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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (VN) – Peter Sagan now has 17 wins per stage.

Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) surfed the wheels of Team Ineos and Deceuninck-Quick Step in the chaotic final of the first leg of the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday, before launching a winning sprint 150 meters. Sagan crossed the finish line in the shadow of the California State Capitol building, just in front of American Travis McCabe (USA Cycling) to win his 17th career stage win at the the race in California.

This is Sagan's first win in California since 2017.

"Last year, I did not win, but I'm very happy to be able to catch another one," said Sagan. "It will be nice to have a record here in the California Tour."

Sagan's victory came after a mere 143-kilometer leg that drove runners from downtown Sacramento to rural farming communities east of the city. Four riders quickly escaped the race: Michael Schar (CCC team), Tyler Stites (USA Cycling), Laurens de Vreese (Astana) and Charles Planet (Novo Nordisk).

The peloton left the group a minute apart for a good part of the day, until the group's riders began to retreat. The first was from Vreese, who finished with 70 km remaining. Next was Schar, who moved back with 60 miles to go.

Planet was the last escaped runner on the left and he was swept within 30 km.

Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe team took the lead with Deceuninck-Quick Step, which aimed to install his fast man Fabio Jakobsen. But confusion in the last few kilometers saw Sagan take a key position in the push towards the final.

Sagan said he does not expect to hold the Yellow Race leader on Monday's climb to South Lake Tahoe, but he hopes his teammates Felix Grosschartner or Max Schachmann will be able to take the lead.

"It's important to have the yellow jersey with maybe Felix or Schachmann, but if it's not needed tomorrow we'll see," Sagan said. "Of course we will not keep it with me."

Birthday gift for McCabe

McCabe also surfed the wheels in the chaotic finale and slid on Sagan's wheel 200 meters from the end. The American was embarrassed by Sagan's initial acceleration, but he gave up money on the last free-kick in the straight line to finish at one bike length of the triple world champion.

The result is McCabe's best result at the Amgen Tour of California, the day he turned 30. Before the start, advertisers presented McCabe with a birthday cake.

"I took the speed, then Peter came back on two wheels and I'm happy with second place," McCabe said. "It's a great birthday present for me."

McCabe runs for the USA Cycling Men's National Team, made up of young riders from different teams. McCabe was chosen to be part of the team as a veteran to help lead the team in the race. McCabe stated that he had a strong relationship with all the riders on the team, including Stites, with whom he had trained in Tucson, Arizona.

"I'm training all the time with Tyler – he's a Tucson boy," McCabe said. "I was riding with him when he was 12 years old."

The Amgen California Tour will continue Monday with a 214.5 km leg to South Lake Tahoe.

Amgen Tour of California – Stage 1 Results

Rank	first name	Team	Time
1	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	3:14:10
2	MCCABE Travis	United States	,,
3	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	,,
4	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	INEOS Team	,,
5	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
6	DOULL Owain	INEOS Team	,,
7	DEGENKOLB John	Trek – Segafredo	0:04
8	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	,,
9	BAŠKA Erik	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
ten	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
11	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
12	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
13	BRYON Miguel	United States	,,
14	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Team dimension data	,,
15	BOUHANNI Nacer	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
16	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	,,
17	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
18	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
19	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
20	HERNANDEZ Michael	United States	,,
21	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
22	MANNION Gavin	UHC cycling rally	,,
23	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
24	BALLERINI Davide	Astana Pro Team	,,
25	Neilson	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
26	MOSCON Gianni	INEOS Team	,,
27	DE LA CRUZ David	INEOS Team	,,
28	MCNULTY Brandon	UHC cycling rally	,,
29	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	,,
30	ENGER Sondre Holst	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
31	STITES Tyler	United States	,,
32	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	EF Education First	,,
33	ALMEIDA João	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
34	HOULE Hugo	Astana Pro Team	,,
35	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	,,
36	CRAS Steff	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
37	HAAS Nathan	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
38	BRITTON Rob	UHC cycling rally	,,
39	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
40	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek – Segafredo	,,
41	ROSA Diego	INEOS Team	,,
42	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
43	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
44	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
45	RICHIE DOOR	Trek – Segafredo	,,
46	GONÇALVES José	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
47	ROWE Luke	INEOS Team	,,
48	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
49	Hansen Jesper	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
50	SWIRBUL Keegan	United States	,,
51	HOEHN Alex	United States	,,
52	HIGUA Sergio	EF Education First	,,
53	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	,,
54	MUÑOZ Cristian Camilo	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
55	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	,,
56	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
57	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	,,
58	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek – Segafredo	,,
59	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
60	URÁN Rigoberto	EF Education First	,,
61	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Team	,,
62	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
63	MURPHY Kyle	UHC cycling rally	,,
64	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana Pro Team	,,
65	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	,,
66	KUSZTOR Farther	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
67	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain Merida	,,
68	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	,,
69	BAK Lars Ytting	Team dimension data	,,
70	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana Pro Team	,,
71	TIER Floris	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
72	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
73	STETINA Peter	Trek – Segafredo	,,
74	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	,,
75	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	,,
76	KING Ben	Team dimension data	,,
77	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	,,
78	EG Niklas	Trek – Segafredo	0:15
79	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
80	ANDERSON Edward	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
81	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
82	HUFFMAN Evan	UHC cycling rally	,,
83	ASEURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
84	MEINTJES Louis	Team dimension data	,,
85	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
86	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
87	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana Pro Team	,,
88	BARTA Will	CCC Team	,,
89	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
90	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	,,
91	BADILATTI Matteo	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
92	THE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
93	FABBRO Matteo	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
94	BOARDMAN Samuel	United States	,,
95	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	,,
96	CALABRIA Fabio	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
97	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
98	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
99	MARK Sam	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
100	ORONTE Emerson	UHC cycling rally	0:21
101	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	,,
102	RICE Michael	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
103	BROWN Jonny	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
104	ÁVILA Edwin	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
105	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
106	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	,,
107	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team dimension data	0:26
108	ELLSAY Nigel	UHC cycling rally	,,
109	CAVENDISH Mark	Team dimension data	0:30
110	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	,,
111	ZABEL Rick	Team Katusha – Alpecin	0:33
112	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	,,
113	OSS Daniel	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
114	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	,,
115	DAVIS Cole	Hagens Berman Axeon	0:44
116	GARRISON Ian	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
117	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma team	0:45
118	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
119	SAGAN Juraj	BORA – hansgrohe	0:51
120	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
121	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	0:54
122	FORTIN Filippo	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	0:56
123	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	,,
124	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma team	0:59
125	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
126	BJERG Mikkel	Hagens Berman Axeon	2:02
127	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek – Segafredo	,,
128	EISEL Bernhard	Team dimension data	2:07
129	GATTO Oscar	BORA – hansgrohe	3:29
130	STORE Michael	Team Sunweb	4:20
131	CORT Magnus	Astana Pro Team	,,
132	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk Team	5:31

Rank	first name	Team	Time
1	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	3:14:00
2	MCCABE Travis	United States	0:04
3	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	0:06
4	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	INEOS Team	0:10
5	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
6	DOULL Owain	INEOS Team	,,
7	STITES Tyler	United States	0:11
8	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma team	0:13
9	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana Pro Team	,,
ten	DEGENKOLB John	Trek – Segafredo	0:14
11	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	,,
12	BAŠKA Erik	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
13	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
14	PERON Andrea	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
15	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
16	BRYON Miguel	United States	,,
17	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Team dimension data	,,
18	BOUHANNI Nacer	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
19	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	,,
20	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
21	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
22	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
23	HERNANDEZ Michael	United States	,,
24	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
25	MANNION Gavin	UHC cycling rally	,,
26	BALLERINI Davide	Astana Pro Team	,,
27	Neilson	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
28	MOSCON Gianni	INEOS Team	,,
29	DE LA CRUZ David	INEOS Team	,,
30	MCNULTY Brandon	UHC cycling rally	,,
31	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	,,
32	ENGER Sondre Holst	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
33	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	EF Education First	,,
34	ALMEIDA João	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
35	HOULE Hugo	Astana Pro Team	,,
36	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	,,
37	CRAS Steff	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
38	HAAS Nathan	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
39	BRITTON Rob	UHC cycling rally	,,
40	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
41	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek – Segafredo	,,
42	ROSA Diego	INEOS Team	,,
43	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
44	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
45	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
46	RICHIE DOOR	Trek – Segafredo	,,
47	GONÇALVES José	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
48	ROWE Luke	INEOS Team	,,
49	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
50	Hansen Jesper	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
51	SWIRBUL Keegan	United States	,,
52	HOEHN Alex	United States	,,
53	HIGUA Sergio	EF Education First	,,
54	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	,,
55	MUÑOZ Cristian Camilo	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
56	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	,,
57	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
58	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	,,
59	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek – Segafredo	,,
60	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
61	URÁN Rigoberto	EF Education First	,,
62	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Team	,,
63	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
64	MURPHY Kyle	UHC cycling rally	,,
65	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana Pro Team	,,
66	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	,,
67	KUSZTOR Farther	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
68	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain Merida	,,
69	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	,,
70	BAK Lars Ytting	Team dimension data	,,
71	TIER Floris	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
72	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
73	STETINA Peter	Trek – Segafredo	,,
74	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	,,
75	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	,,
76	KING Ben	Team dimension data	,,
77	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	,,
78	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	0:23
79	EG Niklas	Trek – Segafredo	0:25
80	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
81	ANDERSON Edward	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
82	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
83	HUFFMAN Evan	UHC cycling rally	,,
84	ASEURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
85	MEINTJES Louis	Team dimension data	,,
86	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
87	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
88	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana Pro Team	,,
89	BARTA Will	CCC Team	,,
90	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
91	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	,,
92	BADILATTI Matteo	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
93	THE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
94	FABBRO Matteo	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
95	BOARDMAN Samuel	United States	,,
96	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	,,
97	CALABRIA Fabio	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
98	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
99	MARK Sam	Novo Nordisk Team	,,
100	ORONTE Emerson	UHC cycling rally	0:31
101	BERNAS Paweł	CCC Team	,,
102	RICE Michael	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
103	BROWN Jonny	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
104	ÁVILA Edwin	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
105	Guy SAGIV	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
106	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	,,
107	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team dimension data	0:36
108	ELLSAY Nigel	UHC cycling rally	,,
109	CAVENDISH Mark	Team dimension data	0:40
110	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	,,
111	ZABEL Rick	Team Katusha – Alpecin	0:43
112	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	,,
113	OSS Daniel	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
114	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	,,
115	DAVIS Cole	Hagens Berman Axeon	0:54
116	GARRISON Ian	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
117	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma team	0:55
118	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
119	SAGAN Juraj	BORA – hansgrohe	1:01
120	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
121	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	1:04
122	FORTIN Filippo	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	1:06
123	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	,,
124	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma team	1:09
125	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
126	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek – Segafredo	2:09
127	BJERG Mikkel	Hagens Berman Axeon	2:12
128	EISEL Bernhard	Team dimension data	2:17
129	GATTO Oscar	BORA – hansgrohe	3:39
130	STORE Michael	Team Sunweb	4:30 p.m.
131	CORT Magnus	Astana Pro Team	,,
132	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk Team	5:39

Rank	first name	Team	Points
1	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	15
2	MCCABE Travis	United States	12
3	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	9
4	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	INEOS Team	7
5	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	6
6	DOULL Owain	INEOS Team	5
7	DEGENKOLB John	Trek – Segafredo	4
8	STITES Tyler	United States	3
9	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek – Segafredo	3
ten	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	3
11	BAŠKA Erik	BORA – hansgrohe	2
12	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	2
13	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk Team	2
14	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma team	1
15	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana Pro Team	1
16	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	1

Rank	first name	Team	Time
1	STITES Tyler	United States	3:14:11
2	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	0:03
3	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	,,
4	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
5	HERNANDEZ Michael	United States	,,
6	MCNULTY Brandon	UHC cycling rally	,,
7	ALMEIDA João	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
8	HOEHN Alex	United States	,,
9	HIGUA Sergio	EF Education First	,,
ten	ANDERSON Edward	Hagens Berman Axeon	0:14
11	BROWN Jonny	Hagens Berman Axeon	0:20
12	DAVIS Cole	Hagens Berman Axeon	0:43
13	GARRISON Ian	Hagens Berman Axeon	,,
14	BJERG Mikkel	Hagens Berman Axeon	2:01
15	STORE Michael	Team Sunweb	4:19

Rank	first name	Time
1	INEOS Team	9:42:34
2	BORA – hansgrohe	0:04
3	United States	,,
4	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
5	UAE-Team Emirates	0:08
6	Jumbo-Visma team	,,
7	UHC cycling rally	,,
8	Trek – Segafredo	,,
9	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
ten	Cofidis, Credits Solutions	,,
11	EF Education First	,,
12	Astana Pro Team	,,
13	CCC Team	,,
14	Bahrain Merida	,,
15	Team dimension data	,,
16	Team Sunweb	0:15
17	Novo Nordisk Team	0:19
18	Israel Cycling Academy	,,
19	Hagens Berman Axeon	0:36

Results provided by ProCyclingStats.