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Wednesday, May 13: Stage 4, Pismo Beach - Avila Beach, 173.1 km (106.9 miles)

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Peter Sagan wins Tour of California stage 4

The Race: Today had a four-man break leave the pack before the stage was very old. Gregory Daniel, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Kiel Reijnen and Jesse Anthony tried their luck and did build a lead of more than three minutes. But GC leader Toms Skujins' Hincapie squad kept them on a short leash. They weren't going to give up the race leadership easily.

With less than 30 kilometers to go the break started to come apart. Finally it was just Gregory Daniel trying to stay away in the stage's final kilometers. Eventually he too, was rounded up.

It was looking like a normal giant romp for the line, but BMC's Daniel Oss threw a wrench into the machinery with a last-minute flier. He never got much of a gap and with the pack unwinding its sprint, he was caught and placed eighth.

But, coming from well back in the sprint, Peter Sagan turned on the power and blasted to the front to win the stage.

GC leader Toms Skujins finished in the pack, 67th, to remain the overall leader.

Complete Results:

1	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	4hr 6min 56sec
2	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	s.t.
3	Mark CAVENDISH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
4	Lucas Sebastian HAEDO	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
5	Tyler FARRAR	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
6	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
7	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
8	Daniel OSS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
9	Jure KOCJAN	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
10	John MURPHY	UNITED HEALTHCARE	s.t.
11	Zico WAEYTENS	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
12	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
13	Tom VAN ASBROECK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
14	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
15	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	s.t.
16	Travis MCCABE	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
17	Ruben GUERREIRO	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
18	Robert GESINK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
19	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
20	Robin CARPENTER	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
21	Alex HOWES	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
22	Mike TEUNISSEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
23	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
24	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
25	Benjamin KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
26	Koen DE KORT	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
27	Lawson CRADDOCK	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
28	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
29	Andrea PERON	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
30	Manuel SENNI	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
31	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
32	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
33	Haimar ZUBELDIA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
34	Michael SCHÄR	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
35	Danilo WYSS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
36	Eric MARCOTTE	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
37	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
38	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
39	Joonas HENTTALA	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
40	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	s.t.
41	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
42	Martijn VERSCHOOR	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
43	Nicolae TANOVITCHII	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
44	Janez BRAJKOVIC	UNITED HEALTHCARE	s.t.
45	Carter JONES	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
46	Phillip GAIMON	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
47	Rob BRITTON	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
48	Charles PLANET	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
49	Jay MCCARTHY	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
50	Alexander BRAICO	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
51	Riccardo ZOIDL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
52	Peter KENNAUGH	TEAM SKY	s.t.
53	Ruben ZEPUNTKE	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
54	Philip DEIGNAN	TEAM SKY	s.t.
55	Maarten WYNANTS	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
56	Joseph ROSSKOPF	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
57	Laurent DIDIER	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
58	Lachlan NORRIS	DRAPAC	s.t.
59	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
60	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
61	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
62	Sergio Luis HENAO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
63	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
64	Gregory OBANDO BRENES	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
65	Martin KOHLER	DRAPAC	s.t.
66	Stephen LEECE	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
67	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
68	Chris BUTLER	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
69	Ian BOSWELL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
70	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
71	Michael WOODS	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
72	Luis ROMERO AMARAN	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
73	Laurens TEN DAM	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
74	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
75	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
76	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
77	Jacob RATHE	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
78	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
79	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
80	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
81	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
82	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	s.t.
83	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
84	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
85	Jesus HERNANDEZ	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
86	Xabier ZANDIO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
87	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	@ 21sec
88	Evan HUFFMAN	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
89	Stijn DEVOLDER	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
90	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:00:24
91	Jos VAN EMDEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
92	Sep VANMARCKE	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
93	Campbell FLAKEMORE	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
94	David WILLIAMS	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
95	Thierry HUPOND	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
96	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
97	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
98	Darren LAPTHORNE	DRAPAC	s.t.
99	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
100	Matt BRAMMEIER	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:00:32
101	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
102	Johnathan FRETER	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
103	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
104	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	s.t.
105	Daniel SUMMERHILL	UNITED HEALTHCARE	s.t.
106	Dennis VAN WINDEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:00:38
107	Markel IRIZAR	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:39
108	Roy CURVERS	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
109	Yves LAMPAERT	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:00:45
110	Eric YOUNG	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
111	Tanner PUTT	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:00:51
112	Martin VELITS	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
113	Mark RENSHAW	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
114	Matthew Harley GOSS	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
115	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:00:55
116	Joseph SCHMALZ	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:00:58
117	Travis LIVERMON	TEAM SMARTSTOP	@ 1min 6sec
118	Oscar CLARK	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
119	Nathan EARLE	TEAM SKY	0:01:36
120	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:03:06
121	Daniele BENNATI	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:00:00
122	Daniele RATTO	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:05:23
123	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
124	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
125	Gregory DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
126	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
127	David LOZANO RIBA	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
128	Robert SWEETING	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
129	Jonathan CLARKE	UNITED HEALTHCARE	s.t.
130	Carson MILLER	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
131	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:05:27
132	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:05:29
133	Kiel REIJNEN	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:10:02
134	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	0:10:02

Complete GC after Stage 4:

1	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	18hr 10min 57sec
2	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 22sec
3	Rob BRITTON	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:00:43
4	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:00:44
5	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
6	Robert GESINK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:00:47
7	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
8	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
9	Lawson CRADDOCK	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
10	Jay MCCARTHY	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
11	Peter KENNAUGH	TEAM SKY	s.t.
12	Janez BRAJKOVIC	UNITED HEALTHCARE	s.t.
13	Joseph ROSSKOPF	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
14	Danilo WYSS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
15	Sergio Luis HENAO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
16	Michael WOODS	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
17	Haimar ZUBELDIA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
18	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
19	Manuel SENNI	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
20	Phillip GAIMON	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
21	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
22	Benjamin KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
23	Riccardo ZOIDL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
24	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
25	Lachlan NORRIS	DRAPAC	0:00:56
26	Carter JONES	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	@ 1min 3sec
27	Ian BOSWELL	TEAM SKY	0:01:13
28	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	0:01:17
29	Philip DEIGNAN	TEAM SKY	0:01:35
30	Laurent DIDIER	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:35
31	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:01:38
32	Gregory OBANDO	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	0:01:54
33	Ruben GUERREIRO	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:03:17
34	Alex HOWES	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:04:23
35	Michael SCHÄR	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
36	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:05:43
37	Laurens TEN DAM	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:07:03
38	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:08:10
39	Travis MCCABE	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:08:32
40	Daniel OSS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:09:02
41	Jesus HERNANDEZ	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:10:47
42	Chris BUTLER	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:11:06
43	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:12:01
44	Ruben ZEPUNTKE	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:12:23
45	Gregory DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	0:13:14
46	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	0:14:04
47	Alexander BRAICO	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:14:06
48	Robin CARPENTER	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:15:36
49	John MURPHY	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:15:45
50	Lucas Sebastian HAEDO	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
51	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
52	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
53	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
54	Oscar CLARK	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:16:03
55	Daniele BENNATI	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:16:09
56	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
57	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	s.t.
58	Daniel SUMMERHILL	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:16:17
59	Markel IRIZAR ARANBURU	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:16:18
60	Roy CURVERS	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:16:24
61	Matthew Harley GOSS	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:16:36
62	Nicolae TANOVITCHII	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:17:36
63	Evan HUFFMAN	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:17:49
64	Xabier ZANDIO ECHAIDE	TEAM SKY	0:18:15
65	Jonathan CLARKE	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:19:05
66	Mark CAVENDISH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:20:15
67	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:20:35
68	Zico WAEYTENS	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:20:39
69	Tyler FARRAR	MTN - QHUBEKA	s.t.
70	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
71	Jure KOCJAN	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
72	Koen DE KORT	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
73	Andrea PERON	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
74	Eric MARCOTTE	TEAM SMARTSTOP	s.t.
75	Mike TEUNISSEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
76	Danny VAN POPPEL	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
77	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	s.t.
78	Charles PLANET	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
79	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
80	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	s.t.
81	Joonas HENTTALA	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
82	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
83	Stijn DEVOLDER	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:21:00
84	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:21:01
85	Sep VANMARCKE	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:21:03
86	Thierry HUPOND	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
87	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:21:06
88	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:21:11
89	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:21:14
90	Dennis VAN WINDEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:21:17
91	Luis ROMERO AMARAN	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	0:21:28
92	Mark RENSHAW	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:21:30
93	Tanner PUTT	UNITED HEALTHCARE	s.t.
94	Martijn VERSCHOOR	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:21:34
95	Martin KOHLER	DRAPAC	s.t.
96	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	0:22:06
97	Travis LIVERMON	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:22:07
98	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:22:19
99	Joseph SCHMALZ	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM	0:22:33
100	Johann VAN ZYL	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:23:10
101	Maarten WYNANTS	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:23:10
102	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:23:27
103	Yves LAMPAERT	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:23:55
104	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:24:04
105	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:24:08
106	Matt BRAMMEIER	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:24:15
107	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:24:16
108	Campbell FLAKEMORE	BMC RACING TEAM	0:25:14
109	Jacob RATHE	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:25:51
110	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:26:02
111	David LOZANO RIBA	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
112	Robert SWEETING	TEAM SMARTSTOP	0:26:20
113	Tom VAN ASBROECK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:26:23
114	Darren LAPTHORNE	DRAPAC	0:26:26
115	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:26:57
116	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:27:03
117	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	s.t.
118	Stephen LEECE	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	s.t.
119	Eric YOUNG	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT	0:27:39
120	Johnathan FRETER	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS	0:27:43
121	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	0:27:47
122	Jos VAN EMDEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:27:49
123	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	0:27:55
124	Nathan EARLE	TEAM SKY	0:27:57
125	Martin VELITS	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:28:49
126	Gerald CIOLEK	MTN - QHUBEKA	0:30:31
127	Kiel REIJNEN	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:31:33
128	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:31:56
129	Carson MILLER	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	0:32:50
130	David WILLIAMS	JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN	0:33:15
131	Daniele RATTO	UNITED HEALTHCARE	0:33:21
132	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	0:33:32
133	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:34:07
134	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	0:37:16

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