Cycling: Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) won Stage 1.000 of the Tour of California as a breakaway. The Latvian held his ground together with the American Sean Bennett (Hagens Berman-Axeon) despite a small lead in front of the peloton. With a short start on a crest, Skujins was able to shake off his companion within the last XNUMX meters and dance victoriously to the finish. Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) was unlucky, suffering a puncture just before the finish.
Diverse Tour of California
The third stage of the Tour of California also proved how varied the tour is. After it's on the first stage there was a mass sprint and on the second stage an exciting mountain finish, today the focus was primarily on the hill specialists. From King City it was a bumpy 197 kilometers to the Laguna Seca Recreation Area. When there were still about ten kilometers to go, there were Sean Bennett (Hagens Berman Axeon) and Tom's Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) the last two breakaways in front of the peloton, which was decimated more and more kilometer by kilometer. In some cases, the peloton was only ten seconds away from the breakaway duo, but the gap could not be closed on the final race track.
Skujins dances across the finish line
Stepped on a small crest Tom's Skujins briefly again and he got rid of his companion. Cheering and dancing on his bike, he crossed the finish line. Behind them, Bennett was annoyed about the missed opportunity. The sprint for third place was won in the peloton Caleb ewan (Mitchelton-Scott). Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe). Lost due to puncture just before the finish Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) valuable points in the fight for the green jersey. Toms Skujins, on the other hand, celebrated his third victory at the Tour of California. Already in 2015 and 2016 he was able to win a stage. Another type of driver will be in demand tomorrow. That is when the pre-decisive 34,7-kilometer individual time trial in San José is scheduled for the Tour of California. How will himself Egan Bernal (Sky) beat?
Best celebration ever by 🇱🇻@Tomashuuns in 🇺🇸@AmgenTOC #Amgentoc pic.twitter.com/gdkReyHzve
— World Cycling Stats (@wcstats) 15 May 2018
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