May 16, 2017 (Morro Bay, CA) – Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe took the bunch sprint victory at Stage 3 from Pismo Beach to Morro Bay, 192.5km with Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin in second and Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates in third. Adam De Vos (Rally Cycling) was the top Canuck again in 49th with his teammate Matteo Dal Cin in 51st.

As the peloton twisted toward the quaint downtown of Morro Bay, teams strung out across the curving roads looking to position their sprinters to pounce in the final meters. Lead-out trains from Team Katusha-Alpecin, UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team and BMC Racing Team dominated the road.

In the final stretch, Sagan, who won the Amgen Tour of California by seconds in 2015 (SVK), began freelancing his way up through the peloton. With just seconds left to ride, Sagan charged the leaders from a few positions back, overtaking the field for a decisive stage victory, increasing his record of 16 stage wins. Sagan also picked up the Visit California Sprint Jersey today, which he’s taken home six times.

“It’s been a very good (Amgen) Tour of California (for our team). We won yesterday, we won today and we still have the yellow jersey. My brother was working a lot today in the front, and was chasing the breakaway all day….My teammates helped to get me in the right position for the last run, and I have to thank them very much for that,” said “King of California” Sagan.

De Vos remains 22nd overall.

Results

1. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:53:26
2. Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
3. Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
5. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
6. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
7. Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
8. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
9. Travis Mccabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
10. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
11. Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
12. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
13. Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
14. Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
15. John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
16. George Bennett (Nzl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo   0:03
17. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
18. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
19. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
20. Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
21. Samuel Sanchez (Esp) BMC Racing Team
22. Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team
23. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
24. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
25. Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
26. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
27. Luis Angel Mate (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
29. Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
30. Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
31. Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
32. Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
33. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
34. Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky
35. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
36. Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
37. Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
38. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
39. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Sky
40. Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
41. Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Trek-Segafredo
42. Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling
43. Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
44. Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
45. Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
46. Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors
47. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
48. Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
49. Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
50. Scott Thwaites (Gbr) Dimension Data
51. Matteo Dal Cin (Can) Rally Cycling
52. Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
53. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
54. Martin Elmiger (Sui) BMC Racing Team
55. Owain Doull (Gbr) Team Sky
56. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team
57. Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
58. Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
59. Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
60. Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
61. Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
62. Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
63. Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
64. Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
65. Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
66. Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
67. Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
68. Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
69. David Lopez (Esp) Team Sky
70. Javier Megias (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk
71. Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
72. David Lozano (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk
73. Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
74. Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
75. Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
76. Greg Henderson (Nzl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
77. Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
78. Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
79. Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
80. Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
81. Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
82. Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
83. Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
84. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
85. Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
86. Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
87. Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
88. Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
89. Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
90. Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
91. Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
92. Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team  0:26
93. Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
94. Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits  0:28
95. Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates  0:31
96. Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo
97. Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
98. Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
99. Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
100. Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
101. Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
102. Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
103. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo  0:36
104. Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
105. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
106. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
107. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors  0:39
108. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
109. Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo  0:45
110. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo  0:52
111. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data  0:54
112. Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac  1:00
113. Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky  1:02
114. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin  1:11
115. Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data
116. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Quick-Step Floors  1:15
117. Jonathan Dibben (Gbr) Team Sky  1:19
118. Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling  1:41
119. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
120. Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
121. Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team  1:50
122. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr) Team Sky  1:54
123. Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe  2:07
124. Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling  2:13
125. Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors
126. Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
127. Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
128. Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin  2:23
129. Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis  2:41
130. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data  3:06
DNF Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb

GC after Stage 3

1. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 12:22:43
2. George Bennett (Nzl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo   0:02
3. Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky  0:14
4. Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data  0:16
5. Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo  0:45
6. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team  0:48
7. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
8. Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
9. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
10. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
11. Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors
12. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Sky
13. Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Trek-Segafredo  0:53
14. Luis Angel Mate (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits  0:55
15. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
16. Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis  0:58
17. Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team  1:02
18. David Lopez (Esp) Team Sky  1:11
19. Samuel Sanchez (Esp) BMC Racing Team  1:25
20. Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
21. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team  3:11
22. Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling  3:48
23. Scott Thwaites (Gbr) Dimension Data  4:42
24. Greg Henderson (Nzl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team  4:43
25. Ben King (USA) Dimension Data  4:45
26. Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe  4:47
27. Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
28. Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
29. Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
30. Javier Megias (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk
31. Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac  5:31
32. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors  5:53
33. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr) Team Sky  7:02
34. Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac  8:00
35. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:43
36. Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling 0:11:06
37. Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:12:42
38. Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling 0:12:44
39. Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:12:45
40. Matteo Dal Cin (Can) Rally Cycling
41. Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
42. Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
43. Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
44. Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:13:13
45. Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling 0:13:16
46. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:17
47. Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:14:41
48. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Quick-Step Floors 0:14:43
49. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:15:21
50. Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
51. Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:04
52. Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:16:25
53. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:16:38
54. Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:17:43
55. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:17:49
56. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
57. Travis Mccabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
58. Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
59. Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:17:51
60. Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling 0:17:52
61. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 0:17:53
62. David Lozano (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 0:17:54
63. Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:17:55
64. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:17:56
65. Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
66. Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team
67. Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
68. Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
69. Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
70. Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
71. Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
72. Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
73. Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
74. Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
75. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
76. Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:18:16
77. Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 0:18:19
78. Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:18:20
79. Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:18:24
80. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:29
81. Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:18:38
82. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:45
83. Owain Doull (Gbr) Team Sky 0:18:47
84. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:18:54
85. Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:19:19
86. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:19:29
87. Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 0:2 6
88. Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:20:15
89. Jonathan Dibben (Gbr) Team Sky 0:20:22
90. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:20:40
91. Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 0:20:49
92. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:20:50
93. John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
94. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
95. Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:20:53
96. Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:20:54
97. Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 0:20:56
98. Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:20:57
99. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
100. Martin Elmiger (Sui) BMC Racing Team
101. Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
102. Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
103. Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
104. Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
105. Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
106. Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:21:18
107. Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:19
108. Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:21:20
109. Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
110. Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:21
111. Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:25
112. Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
113. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:21:30
114. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
115. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:21:33
116. Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:21:52
117. Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:21:54
118. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:21:55
119. Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:22:38
120. Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:22:40
121. Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:23:01
122. Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:23:03
123. Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:23:17
124. Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:23:23
125. Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:23:32
126. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:23:49
127. Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:23:52
128. Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:24:04
129. Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors 0:24:22
130. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:25:19