“It’s good to have a lead but I’ll still have to be attentive tomorrow,” Salas told Pedal post-race. Both teams planned to be aggressive so when at kilometer two, when Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale the eventual winner of the stage attacked, both Canadians jumped at the opportunity.
Boily ended up without help from any teammates in the break while Salas was grateful to have teammate Andrew Bajadali with him in the break. “It helped a lot having Andrew with me and it was super important for the day’s result,” confided Salas.
Without a doubt today’s stage was an important day for KOM points as there were four climbs. Boily won the first KOM climb but told Pedal “… soon after I figure Salas must have found his legs cause the 2nd, 3rd and 4th KOMs were all won by him.”
Nothing comes easy and Salas had to dig deep for his points. “I felt great today, but it was a hard day,” admitted Salas. Boily, also content with his effort, agreed. “It was a very, very hard day. Sébastian was very strong and I give him a big congratulations – he deserves it.”
After the last KOM with 44km to go Salas found himself alone with Georges but decided to sit up. “Eventhough I was feeling good, I had to think about the next two days, because we’re here to win the KOM and therefore have priorities.” Salas said that Team Optum has been 100% supportive and has helped him a lot in the breaks and during the rough patches.
When asked how this result faired in comparison to previous achievements, Salas told us, “Definitely the biggest but hopefully more to come. Last year I was watching these guys on TV and now I’m riding beside them.”
Next up for both riders is two more days of racing in California. Both will continue to race hard and look for more opportunities, “Tomorrow is another day and the team will continue to race hard,” said Boily. Both teams have strong sprinters and possibly these climbers will have to help out the sprinters come Sunday.
After California, Salas gets a short break. “First some time off and then I get ready for the Tour de Beauce, followed by the Road Nationals, and then I get married in July!”
For the young Boily, he’ll be getting ready for the next Nations Cup which is the equivalent to a U23 World Cup series. Boily is excited because the next event is in Saguenay, his hometown.
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Results
1. Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5:07:06
2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:28
3. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4. Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Argos-Shimano
5. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano
6. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
9. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
10. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
11. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
12. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
13. Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
14. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
16. Marc De Maar (Aho) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
17. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
18. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
19. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
20. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling
21. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
22. Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
23. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team
24. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
25. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
26. Joseph Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
27. Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan
28. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
29. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes
30. Raymond Kunzli (Sui) Spidertech Powered By C10
31. George Bennett (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan
32. Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies
33. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
34. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy
35. Ian Boswell (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
36. Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
37. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
38. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes
39. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
41. Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
42. Brian Vandborg (Den) SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:00:42
43. Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 0:00:51
44. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:00
45. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
46. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
47. Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy
48. Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies
49. Lucas Euser (USA) SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:01:09
50. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:01:14
51. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:18
52. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:20
53. Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:01:30
54. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:33
55. Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
56. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
57. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
58. Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
59. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:01:40
60. Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:45
61. Grégory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:06
62. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:23
63. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 0:03:39
64. Andrés Díaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy 0:04:16
65. Sébastian Salas (Can) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:04:41
66. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan 0:07:37
67. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:15:38
68. Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-Shimano
69. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:16:08
70. David Boily (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:16:15
71. Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy 0:25:38
72. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
73. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:30:12
74. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
75. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
76. Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
77. Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes
78. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
79. Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling
80. Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes
81. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
82. Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes
83. Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano
84. Logan Loader (USA) Team Exergy
85. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
86. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos-Shimano
87. Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy
88. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
89. Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team
90. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
91. Hugo Houle (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10
92. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
93. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
94. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
95. Guillaume Boivin (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10
96. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
97. Ken Hanson (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies
98. Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
99. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
100. Ryan Anderson (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10
101. Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
102. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
103. Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
104. Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda
105. Jason McCartney (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
106. Thomas Zirbel (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies
107. Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
108. Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling
109. Josh Atkins (Nzl) Bontrager Livestrong Team
110. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies
111. Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
112. Nathan Brown (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
113. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
114. Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos-Shimano
DNF Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes
DNF Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano
DNF Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
GC after Stage 6
1. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 25:37:05
2. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:34
3. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:39
4. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:45
5. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:48
6. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:01
7. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:07
8. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:01:10
9. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:26
10. Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:01:30
11. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
12. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:01:37
13. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:40
14. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:44
15. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:52
16. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 0:02:01
17. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:05
18. Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
19. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
20. Marc De Maar (Aho) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:02:07
21. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy 0:02:09
22. Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
23. Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:27
24. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 0:02:35
25. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:41
26. Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:50
27. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:53
28. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:54
29. Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:02:57
30. Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:25
31. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:03:31
32. George Bennett (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:35
33. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:03:40
34. Ian Boswell (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:03:57
35. Joseph Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:03:59
36. Raymond Kunzli (Sui) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:04:08
37. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:09
38. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:10
39. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:04:37
40. Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy 0:04:45
41. Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:05:01
42. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 0:05:07
43. Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:05:13
44. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:37
45. Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:05:43
46. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:55
47. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:14
48. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:07:19
49. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:07:47
50. Andrés Díaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy 0:08:17
51. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:38
52. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10:00
53. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:11
54. Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:12:17
55. Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:12:37
56. Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:13:40
57. Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:13:59
58. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:18:26
59. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano 0:18:47
60. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:19:07
61. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:21:39
62. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:22:37
63. Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:23:31
64. Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:25:57
65. Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 0:27:16
66. Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-Shimano 0:28:50
67. Grégory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan 0:28:58
68. Nathan Brown (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:31:33
69. Josh Atkins (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:33:57
70. Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:34:09
71. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling 0:35:39
72. Sébastian Salas (Can) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:37:28
73. Hugo Houle (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:39:32
74. Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 0:40:39
75. Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano 0:41:17
76. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:42:18
77. Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:43:50
78. David Boily (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:44:57
79. Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:45:41
80. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:46:35
81. Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:46:40
82. Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:47:27
83. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:48:02
84. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:49:36
85. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:50:33
86. Thomas Zirbel (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:50:37
87. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:51:31
88. Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy 0:52:34
89. Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:52:59
90. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:54:52
91. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:54:59
92. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:56:10
93. Ryan Anderson (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:56:13
94. Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0:59:23
95. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 1:01:08
96. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 1:02:42
97. Guillaume Boivin (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10 1:03:19
98. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 1:04:48
99. Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 1:07:38
100. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos-Shimano 1:07:51
101. Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1:09:13
102. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:09:36
103. Ken Hanson (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 1:10:47
104. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:11:08
105. Jason McCartney (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 1:12:00
106. Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy 1:14:29
107. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:15:52
108. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 1:16:09
109. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:17:32
110. Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling 1:19:27
111. Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 1:19:57
112. Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:21:02
113. Logan Loader (USA) Team Exergy 1:25:55
114. Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 1:26:42
Mountain Classification
1. Sébastian Salas (Can) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 65 pts
2. David Boily (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10 48
3. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling 22
4. Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 16
5. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 15
6. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano 14
7. Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 11
8. Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
9. Grégory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan 10
10. Josh Atkins (Nzl) Bontrager Livestrong Team 10
11. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 9
12. Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-Shimano 9
13. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 9
14. Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 8
15. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 8
16. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 8
17. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
18. Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 7
19. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 7
20. Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 7
21. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 6
22. Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes 6
23. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 6
24. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
25. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
26. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
27. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
28. George Bennett (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan 5
29. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 5
30. Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 4
31. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4
32. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan 4
33. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies 4
34. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
35. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
36. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
37. Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 3
38. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 3
39. Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 2
40. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 2
41. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 1