Tour de Alberta: Peter Sagan empezó ratificando su favoritismo. Andrés Miguel Díaz a 49 segundos

El corredor eslovaco Peter Sagan (Cannondale) con un tiempo de 8 minutos, 28 segundos se impuso en el prólogo del Tour de Alberta que presentó un recorrido de 7,3 kilómetros en Edmonton, y que sirvió de apertura a la tradicional competencia canadiense.

El popular ‘Bicho’ que de paso se vistió de primer líder de la carrera, llegó a su victoria número 19 de la temporada, venciendo al australiano Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp), en 13 segundos, al sueco Tobias Ludvigsson (Argos-Shimano) en 14 y en 20 segundos al oceánico Cadel Evans (BMC Racing).

El único colombiano en competencia, Andres Miguel Díaz (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) se ubicó en el puesto 41 a 49 segundos de Sagan. Este miércoles se disputará la primera etapa entre Strathcona County – Camrose, con un recorrido de 158 kms.

Resultados:

Prólogo y Clasificación General Individual:

1 Peter Sagan (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 8:28
2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:13
3 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 0:14
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:20
5 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:21
6 Chad Haga (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:23
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) ORICA-GreenEDGE 0:29
8 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:30
9 Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:30
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:30
11 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 0:30
12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:31
13 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:32
14 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:33
15 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:34
16 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 0:35
17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:35
18 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:36
19 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:39
20 Cam Meyer (Aus) ORICA-GreenEDGE 0:39
21 Shawn Milne (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda 0:39
22 Charles Huff (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:40
23 Rob Britton (Can) Canadian National Team 0:41
24 Robert Sweeting (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda 0:42
25 Edward King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:42
26 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Canadian National Team 0:42
27 Francisco Mancebo (Spain) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda 0:43
28 Eric Marcotte (USA) SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0:43
29 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:43
30 Serghei Tvetcov (Mld) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:43
31 Jakub Novak (Cze) BMC Racing Team 0:44
32 Ryan Roth (Can) Champion System Pro Cycling 0:44
33 Adam Farabaugh (USA) Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0:44
34 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:45
35 Travis Mccabe (USA) SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0:45
36 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:46
37 Zach Bell (Can) Champion System Pro Cycling 0:47
38 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:47
39 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:48
40 David Williams (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda 0:48
41 Andrés Miguel Diaz (Col) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda 0:49
42 Kristofer Dahl (Can) SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0:49
43 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling 0:50
44 Nic Hamlton (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:50
45 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 0:50
46 Michael Olsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 0:51
47 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:51
48 Jason Mccartney (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0:52
49 Taylor Shelden (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda 0:52
50 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:53
51 Silvan Dillier (Sui) BMC Racing Team 0:53
52 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0:53
53 Robert Forster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:53
54 Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:53
55 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:54
56 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:54
57 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:54
58 Alexander Cataford (Can) Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0:54
59 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:55
60 Michael Hepburn (Aus) ORICA-GreenEDGE 0:55
61 Bruno Langlois (Can) Equipe Garneau-Québecor 0:56
62 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano 0:56
63 Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:56
64 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:57
65 Fabian Wegemann (Ger) Team Garmin-Sharp 0:57
66 Garrett Mcleod (Can) Canadian National Team 0:57
67 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) ORICA-GreenEDGE 0:57
68 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 0:59
69 Emerson Oronte (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:59
70 Clay Murfet (Aus) SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 0:59
71 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:59
72 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling 1:00
73 Clinton Avery (NZl) Champion System Pro Cycling 1:00
74 Shane Kline (USA) SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 1:02
75 Sean Mazich (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 1:04
76 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:06
77 Nicholai Brochner (Den) Bissell Pro Cycling 1:06
78 Ken Hanson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 1:09
79 Pierrick Naud (Can) Equipe Garneau-Québecor 1:10
80 Ryan Aitcheson (Can) Canadian National Team 1:11
81 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:11
82 Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Canadian National Team 1:12
83 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:12
84 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 1:12
85 Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team 1:12
86 Flavio De Luna (Mex) SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 1:13
87 Michael Woods (Can) Equipe Garneau-Québecor 1:13
88 Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:15
89 Bobby Lea (USA) SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 1:15
90 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 1:21
91 Stuart Wight (Can) Canadian National Team 1:22
92 Derrick St John (Can) Canadian National Team 1:22
93 Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1:22
94 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling 1:22
95 Aidis Kroupis (Ltu) ORICA-GreenEDGE 1:25
96 William Clarke (Aus) Team Argos-Shimano 1:26
97 Fummi Beppu (Japan) ORICA-GreenEDGE 1:27
98 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1:27
99 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:28
100 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 1:28
101 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 1:31
102 Simon-Pierre Gauthier (Can) Equipe Garneau-Québecor 1:31
103 Michael Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 1:33
104 Chad Beyer (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling 1:34
105 Jean-Sebastien Perron (Can) Canadian National Team 1:37
106 Max Jenkins (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1:37
107 Aldo Ilesic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:38
108 Jiyong Kang (Kor) ORICA-GreenEDGE 1:44
109 Fu Shiu Cheung (HKg) Champion System Pro Cycling 1:44
110 Michael Chauner (USA) Equipe Garneau-Québecor 1:49
111 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:49
112 Benjamin Chaddock (Can) SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis 1:51
113 Dennisvan Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:59
114 Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2:03
115 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 2:04
116 Geoffroy Dussault (Can) Equipe Garneau-Québecor 2:15
117 James Stemper (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda 2:21