Tour California: Evan Huffman sorprende al pelotón en Santa Clarita (Vídeo)

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Huffman, vencedor en Santa Clarita el año pasado. Foto: Getty Images

Evan Huffman (1990, Rally Cycling) ha vencido en la cuarta etapa del Tour de California (WorldTour), de 159,5 kilómetros entre Santa Bárbara y Santa Clarita. Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe) sigue con el maillot amarillo de líder.

Britton y Huffman (Rally Cycling), Turnier (Cofidis), Hofstede (Sunweb) y Mannion (UnitedHealthcare) han protagonizado la fuga del día… y la han culminado.

Con el pelotón al acecho, los cinco han resistido y Huffman ha culminado la sorpresa con su compañero Britton, segundo, un doblete soñado para el Rally Cycling, uno de los dos equipos Continentales de la prueba. Huffman, quien corrió en el Astana en 2013 y 2014, sin éxito, ha logrado su hueco en Estados Unidos; hace una semanas, ganó el Tour de Gila (2.2).

La feroz persecución del pelotón, con corredores de QuickStep, Trek-Segafredo, Team Sky y Katusha-Alpecin, no conseguía alcanzar su objetivo de caza y el pelotón llegaba a 13 segundos.

La carrera se comienza a decidir hoy, en la etapa reina, 125 kilómetros con dos ascensiones de 1ª y la meta en el Mt. Baldy, 8,4 km al 8,4%.

4ª etapa:
1 Evan HUFFMAN USA RLY 3:41:52
2 Robert BRITTON CAN RLY 0
3 Lennard HOFSTEDE NED SUN 0
4 Mathias LE TURNIER FRA COF 0
5 Gavin MANION USA UHC 0
6 Peter SAGAN SVK BOH 13
7 John DEGENKOLB GER TFS 13
8 Marcel KITTEL GER QST 13
9 Alexander KRISTOFF NOR KAT 13
10 Simone CONSONNI ITA UAD 13
11 Ramon SINKELDAM NED SUN 13
12 Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG RSA DDD 13
13 Jonas VAN GENECHTEN BEL COF 13
14 Geoffrey SOUPE FRA COF 13
15 Elia VIVIANI ITA SKY 13
16 Greg HENDERSON NZL UHC 13
17 Jacob RATHE USA JBC 13
18 Serghei TVETCOV ROU JBC 13
19 Rafal MAJKA POL BOH 13
20 Ruslan TLEUBAYEV KAZ AST 13
21 Brent BOOKWALTER USA BMC 13
22 Adam DE VOS CAN RLY 13
23 Jhonatan RESTREPO VALENCIA COL KAT 13
24 Sam OOMEN NED SUN 13
25 Robert GESINK NED TLJ 13
26 Michael SCHÄR SUI BMC 13
27 Vegard Stake LAENGEN NOR UAD 13
28 Javier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE COL UHC 13
29 Andrew TALANSKY USA CDT 13
30 Luis Angel MATE MARDONES ESP COF 13
31 Charles PLANET FRA TNN 13
32 George BENNETT NZL TLJ 13
33 Floris DE TIER BEL TLJ 13
34 Matteo DAL-CIN CAN RLY 13
35 Haimar ZUBELDIA AGIRRE ESP TFS 13
36 Nicolas EDET FRA COF 13
37 Lachlan MORTON AUS DDD 13
38 Rick ZABEL GER KAT 13
39 Enric MAS NICOLAU ESP QST 13
40 Tao GEOGHEGAN HART GBR SKY 13
41 Ian BOSWELL USA SKY 13
42 Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ ESP BMC 13
43 Maximilian SCHACHMANN GER QST 13
44 Tiago MACHADO POR KAT 13
45 Benjamin KING USA DDD 13
46 Jonathan DIEBBEN GBR SKY 13
47 Maciej BODNAR POL BOH 22
48 Matteo TRENTIN ITA QST 24
49 Pawel POLJANSKI POL BOH 30
50 Scott THWAITES GBR DDD 30
51 Jay MCCARTHY AUS BOH 35
52 Nick DOUGALL RSA DDD 44
53 Yousef MIRZA BANIHAMMAD UAE UAD +1:43
54 Joonas HENTTALA FIN TNN +1:43
55 Javier MEGIAS LEAL ESP TNN +1:43
56 Stéphane ROSSETTO FRA COF +1:43
57 David LOPEZ GARCIA ESP SKY +1:43
58 Tom BOHLI SUI BMC +1:43
59 Daan OLIVIER NED TLJ +1:43
60 Nathan BROWN USA CDT +1:43
61 Kiel REIJNEN USA TFS +1:43
62 Sepp KUSS USA RLY +1:43
63 Tanner PUTT USA UHC +1:43
64 Michal KOLÁR SVK BOH +1:43
65 Sean BENNETT USA JBC +1:43
66 Laurens DE VREESE BEL AST +1:49
67 Roy CURVERS NED SUN +1:55
68 Joshua BERRY USA JBC +1:55
69 Alexey VERMEULEN USA TLJ +1:55
70 Owain DOULL GBR SKY +1:55
71 Fabio SABATINI ITA QST +1:55
72 Martin ELMIGER SUI BMC +2:34
73 Kristijan ÐURASEK CRO UAD +2:48
74 Marko KUMP SLO UAD +2:48
75 Nils POLITT GER KAT +3:00
76 Michael MORKOV DEN KAT +3:00
77 Wouter WIPPERT NED CDT +3:00
78 Taylor PHINNEY USA CDT +3:00
79 Guillaume BONNAFOND FRA COF +3:08
80 Yoann BAGOT FRA COF +3:13
81 Jordan CHEYNE CAN JBC +3:21
82 Koen DE KORT NED TFS +3:27
83 Markel IRIZAR ARANBURU ESP TFS +3:29
84 Jean-Pierre DRUCKER LUX BMC +3:29
85 Matti BRESCHEL DEN AST +3:29
86 Antwan TOLHOEK NED TLJ +3:29
87 Juraj SAGAN SVK BOH +3:29
88 Peter KENNAUGH GBR SKY +3:29
89 Bert-Jan LINDEMAN NED TLJ +3:32
90 Danny PATE USA RLY +3:49
91 Johannes FRÖHLINGER GER SUN +4:04
92 Bernhard EISEL AUT DDD +5:18
93 Travis MCCABE USA UHC +5:18
94 Zdenek ŠTYBAR CZE QST +5:22
95 Jack BAUER NZL QST +5:22
96 Brendan CANTY AUS CDT +5:56
97 Artyom ZAKHAROV KAZ AST +6:22
98 Koen BOUWMAN NED TLJ +6:22
99 Alberto BETTIOL ITA CDT +6:22
100 Filippo GANNA ITA UAD +6:22
101 Mads Würtz SCHMIDT DEN KAT +7:51
102 Lawson CRADDOCK USA CDT +10:12
103 Rúben GUERREIRO POR TFS +10:58
104 Christopher WILLIAMS AUS TNN +11:53
105 Ulises Alfredo CASTILLO SOTO MEX JBC +11:53
106 Romain GIOUX FRA TNN +11:53
107 Andrea PERON ITA TNN +11:53
108 Ben WOLFE USA JBC +11:53
109 Floris GERFS NED BMC +11:53
110 Daniel EATON USA UHC +11:53
111 Marco MATHIS GER KAT +11:53
112 Arman KAMYSHEV KAZ AST +11:53
113 Mike TEUNISSEN NED SUN +11:53
114 Andrea GUARDINI ITA UAD +11:53
115 Martijn VERSCHOOR NED TNN +11:53
116 David LOZANO RIBA ESP TNN +11:53
117 Erik BASKA SVK BOH +11:53
118 Tyler FARRAR USA DDD +11:53
119 GREGORY DANIEL USA TFS +11:53
120 Mark RENSHAW AUS DDD +11:53
121 Martin VELITS SVK QST +11:53
122 Federico ZURLO ITA UAD +11:53
123 Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO DIEZ COL UHC +11:53
124 Daniil FOMINYKH KAZ AST +11:53
125 Miles SCOTSON AUS BMC +11:53
126 Colin JOYCE USA RLY +11:53
127 Jonathan CLARKE AUS UHC +11:53
128 Riccardo MINALI ITA AST +11:53
129 Truls KORSÆTH NOR AST +11:53
DSQ Danny VAN POPPEL NED SKY

General:
1 Rafal MAJKA Poland BOH 16:04:48
2 George BENNETT New Zealand TLJ 2
3 Ian BOSWELL United States SKY 14
4 Lachlan MORTON Australia DDD 16
5 Robert GESINK Netherlands TLJ 45
6 Brent BOOKWALTER United States BMC 48
7 Sam OOMEN Netherlands SUN 48
8 Andrew TALANSKY United States CDT 48
9 Vegard Stake LAENGEN Norway UAD 48
10 Maximilian SCHACHMANN Germany QST 48
11 Enric MAS NICOLAU Spain QST 48
12 Tao GEOGHEGAN HART Great Britain SKY 48
13 Haimar ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Spain TFS 53
14 Luis Angel MATE MARDONES Spain COF 55
15 Nicolas EDET France COF 55
16 Serghei TVETCOV Romania JBC 58
17 Javier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE Colombia UHC +1:02
18 Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Spain BMC +1:25
19 Jhonatan RESTREPO VALENCIA Colombia KAT +1:25
20 David LOPEZ GARCIA Spain SKY +2:41
21 Michael SCHÄR Switzerland BMC +3:11
22 Adam DE VOS Canada RLY +3:48
23 Greg HENDERSON New Zealand UHC +4:43
24 Benjamin KING United States DDD +4:45
25 Tiago MACHADO Portugal KAT +4:47
26 Scott THWAITES Great Britain DDD +4:59
27 Pawel POLJANSKI Poland BOH +5:04
28 Jay MCCARTHY Australia BOH +5:09
29 Matteo TRENTIN Italy QST +6:04
30 Stéphane ROSSETTO France COF +6:17
31 Javier MEGIAS LEAL Spain TNN +6:17
32 Nathan BROWN United States CDT +7:01
33 Peter KENNAUGH Great Britain SKY +10:18
34 Peter SAGAN Slovakia BOH +10:43
35 Robert BRITTON Canada RLY +12:23
36 Sepp KUSS United States RLY +12:36
37 Matteo DAL-CIN Canada RLY +12:45
38 Floris DE TIER Belgium TLJ +12:45
39 Evan HUFFMAN United States RLY +12:51
40 Brendan CANTY Australia CDT +13:43
41 Daan OLIVIER Netherlands TLJ +14:15
42 Geoffrey SOUPE France COF +15:21
43 Matti BRESCHEL Denmark AST +15:58
44 Yoann BAGOT France COF +16:13
45 Nils POLITT Germany KAT +17:04
46 Lennard HOFSTEDE Netherlands SUN +17:35
47 Rick ZABEL Germany KAT +17:43
48 Gavin MANION United States UHC +17:43
49 Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG South Africa DDD +17:49
50 Alexander KRISTOFF Norway KAT +17:49
51 Simone CONSONNI Italy UAD +17:49
52 Mathias LE TURNIER France COF +17:59
53 Nick DOUGALL South Africa DDD +18:27
54 Alberto BETTIOL Italy CDT +18:54
55 Tanner PUTT United States UHC +19:25
56 Kiel REIJNEN United States TFS +19:26
57 Tom BOHLI Switzerland BMC +19:26
58 Laurens DE VREESE Belgium AST +19:32
59 Guillaume BONNAFOND France COF +19:33
60 Joshua BERRY United States JBC +19:38
61 Alexey VERMEULEN United States TLJ +19:38
62 Roy CURVERS Netherlands SUN +19:38
63 Sean BENNETT United States JBC +19:50
64 Jack BAUER New Zealand QST +19:52
65 Charles PLANET France TNN +20:15
66 Jonathan DIEBBEN Great Britain SKY +20:22
67 Owain DOULL Great Britain SKY +20:29
68 Marcel KITTEL Germany QST +20:40
69 Elia VIVIANI Italy SKY +20:49
70 John DEGENKOLB Germany TFS +20:50
71 Ramon SINKELDAM Netherlands SUN +20:50
72 Jacob RATHE United States JBC +20:57
73 Kristijan ÐURASEK Croatia UAD +21:04
74 Michael MORKOV Denmark KAT +21:11
75 Antwan TOLHOEK Netherlands TLJ +21:12
76 Jonas VAN GENECHTEN Belgium COF +21:18
77 Markel IRIZAR ARANBURU Spain TFS +22:01
78 Maciej BODNAR Poland BOH +22:04
79 Yousef MIRZA BANIHAMMAD United Arab Emirates UAD +22:27
80 Joonas HENTTALA Finland TNN +22:27
81 Michal KOLÁR Slovakia BOH +22:27
82 Artyom ZAKHAROV Kazakhstan AST +22:34
83 Travis MCCABE United States UHC +22:54
84 Zdenek ŠTYBAR Czech Republic QST +23:02
85 Fabio SABATINI Italy QST +23:15
86 Martin ELMIGER Switzerland BMC +23:18
87 Wouter WIPPERT Netherlands CDT +23:40
88 Taylor PHINNEY United States CDT +23:41
89 Danny PATE United States RLY +23:42
90 Ruslan TLEUBAYEV Kazakhstan AST +23:52
91 Marko KUMP Slovenia UAD +23:56
92 Jean-Pierre DRUCKER Luxembourg BMC +24:06
93 Koen DE KORT Netherlands TFS +24:11
94 Daniel EATON United States UHC +24:25
95 Jordan CHEYNE Canada JBC +24:33
96 Koen BOUWMAN Netherlands TLJ +24:47
97 Bert-Jan LINDEMAN Netherlands TLJ +24:49
98 Johannes FRÖHLINGER Germany SUN +25:21
99 Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO DIEZ Colombia UHC +26:21
100 Juraj SAGAN Slovakia BOH +26:48
101 Rúben GUERREIRO Portugal TFS +26:49
102 Miles SCOTSON Australia BMC +27:01
103 Filippo GANNA Italy UAD +27:28
104 Bernhard EISEL Austria DDD +28:54
105 Floris GERFS Netherlands BMC +29:31
106 Colin JOYCE United States RLY +29:32
107 David LOZANO RIBA Spain TNN +29:34
108 Andrea PERON Italy TNN +29:36
109 Arman KAMYSHEV Kazakhstan AST +29:36
110 Truls KORSÆTH Norway AST +29:59
111 Mads Würtz SCHMIDT Denmark KAT +30:18
112 Mike TEUNISSEN Netherlands SUN +30:34
113 Daniil FOMINYKH Kazakhstan AST +30:59
114 Jonathan CLARKE Australia UHC +31:09
115 Lawson CRADDOCK United States CDT +31:53
116 Ulises Alfredo CASTILLO SOTO Mexico JBC +32:37
117 Martijn VERSCHOOR Netherlands TNN +32:37
118 Riccardo MINALI Italy AST +33:00
119 Erik BASKA Slovakia BOH +33:00
120 GREGORY DANIEL United States TFS +33:05
121 Christopher WILLIAMS Australia TNN +33:32
122 Andrea GUARDINI Italy UAD +34:18
123 Federico ZURLO Italy UAD +34:41
124 Tyler FARRAR United States DDD +34:43
125 Marco MATHIS Germany KAT +34:57
126 Romain GIOUX France TNN +35:03
127 Ben WOLFE United States JBC +35:44
128 Martin VELITS Slovakia QST +36:02
129 Mark RENSHAW Australia DDD +36:59