Finally, any one of the Bissell Development team riders could take out the best young rider jersey, in particular Redlands Classic runner-up James Oram.

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  BMC Racing Team
  
  • 1 Peter Stetina (USA)
    
  • 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
    
  • 3 Martin Kohler (Swi)
    
  • 4 Amaël Moinard (Fra)
    
  • 5 Taylor Phinney (USA)
    
  • 6 Michael Schär (Swi)
    
  • 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel)
    
  • 8 Lawrence Warbasse (USA)
    

  [*] Garmin Sharp

  • 11 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col)
    
  • 12 Thomas Danielson (USA)
    
  • 13 Rohan Dennis (Aus)
    
  • 14 Caleb Fairly (USA)
    
  • 15 Phillip Gaimon (USA)
    
  • 16 Alex Howes (USA)
    
  • 17 Benjamin King (Aus)
    
  • 18 Lachlan Morton (Aus)
    

  [*] Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team

  • 21 Tom Boonen (Bel)
    
  • 22 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
    
  • 23 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
    
  • 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned)
    
  • 25 Matteo Trentin (Ita)
    
  • 26 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel)
    
  • 27 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel)
    
  • 28 Martin Velits (Svk)
    

  [*]

  Trek Factory Racing

  • 31 Matthew Busche (USA)
    
  • 32 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa)
    
  • 33 Jesse Sergent (NZl)
    
  • 34 Jasper Stuyven (Bel)
    
  • 35 Danny Van Poppel (Ned)
    
  • 36 Jens Voigt (Ger)
    
  • 37 Calvin Watson (Aus)
    
  • 38 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa)
    

  [*] Team Sky

  • 41 Bradley Wiggins (GBr)
    
  • 42 Ian Boswell (USA)
    
  • 43 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA)
    
  • 44 Nathan Earle (Aus)
    
  • 45 Joshua Edmondson (GBr)
    
  • 46 Christian Knees (Ger)
    
  • 47 Danny Pate (USA)
    
  • 48 Luke Rowe (GBr)
    

  [*] Orica GreenEdge

  • 51 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus)
    
  • 52 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col)
    
  • 53 Mathew Hayman (Aus)
    
  • 54 Jens Keukeleire (Bel)
    
  • 55 Damien Howson (Aus)
    
  • 56 Jens Mouris (Ned)
    
  • 57 Adam Yates (GBr)
    
  • 58 Simon Yates (GBr)
    

  [*]

  Cannondale

  • 61 Peter Sagan (Svk)
    
  • 62 Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
    
  • 63 Guillaume Boivin (Can)
    
  • 64 Edward King (USA)
    
  • 65 Kristijan Koren (Slo)
    
  • 66 Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
    
  • 67 George Bennett (NZl)
    
  • 68 Cameron Wurf (Aus)
    

  [*] Belkin Pro Cycling Team

  • 71 Laurens ten Dam (Ned)
    
  • 72 Jack Bobridge (Aus)
    
  • 73 Lars Boom (Ned)
    
  • 74 Moreno Hofland (Ned)
    
  • 75 Tom Leezer (Ned)
    
  • 76 Nick van der Lijke (Ned)
    
  • 77 Dennis van Winden (Ned)
    
  • 78 Maarten Wynants (Bel)
    

  [*] Team Giant-Shimano

  • 81 Lawson Craddock (USA)
    
  • 82 Roy Curvers (Ned)
    
  • 83 Thomas Damuseau (Fra)
    
  • 84 John Degenkolb (Ger)
    
  • 85 Chad Haga (USA)
    
  • 86 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA)
    
  • 87 Koen de Kort (Ned)
    
  • 88 Daan Olivier (Ned)
    

  [*]

  UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team

  • 91 Lucas Euser (USA)
    
  • 92 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col)
    
  • 93 Jonathan Clarke (Aus)
    
  • 94 Marc de Maar (Ned)
    
  • 95 Christopher Jones (USA)
    
  • 96 John Murphy (USA)
    
  • 97 Kiel Reijnen (USA)
    
  • 98 Daniel Summerhill (USA)
    

  [*] Team NetApp-Endura

  • 101 Leopold König (Cze)
    
  • 102 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa)
    
  • 103 Zakkari Dempster (Aus)
    
  • 104 Tiago Machado (Por)
    
  • 105 José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por)
    
  • 106 Andreas Schillinger (Ger)
    
  • 107 Scott Thwaites (GBr)
    
  • 108 Paul Voss (Ger)
    

  [*] Team Novo Nordisk

  • 111 Javier Megias Leal (Spa)
    
  • 112 Andrea Peron (Ita)
    
  • 113 David Lozano Riba (Spa)
    
  • 114 Martijn Verschoor (Ned)
    
  • 115 Charles Planet (Fra)
    
  • 116 Joonas Henttala (Fin)
    
  • 117 Nicolas Lefrancois (Fra)
    
  • 118 Christopher Williams (Aus)
    

  [*]

  Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies

  • 121 Ryan Anderson (Can)
    
  • 122 Alex Candelario (USA)
    
  • 123 Charles Bradley Huff (USA)
    
  • 124 Carter Jones (USA)
    
  • 125 Will Routley (Can)
    
  • 126 Eric Young (USA)
    
  • 127 Tom Zirbel (USA)
    
  • 128 Scott Zwizanski (USA)
    

  [*] Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis

  • 131 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda)
    
  • 132 Kirk Carlsen (USA)
    
  • 133 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Mex)
    
  • 134 Devon Dunn (USA)
    
  • 135 Matthew Lloyd (Aus)
    
  • 136 Sean Mazich (USA)
    
  • 137 Jacob Rathe (USA)
    
  • 138 Fred Rodriguez (USA)
    

  [*] Jamis - Hagens Berman

  • 141 Juan José Haedo (Arg)
    
  • 142 Matt Cooke (USA)
    
  • 143 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA)
    
  • 144 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col)
    
  • 145 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc)
    
  • 146 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub)
    
  • 147 Robbie Squire (USA)
    
  • 148 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa)
    

  [*]

  Bissell Development team

  • 151 Tanner Putt (USA)
    
  • 152 Nicolai Brochner (Den)
    
  • 153 Clement Chevrier (Fra)
    
  • 154 Gregory Daniel (USA)
    
  • 155 Ryan Eastman (USA)
    
  • 156 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr)
    
  • 157 James Oram (NZl)
    
  • 158 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger)
    

['Dale]

UCI experimenting with onboard cameras

pretty cool

 

 

[LOOK695]

UCI experimenting with onboard cameras

pretty cool

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F7aH1bn6yUI

That is great. Gives a better sperspective of the speeds and how aggressive the riding is

[T-Bob]

Lucked into the Amgen coverage last night when I was just about to head to bed and thought I'd just watch the climb then call it a day, ended up watching it to the end.

 

What a stage, Phinney solo effort was awesome and put the whole peloton to the sword. A very classy attack with some great descending / TT-ing over a decent distance while OGE and Cannondale tried their best to drag him back on is modified TT / road frame.

 

Glad I stayed up for that one. Sagan still winless and the fast men have let 2 stages fall through their hands now.

[eddy]

UCI experimenting with onboard cameras

pretty cool

 

 

Probably explains the gopro ban.

 

UCI wants exclusivity on the footage and the commercialisation thereof.

 

Also, i find it ironic that a biotech company founded to commercially exploit syntetic erythropoetin under their tradename, Epogen and floated by the great cycling philanthropist, Thom Weisel, still has sponsorship rights.....

 

 

Good racing though

Edited May 16, 2014 by eddy

[kosmonooit]

Gotta love Jens.....

 

http://youtu.be/BsAakRuTw7w

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/video-jens-voigt-curses-his-luck-at-tour-of-california

[Gen]

Gotta love Jens.....

 

http://youtu.be/BsAakRuTw7w

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/video-jens-voigt-curses-his-luck-at-tour-of-california

 

Ha ha ha.. man I would love to hear him as a commentator one day.. his sense of humour needs to be broadcasted for all to hear.