Quick-Step Floors’ Fernando Gaviria won the 134.5km first stage of the Tour of California in Long Beach yesterday.
The Colombian completed the stage in 3:02:23, beating Mitchelton-Scott’s Caleb Ewan (Australia) and Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan (Slovakia) in a sprint.
Quick-Step Floors’ Fernando Gaviria won the 134.5km first stage of the Tour of California in Long Beach. Photo: Getty Images
DiData’s Mark Cavendish (Britain) finished 10th, Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands) 32nd, Julien Vermote (Belgium) 50th, Lachlan Morton (Australia) 94th, Scott Davies (Britain) 96th and Jay Thomson (South Africa) 98th.
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Stage one
1. Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 3:02:23
2. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
3. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
4. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
5. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
6. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Hagens Berman Axeon
7. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
8. Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
9. Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling
10. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
