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Monday, September 7: 6th and Final Stage, Edmonton Circuit, 124 kilometers/ 77 miles

Stage 6 map and profile | Stage 6 video

Nikias Arndt wins the final stage of the Tour of Alberta

The race: For the Tour of Alberta's final stage, at least Mother Nature relented a bit and didn't rain or snow on the riders.

A small group got clear, but the sprinters' teams timed things perfectly to catch the escapees near the finish to allow for the speedy guys to go for the stage win. Giant-Alpecin rider Nikias Arndt just beat Michael Matthews for the stage win.

GC leader Bauke Mollema finished twelfth to become the final overall winner of the third edition of the Tour of Alberta.

Complete Results:

Stage 6 video

124 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.10 km/hr

1	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	2hr 44min 57sec
2	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
3	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
4	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	s.t.
5	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
6	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	@ 2sec
7	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	s.t.
8	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
9	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
10	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
11	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	s.t.
12	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	s.t.
13	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
14	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
15	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	s.t.
16	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
17	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
18	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
19	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
20	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
21	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	5
22	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
23	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
24	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	s.t.
25	Grégory RAST	TREK	s.t.
26	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	s.t.
27	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
28	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
29	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
30	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	s.t.
31	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	s.t.
32	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
33	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
34	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
35	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
36	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
37	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
38	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	s.t.
39	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	s.t.
40	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
41	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
42	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
43	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
44	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
45	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
46	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
47	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
48	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
49	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	s.t.
50	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
51	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	s.t.
52	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
53	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
54	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
55	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
56	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
57	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
58	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
59	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	16
60	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	18
61	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	30
62	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	41
63	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
64	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	@ 1min 6sec
65	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
66	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	+1:23
67	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
68	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
69	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
70	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	s.t.
71	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
72	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	s.t.
73	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
74	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
75	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
76	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
77	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
78	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	s.t.
79	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:36
80	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+2:33
81	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+4:03
82	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	+4:51
83	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	s.t.
84	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	s.t.
85	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
86	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	s.t.
87	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
88	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
89	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
90	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
91	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
92	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
93	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	s.t.
94	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
95	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	s.t.
96	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
97	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	+7:12
98	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	+10:49
99	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
100	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
101	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+12:13

Final GC after Stage 6

865.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.544 km/hr

1	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	20hr 20min 28sec
2	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	@ 6sec
3	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	22
4	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	35
5	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	39
6	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	@ 1min 8sec
7	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:12
8	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	+1:16
9	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+1:23
10	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	+1:25
11	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	+1:29
12	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	+1:32
13	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	+1:51
14	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	+2:01
15	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	+2:05
16	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+2:06
17	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+2:11
18	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	+2:15
19	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
20	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+2:20
21	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	+2:25
22	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	+3:21
23	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+3:35
24	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+3:53
25	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
26	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	+4:16
27	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	+4:55
28	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	+5:23
29	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	+6:07
30	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+6:22
31	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	+6:26
32	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+6:48
33	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	+7:01
34	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+7:30
35	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	+8:21
36	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	+8:22
37	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	+8:36
38	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	+8:56
39	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	+9:14
40	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	+10:13
41	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+10:24
42	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+11:10
43	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	+11:18
44	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+11:25
45	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	+12:21
46	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	+12:51
47	Grégory RAST	TREK	+13:13
48	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+14:49
49	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+15:17
50	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+15:30
51	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	+15:32
52	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	+15:49
53	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	+16:09
54	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	+16:14
55	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	+16:48
56	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	+17:08
57	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	+18:22
58	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+18:45
59	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	+19:34
60	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	+20:19
61	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	+20:21
62	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	+20:41
63	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	+20:50
64	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	+22:34
65	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	+23:51
66	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	+23:52
67	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	+24:07
68	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	+24:25
69	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+24:40
70	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+24:53
71	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+25:06
72	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	+25:32
73	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+25:58
74	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	+26:23
75	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	+26:34
76	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	+26:42
77	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+26:46
78	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	+26:50
79	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	+27:20
80	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	+27:30
81	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	+28:22
82	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	+28:34
83	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	+28:35
84	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+29:03
85	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	+30:46
86	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	+30:58
87	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+32:03
88	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	+32:16
89	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+33:07
90	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+33:29
91	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	+34:18
92	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	+34:39
93	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+34:55
94	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	+35:12
95	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+36:55
96	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+37:08
97	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	+37:13
98	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	+39:02
99	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	+46:50
100	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	+47:15
101	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	+52:52

Stage 6 map and profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Stage 6 video:

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Sunday, September 6: Stage 5, Edson - Spruce Grove, planned distance: 206 kilometers/128 miles

Stage 5 map and profile

The race: This was a wet, cold and confusing day of racing in Alberta. There were planned dirt-road sectors, but with the rain, most were eliminated.

A small group went clear and from them Lasse Hansen launched himself on a solo adventure with about forty kilometers to go. And that was that. Kinda.

Chasing Hansen was Sven Bystrom. As he went through an intersection, course marshals tried to direct him to turn. Bystrom in head-down, time-trial mode, did not see them and did not take the turn. Worse, the peloton followed Bystrom off the course. That meant only Lasse Hansen was on the course.

The peloton was led back on to the course. The stage called for two finishing laps in Spruce Grove. The judges decided to call it a day and neutralized the two circuits. Hansen was well into his second lap when he was informed that he had won the stage.

Bauke Mollema finished third to maintain his GC lead.

Complete Results:

1	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	4hr 23min 1sec
2	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	s.t.
3	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	s.t.
4	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	s.t.
5	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	s.t.
6	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	s.t.
7	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	s.t.
8	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
9	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
10	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
11	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
12	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	s.t.
13	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
14	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
15	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
16	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	s.t.
17	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	s.t.
18	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
19	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
20	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
21	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
22	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
23	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
24	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	s.t.
25	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
26	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
27	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
28	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
29	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
30	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
31	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
32	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
33	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	s.t.
34	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
35	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
36	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	s.t.
37	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
38	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
39	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	s.t.
40	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
41	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
42	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
43	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	s.t.
44	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	s.t.
45	Grégory RAST	TREK	s.t.
46	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	s.t.
47	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
48	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	s.t.
49	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
50	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	s.t.
51	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
52	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
53	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
54	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	s.t.
55	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	s.t.
56	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
57	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
58	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
59	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	s.t.
60	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
61	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
62	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
63	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
64	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
65	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
66	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	s.t.
67	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
68	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
69	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	s.t.
70	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
71	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
72	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	+5:39
73	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
74	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
75	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+6:57
76	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	+6:58
77	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
78	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	s.t.
79	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	s.t.
80	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	+7:39
81	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
82	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	+7:41
83	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	s.t.
84	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
85	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
86	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
87	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
88	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
89	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
90	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
91	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
92	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	s.t.
93	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	s.t.
94	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	s.t.
95	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
96	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
97	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	s.t.
98	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
99	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
100	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	s.t.
101	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
102	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
103	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	s.t.
104	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	+7:50
105	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
106	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	+8:32
107	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING	+8:45
108	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	+9:13
109	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
110	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	+17:35

GC after Stage 5:

1	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	17hr 35min 29sec
2	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	@ 6sec
3	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	22
4	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	35
5	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	45
6	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	@ 1min 5sec
7	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:14
8	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	+1:16
9	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+1:20
10	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	+1:22
11	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	+1:26
12	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	+1:29
13	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:39
14	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	+1:48
15	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:58
16	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	+2:02
17	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+2:06
18	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING	+2:08
19	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	+2:12
20	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
21	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+2:17
22	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	+2:22
23	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	+3:21
24	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+3:35
25	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+3:50
26	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
27	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	+4:13
28	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	+4:52
29	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	+5:20
30	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+5:28
31	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
32	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+6:30
33	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+6:51
34	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	+6:58
35	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	+8:19
36	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	+8:21
37	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	+8:33
38	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	+8:46
39	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	+8:53
40	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+9:49
41	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+10:00
42	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	+10:10
43	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+10:21
44	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+10:28
45	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	+10:43
46	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	+11:00
47	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	s.t.
48	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	+11:18
49	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+11:22
50	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	+11:51
51	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	+11:59
52	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	+12:48
53	Grégory RAST	TREK	+13:10
54	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING	+15:27
55	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	+16:00
56	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	+16:06
57	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	+17:02
58	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	+17:10
59	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	+18:34
60	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING	+18:45
61	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	+19:03
62	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	+19:21
63	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	+19:34
64	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+20:04
65	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	+20:16
66	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	+20:18
67	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	+20:41
68	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	+20:50
69	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+20:57
70	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING	+22:20
71	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	+22:31
72	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	+22:50
73	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING	+23:19
74	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	+23:45
75	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	+23:48
76	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	+24:00
77	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	+24:22
78	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	+24:28
79	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+24:37
80	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+24:44
81	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+25:03
82	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	+25:13
83	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	+25:21
84	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	+25:29
85	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+25:42
86	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	+25:59
87	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	+26:20
88	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+26:32
89	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING	+27:10
90	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+27:14
91	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	+27:30
92	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	+28:24
93	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	+28:32
94	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+28:40
95	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	+29:12
96	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	+29:37
97	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	+29:48
98	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	+29:50
99	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+30:54
100	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	+31:52
101	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	+32:00
102	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+32:19
103	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	+32:24
104	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	+32:57
105	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	+33:51
106	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	+35:27
107	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	+35:48
108	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	+36:03
109	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	+42:05
110	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	+42:26

Stage 5 map and profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, September 5: Stage 4, Jasper - Marmont Basin, 162 kilometers/100 miles

Stage 4 map and profile | Stage 4 video

Tom Jelte Slagter wins Alberta Tour stage 4

The race: I had to check the results a couple of times before posting them because the same three riders won stage four, in the same order, as had won stage three.

The day's early break (Scott Thwaites, Thomas Vaubourzeiz and Logan Owen) almost, just almost, had the legs to go the distance. In fact, the trio wasn't caught until the final climb to the finish.

On that climb to the hilltop finish, of course the attacks fired off, one after another. But it was yesterday's stage winner, Tom Jelte Slagter who had the power to make his attack stick. Slagter took off with GC leader Bauke Mollema and Adam Yates not too far behind.

Slagter won the stage and Mollema retained his GC leadership, six seconds ahead of second place Adam Yates.

Complete Results:

Stage 4 video

162 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.97 km/hr

1	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	4hr 9min 26sec
2	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	@ 4sec
3	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
4	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	6
5	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	8
6	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	14
7	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	19
8	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	22
9	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	27
10	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	s.t.
11	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	35
12	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
13	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	49
14	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	51
15	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	54
16	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	56
17	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	58
18	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	@ 1min 3sec
19	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+1:09
20	Lars VAN DER HAAR	GIANT-ALPECIN	+1:13
21	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
22	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	+1:23
23	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
24	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+1:28
25	Sven Erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	+1:39
26	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+1:45
27	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	s.t.
28	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	+1:48
29	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
30	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
31	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+1:51
32	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	s.t.
33	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
34	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
35	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:55
36	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+2:45
37	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	+3:05
38	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
39	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+3:39
40	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+3:58
41	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
42	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+4:01
43	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
44	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
45	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	+4:03
46	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	+4:15
47	Felix COTÉ BOUVETTE	H&R BLOCK	+4:19
48	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	+4:25
49	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+4:34
50	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	+4:45
51	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	+5:09
52	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	+5:09
53	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	s.t.
54	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+5:12
55	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	+5:38
56	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	+6:07
57	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	s.t.
58	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+7:29
59	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
60	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
61	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
62	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
63	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
64	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
65	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	s.t.
66	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
67	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
68	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
69	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	s.t.
70	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	s.t.
71	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	s.t.
72	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
73	Grégory RAST	TREK	s.t.
74	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	s.t.
75	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
76	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	+7:36
77	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+7:57
78	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
79	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	+8:54
80	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	+9:22
81	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+9:38
82	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+9:55
83	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+10:03
84	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	+10:57
85	Jure RUPNIK	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
86	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	+11:37
87	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	s.t.
88	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
89	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
90	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	s.t.
91	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	s.t.
92	Simon GESCHKE	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
93	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	s.t.
94	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
95	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	s.t.
96	Mike STONE	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
97	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	s.t.
98	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	s.t.
99	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
100	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
101	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	s.t.
102	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
103	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	s.t.
104	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
105	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
106	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
107	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM	s.t.
108	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
109	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	s.t.
110	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	+11:49
111	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
112	Travis SAMUEL	H&R BLOCK	+13:53
113	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	+16:50
114	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	s.t.
115	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	s.t.
116	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
117	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	s.t.
118	Kristof VANDEWALLE	TREK	s.t.
119	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	s.t.
120	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	+17:42

GC after Stage 4:

535.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.60 km/hr

1	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	13hr 10min 58sec
2	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	@ 6sec
3	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	22
4	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	35
5	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	45
6	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	@ 1min 14sec
7	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	+1:16
8	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+1:20
9	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	+1:22
10	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	+1:26
11	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	+1:29
12	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:39
13	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	+1:48
14	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:59
15	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	+2:02
16	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+2:06
17	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+2:08
18	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	+2:12
19	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
20	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+2:17
21	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	+2:22
22	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	+2:33
23	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+2:41
24	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	+2:51
25	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	+3:21
26	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+3:35
27	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+3:38
28	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+3:50
29	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
30	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	+4:13
31	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	+4:52
32	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	+5:20
33	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	+5:28
34	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
35	Lars VAN DER HAAR	GIANT-ALPECIN	+6:18
36	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+6:19
37	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+6:30
38	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+6:51
39	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	+7:00
40	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	+8:21
41	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	+8:33
42	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	+8:46
43	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+9:18
44	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	+9:54
45	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+10:00
46	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	+10:10
47	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+10:21
48	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	+10:43
49	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	+11:00
50	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	s.t.
51	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	+11:18
52	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+11:22
53	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	+11:51
54	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	+11:59
55	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+12:34
56	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	+12:48
57	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	+12:52
58	Grégory RAST	TREK	+13:10
59	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	s.t.
60	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	+13:25
61	Felix COTÉ BOUVETTE	H&R BLOCK	+13:30
62	Simon GESCHKE	GIANT-ALPECIN	+14:25
63	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	+15:22
64	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	+16:00
65	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	+16:06
66	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+16:09
67	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	+16:22
68	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	+16:39
69	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	+17:03
70	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+17:08
71	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	+17:10
72	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	+17:26
73	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	+17:34
74	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	+17:37
75	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	+17:46
76	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+18:33
77	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	+18:34
78	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+19:36
79	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	+19:45
80	Mike STONE	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+19:49
81	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+19:55
82	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+20:04
83	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	+20:09
84	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	+20:16
85	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	+20:18
86	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	+20:41
87	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	+20:50
88	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+20:57
89	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+21:03
90	Jure RUPNIK	H&R BLOCK	+21:34
91	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	+22:21
92	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	+23:01
93	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	+23:26
94	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+23:32
95	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	+24:00
96	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	+24:22
97	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+24:37
98	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	+25:21
99	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	+25:39
100	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	+25:41
101	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+25:42
102	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	+26:13
103	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+26:32
104	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+26:45
105	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	+26:46
106	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	+27:30
107	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	+27:40
108	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	+28:24
109	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+28:40
110	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	+29:16
111	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	+29:43
112	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	+29:50
113	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	+30:20
114	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM	+30:46
115	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	+32:00
116	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+32:19
117	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	+34:43
118	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	+35:54
119	Kristof VANDEWALLE	TREK	+38:49
120	Travis SAMUEL	H&R BLOCK	s.t.

Stage 4 map and profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Stage 4 video:

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Friday, September 4: Stage 3, Grande Cache - Jasper National Park (Miette Hot Springs), 182 kilometers/113 miles

Stage 3 map and profile | Stage 3 video

Tom Jelte Slagter wins Tour of Alberta Stage 3

The race: Another cold day in Alberta. It snowed the night before and it was near freezing when the stage started. Plus, there was a light rain to make the day complete. And, there was lots of climbing to make the day truly challenging.

A small group went clear early and for the longest time, stubbornly refused to be caught by the chasing pack. It wasn't until the final kilometers on the final climb that the last of the escapees had been rounded up.

Near the hilltop-finish Tom Jelte Slagter gave it his all, with Dutch countryman Bauke Mollema right with him to take the stage. Mollema, who had been leading the race after Trek won the opening team time trial, gathered enough bonus time time to become the GC leader again, leading Orica-GreenEdge rider Adam Yates by six seconds.

Complete Results:

Stage 3 video

182 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.701 km/hr

1	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	4hr 28min 18sec
2	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	s.t.
3	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	@ 4sec
4	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	6
5	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	9
6	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	11
7	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
8	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	13
9	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	15
10	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	s.t.
11	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	17
12	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	19
13	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	22
14	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
15	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	24
16	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
17	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
18	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	28
19	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
20	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
21	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	31
22	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
23	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	34
24	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	37
25	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	39
26	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
27	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
28	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	44
29	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
30	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
31	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	46
32	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
33	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
34	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	s.t.
35	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	58
36	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	@ 1min 2sec
37	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO RACING	+1:04
38	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
39	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	+1:07
40	Lars VAN DER HAAR	GIANT-ALPECIN	+1:26
41	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
42	Simon GESCHKE	GIANT-ALPECIN	+2:01
43	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	+2:36
44	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	s.t.
45	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+2:52
46	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	s.t.
47	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	s.t.
48	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	+2:59
49	Grégory RAST	TREK	+3:12
50	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	s.t.
51	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+4:04
52	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+4:19
53	Felix COTÉ BOUVETTE	H&R BLOCK	+4:51
54	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
55	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	s.t.
56	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
57	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	s.t.
58	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
59	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	s.t.
60	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	s.t.
61	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	+4:57
62	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	+5:08
63	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	+5:50
64	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	+6:00
65	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	+6:12
66	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO RACING	+6:56
67	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	+7:14
68	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	+7:22
69	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	+7:26
70	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
71	Jure RUPNIK	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
72	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
73	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
74	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	s.t.
75	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	s.t.
76	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
77	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	s.t.
78	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
79	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
80	Mike STONE	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
81	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	s.t.
82	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
83	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	s.t.
84	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
85	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
86	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	s.t.
87	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
88	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	s.t.
89	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO RACING	+7:32
90	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
91	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	+7:38
92	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	+7:40
93	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	+7:44
94	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	s.t.
95	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+8:48
96	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	+8:48
97	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+12:58
98	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
99	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	s.t.
100	Kristof VANDEWALLE	TREK	s.t.
101	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
102	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	s.t.
103	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	s.t.
104	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
105	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	s.t.
106	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+13:35
107	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+13:48
108	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO RACING	+16:22
109	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
110	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
111	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	s.t.
112	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	s.t.
113	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
114	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
115	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
116	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM	s.t.
117	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	+16:26
118	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	+16:29

GC after Stage 3:

373.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.354 km/hr

1	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	9hr 1min 28sec
2	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	@ 6sec
3	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	20
4	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	26
5	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	29
6	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	43
7	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	49
8	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	53
9	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
10	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
11	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	54
12	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	56
13	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	s.t.
14	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
15	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	59
16	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	@ 1min 0sec
17	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
18	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
19	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+1:07
20	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	+1:08
21	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	+1:13
22	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	+1:15
23	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	+1:16
24	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	+1:17
25	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+1:18
26	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+1:22
27	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	+1:25
28	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO RACING	+1:31
29	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	+1:34
30	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
31	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+1:35
32	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	+1:46
33	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+1:49
34	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO RACING	+1:51
35	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
36	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
37	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	+2:06
38	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	+2:17
39	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	+2:29
40	Simon GESCHKE	GIANT-ALPECIN	+2:52
41	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+2:58
42	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	+3:18
43	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	+3:28
44	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	+3:39
45	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	+3:41
46	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	+3:46
47	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+4:10
48	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	+4:57
49	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	+5:05
50	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+5:09
51	Lars VAN DER HAAR	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
52	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	+5:25
53	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	+5:26
54	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	+5:37
55	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+5:43
56	Grégory RAST	TREK	+5:45
57	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	+5:56
58	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	+6:53
59	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	+7:10
60	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	+7:57
61	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	+8:12
62	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO RACING	+8:13
63	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	+8:16
64	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
65	Mike STONE	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
66	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+8:22
67	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	+8:31
68	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+8:34
69	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	+8:35
70	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	+8:36
71	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	s.t.
72	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	+8:41
73	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	+8:43
74	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	+8:45
75	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	+8:53
76	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	+8:57
77	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	+9:08
78	Felix COTÉ BOUVETTE	H&R BLOCK	+9:15
79	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	+9:17
80	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+9:24
81	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	+9:28
82	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+9:37
83	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	+9:38
84	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+9:43
85	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	+10:00
86	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	+10:12
87	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	+10:21
88	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO RACING	+10:30
89	Jure RUPNIK	H&R BLOCK	+10:41
90	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO RACING	+11:08
91	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	+11:28
92	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	+11:53
93	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	+12:27
94	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	+12:40
95	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	+13:04
96	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
97	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	+13:34
98	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	+13:48
99	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	+14:08
100	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+15:12
101	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+15:39
102	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	+15:57
103	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	+16:51
104	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	+16:57
105	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO RACING	+17:09
106	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	+17:43
107	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	+17:57
108	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	+18:10
109	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+18:17
110	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	+18:24
111	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	+18:48
112	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	s.t.
113	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+19:07
114	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM	+19:13
115	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	+20:15
116	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
117	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+20:34
118	Kristof VANDEWALLE	TREK	+22:03
119	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO RACING	+24:43
120	Travis SAMUEL	H&R BLOCK	+25:00

Stage 3 map and profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 video:

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Thursday, September 3: Stage 2, County of Grande Prairie, 171.6 km

Stage 2 map

Michael Matthews wins Tour of Alberta stage 2

The race: A cold, wet day in Canada greeted the riders this morning. The thermometers may not have risen much, but that did not cool the riders' racing ardor.

A break of four riders broke free of the peloton's grip, and at one point had a lead of almost three and a half minutes. That wasn't good enough, and unlike yesterday, the peloton went after them and had the escapees back in the pack with about thirty kilometers to go.

There is a reason why the peloton often lets the escape sit out in front until the stage's closing kilometers. If they are caught too early, another group will try to get away, now with fresh legs from sitting in.

And that's just what happened. Another quartet jumped away, but were caught near the stage finish. That meant a big group would contest the sprint.

Orica-GreenEdge brought Michael Matthews into position and he blasted to the line to win the stage. Since his Orica-GreenEdge team was virtually tied with Trek after the team time trial, the ten bonus seconds he earned for winning the stage made him the new GC leader.

After the stage, Matthews had this to say: “It’s really nice to be back on the bike and feel like a professional rider again after the Tour de France and not really being able to animate the race.

“We didn’t quite nail the team time trial yesterday so we didn’t have ambitions to help Trek during the stage.  We played our cards on hoping they would bring the break back and from about five kilometres to go we took control of the bunch.

“From then on it was just perfection really, the guys totally nailed it. We had a plan and they really executed it, even with the twisty roads and a lot of rain.

“I wouldn’t say I was flying but it was my first opportunity to open up in a sprint like that in a while. It was little bit foreign but I just had to take the confidence in my form at the moment.”

Complete Results:

171.6 km raced at an average speed of 41.132 km/hr

1	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	4hr 10min 19sec
2	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
3	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	s.t.
4	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	s.t.
5	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
6	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
7	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	s.t.
8	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
9	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
10	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
11	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	s.t.
12	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	s.t.
13	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
14	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
15	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	s.t.
16	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
17	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	s.t.
18	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	s.t.
19	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	s.t.
20	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
21	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
22	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	s.t.
23	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	s.t.
24	Felix COTÉ BOUVETTE	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
25	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
26	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
27	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
28	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
29	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
30	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
31	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
32	Simon GESCHKE	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
33	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
34	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	s.t.
35	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
36	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
37	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
38	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	s.t.
39	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	s.t.
40	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	s.t.
41	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
42	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
43	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	s.t.
44	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
45	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
46	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
47	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	s.t.
48	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	s.t.
49	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
50	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
51	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	s.t.
52	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM	s.t.
53	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
54	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	s.t.
55	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
56	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
57	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
58	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
59	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
60	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
61	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
62	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
63	Lars VAN DER HAAR	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
64	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	s.t.
65	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	s.t.
66	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
67	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
68	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	s.t.
69	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
70	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
71	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
72	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
73	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
74	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
75	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
76	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
77	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
78	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
79	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
80	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
81	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
82	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
83	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
84	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
85	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
86	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
87	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
88	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
89	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
90	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
91	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
92	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
93	Grégory RAST	TREK	s.t.
94	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
95	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
96	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	s.t.
97	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	s.t.
98	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	s.t.
99	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
100	Mike STONE	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
101	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	s.t.
102	Jure RUPNIK	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
103	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
104	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	s.t.
105	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
106	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	@ 29sec
107	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	42
108	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	0
109	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	47
110	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	0
111	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	56
112	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	@ 1min 9sec
113	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	0
114	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+1:18
115	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	+1:40
116	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	+1:51
117	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO RACING	+4:00
118	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	0
119	Travis SAMUEL	H&R BLOCK	+5:10
120	Kristof VANDEWALLE	TREK	0

GC after Stage 2:

191.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.066 km/hr

1	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	4hr 33min 6sec
2	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	@ 10sec
3	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
4	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	s.t.
5	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
6	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	s.t.
7	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
8	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	s.t.
9	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	s.t.
10	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
11	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	14
12	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	18
13	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
14	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	s.t.
15	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
16	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	29
17	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	33
18	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
19	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
20	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
21	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
22	Simon GESCHKE	GIANT-ALPECIN	35
23	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
24	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
25	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
26	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	36
27	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
28	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
29	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
30	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
31	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	40
32	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
33	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
34	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
35	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
36	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
37	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
38	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	50
39	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	s.t.
40	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO RACING	51
41	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
42	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	s.t.
43	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
44	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
45	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO RACING	s.t.
46	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	54
47	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
48	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	s.t.
49	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
50	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	s.t.
51	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	s.t.
52	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
53	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
54	Mike STONE	LUPUS RACING TEAM	s.t.
55	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	s.t.
56	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING TEAM	56
57	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	@ 1min 0sec
58	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	+1:09
59	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
60	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
61	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
62	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
63	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	+1:13
64	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	+1:14
65	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	s.t.
66	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	s.t.
67	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	s.t.
68	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	s.t.
69	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	s.t.
70	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	+1:25
71	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	+1:31
72	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
73	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
74	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
75	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
76	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
77	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	+1:32
78	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	+1:37
79	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:52
80	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	+2:06
81	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
82	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
83	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+2:08
84	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+2:15
85	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING TEAM	+2:21
86	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	+2:23
87	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	+2:30
88	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	+2:37
89	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	s.t.
90	Grégory RAST	TREK	s.t.
91	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	+2:38
92	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	+2:50
93	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM	+2:55
94	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO RACING	+3:02
95	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	+3:03
96	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
97	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	+3:12
98	Jure RUPNIK	H&R BLOCK	+3:19
99	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+3:47
100	Lars VAN DER HAAR	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
101	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	+3:52
102	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	+3:53
103	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
104	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	+3:57
105	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	+4:03
106	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+4:09
107	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO RACING	+4:16
108	Felix COTÉ BOUVETTE	H&R BLOCK	+4:28
109	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	+4:31
110	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	+4:56
111	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	+5:05
112	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+5:23
113	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
114	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	+5:54
115	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	s.t.
116	Travis SAMUEL	H&R BLOCK	+7:16
117	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	+7:47
118	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+7:50
119	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO RACING	+8:25
120	Kristof VANDEWALLE	TREK	+9:09

Stage 2 map & profile

Tour of Alberta stage 2 map

Tour of Alberta stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, September 2: Stage 1, Grande Prairie 19.6 km team time trial

Stage 1 map | Stage 1 video

Trek Factory Racing riding to a narrow stage win

The Race: Trek Factory Racing beat Orica-GreenEdge in the Tour of Alberta's first stage by less than a second. But, that was good enough to give them the stage win and put the first rider of their team across the line, Bauke Mollema, in the leader's jersey. Trek had lost three men by the half-way point, yet still had enough horsepower to win the stage.

Take a look at the photo above. The riders are using regular road bikes, not time trial bikes. The race rules for the day mandated UCI road racing bike only. That was probably a blessing for the smaller, less richly funded teams racing here.

“It was a little unexpected because we saw that Orica-GreenEdge had the fastest split by 12 seconds and we didn’t think it would be so close at the end,” said Trek Factory Racing director Kim Andersen. “I knew that we had a good chance to win so I really tried to motivate the guys before the start. I think it also helped that we were third team to start because we could warm-up on the course, we did a full lap full gas and didn’t even have to use rollers.”

“This was the first TTT win in my life," said Bauke Mollema. “It was a big team effort and everyone gave everything he had.

Complete Results:

Stage 1 video

1	TREK FACTORY RACING		22min 57sec
2	ORICA GREENEDGE		s.t.
3	TEAM KATUSHA		@ 8sec
4	BORA-ARGON 18		23
5	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN		25
6	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM		26
7	TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN		30
8	DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING		40
9	SILBER PRO CYCLING		41
10	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES		44
11	LUPUS RACING TEAM		s.t.
12	AXEON CYCLING TEAM		59
13	TEAM SMARTSTOP		@ 1min 4sec
14	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS		+1:21
15	H&R BLOCK PRO CYCLING		+1:56

GC after Stage 1:

1	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	22min 57sec
2	Jesse SERGENT	TREK	s.t.
3	Hayden ROULSTON	TREK	s.t.
4	Marco COLEDAN	TREK	s.t.
5	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	s.t.
6	Christian MEIER	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
7	Svein TUFT	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
8	Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
9	Adam YATES	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
10	Luke DURBRIDGE	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
11	Aleksei TCATEVICH	KATUSHA	@ 8sec
12	Sergey LAGUTIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
13	Simon SPILAK	KATUSHA	s.t.
14	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA	s.t.
15	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA	s.t.
16	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-ARGON 18	23
17	Sam BENNETT	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
18	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
19	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
20	Scott THWAITES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
21	Nikias ARNDT	GIANT-ALPECIN	25
22	Simon GESCHKE	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
23	Ramon SINKELDAM	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
24	Chad HAGA	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
25	Georg PREIDLER	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
26	Dion SMITH	HINCAPIE RACING	26
27	Toms SKUJINS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
28	John HORNBECK	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
29	Joseph LEWIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
30	Andzs FLAKSIS	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
31	Kristoffer SKJERPING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	30
32	Ryder HESJEDAL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
33	Nathan BROWN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
34	Jasper BOVENHUIS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
35	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
36	Davide FORMOLO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
37	Lasse Norman HANSEN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
38	Jordan KERBY	DRAPAC	40
39	Graeme BROWN	DRAPAC	s.t.
40	William CLARKE	DRAPAC	s.t.
41	Wouter WIPPERT	DRAPAC	s.t.
42	Malcom RUDOLPH	DRAPAC	s.t.
43	Sergei CHERNETSKI	KATUSHA	41
44	Ryan ROTH	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
45	Alexander RAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
46	Alexander CATAFORD	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
47	Nigel ELLSAY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
48	Matteo DAL-CIN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	s.t.
49	Jesse ANTHONY	OPTUM	44
50	Tom ZIRBEL	OPTUM	s.t.
51	Scott ZWIZANSKI	OPTUM	s.t.
52	Ryan ANDERSON	OPTUM	s.t.
53	Michael WOODS	OPTUM	s.t.
54	Evan MURPHY	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
55	Kyle MURPHY	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
56	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
57	Mike STONE	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
58	Chad BEYER	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
59	Michael OLHEISER	LUPUS RACING	s.t.
60	Matthieu JEANNES	LUPUS RACING	46
61	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	50
62	Daniel EATON	AXEON CYCLING	59
63	Logan OWEN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
64	James ORAM	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
65	GREGORY DANIEL	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
66	Geoffrey CURRAN	AXEON CYCLING	s.t.
67	Alexander PORSEV	KATUSHA	@ 1min 3sec
68	Kris DAHL	SMART STOP	+1:04
69	Eric MARCOTTE	SMART STOP	s.t.
70	Julian KYER	SMART STOP	s.t.
71	Evan HUFFMAN	SMART STOP	s.t.
72	Zachary BELL	SMART STOP	s.t.
73	Travis MCCABE	SMART STOP	s.t.
74	Travis LIVERMON	SMART STOP	s.t.
75	Shane KLINE	SMART STOP	+1:15
76	Gavin MANNION	JELLY BELLY	+1:21
77	Lachlan David MORTON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
78	Alexandr BRAICO	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
79	Taylor SHELDON	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
80	Fred RODRIGUEZ	JELLY BELLY	s.t.
81	Joshua BERRY	JELLY BELLY	+1:21
82	Tyler MAGNER	HINCAPIE RACING	+1:42
83	Florenz KNAUER	H&R BLOCK	+1:56
84	Adam DE VOS	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
85	Jacob SCHWINGBOTH	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
86	Garrett MCLEOD	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
87	Travis SAMUEL	H&R BLOCK	s.t.
88	Edward KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+2:05
89	Winston DAVID	LUPUS RACING	+2:11
90	Sven erik BYSTRØM	KATUSHA	+2:27
91	Guillaume BOIVIN	OPTUM	s.t.
92	Grégory RAST	TREK	s.t.
93	Steve FISHER	JELLY BELLY	+2:28
94	Phil O'DONNELL	AXEON CYCLING	+2:41
95	Thomas SOLADAY	OPTUM	+2:45
96	Derrick ST JOHN	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+2:52
97	Bailey MCKNIGHT	H&R BLOCK	+2:53
98	Miguel BRYON	HINCAPIE RACING	s.t.
99	Justin OIEN	AXEON CYCLING	+3:02
100	Travis MEYER	DRAPAC	+3:06
101	Jure RUPNIK	H&R BLOCK	+3:09
102	Jens MOURIS	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+3:17
103	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	GIANT-ALPECIN	+3:37
104	Lars VAN DER HAAR	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
105	Mac BRENNAN	HINCAPIE RACING	+3:42
106	Shane ARCHBOLD	BORA-ARGON 18	+3:43
107	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
108	Cesare BENEDETTI	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
109	Kristof VANDEWALLE	TREK	+3:49
110	Will ROUTLEY	OPTUM	+3:52
111	Peter KONING	DRAPAC	+3:59
112	Michael LE ROSSIGNOL	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+4:06
113	Benjamin PERRY	SILBER PRO CYCLING	+4:16
114	Felix COTÉ BOUVETTE	H&R BLOCK	+4:18
115	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	+4:46
116	Michael HEPBURN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+5:13
117	Sam BEWLEY	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+5:13
118	Bernard SULZBERGER	DRAPAC	+5:44
119	Chris PUTT	AXEON CYCLING	+5:44
120	Angus MORTON	JELLY BELLY	+7:40

Alberta Tour stage 1 map

Alberta Tour Stage 1 map

Stage 1 video:

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Start list with back numbers, September 1, 2015

	ORICA-GREENEDGE
1	YATES Adam
2	BEWLEY Sam
3	DURBRIDGE Luke
4	HEPBURN Michael
5	MATTHEWS Michael
6	MEIER Christian
7	MOURIS Jens
8	TUFT Svein
	KATUSHA
11	CHERNETSKY Sergey
12	BYSTROM Sven Erik
13	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
14	LAGUTIN Sergey
15	PORSEV Alexander
16	SPILAK Simon
17	TSATEVITCH Alexey
18	ZAKARIN Ilnur
	GIANT-ALPECIN
21	GESCHKE Simon
22	ARNDT Nikias
23	HAGA Chad
24	LUDVIGSSON Fredrik
25	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
26	PREIDLER Georg
27	SINKELDAM Ramon
28	VAN DER HAAR Lars
	TREK FACTORY RACING
31	BUSCHE Matthew
32	COLEDAN Marco
33	DIDIER Laurent
34	MOLLEMA Bauke
35	RAST Grégory
36	ROULSTON Hayden
37	SERGENT Jesse
38	VANDEWALLE Kristof
	CANNONDALE - GARMIN
41	HESJEDAL Ryder
42	BROWN Nathan
43	BOVENHUIS Jasper
44	FORMOLO Davide
45	HANSEN Lasse Norman
46	KING Edward
47	SKJERPING Kristoffer
48	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
	BORA-ARGON 18
51	ARCHBOLD Shane
52	BARTA Jan
53	BENEDETTI Cesare
54	BENNETT Sam
55	NERZ Dominik
56	PFINGSTEN Christoph
57	THWAITES Scott
58	VOSS Paul
	DRAPAC
61	BROWN Graeme
62	CLARKE William
63	KERBY Jordan
64	KONING Peter
65	MEYER Travis
66	RUDOLPH Malcolm
67	SULZBERGER Bernard
68	WIPPERT Wouter
	HINCAPIE RACING TEAM
71	SKUJINS Toms
72	BRENNAN Mac
73	BRYON Miguel
74	FLAKSIS Andzs
75	HORNBECK Jonathan
76	LEWIS Joseph
77	MAGNER Tyler
78	SMITH Dion
	OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES
81	WOODS Michael
82	ANDERSON Ryan
83	ANTHONY Jesse
84	BOIVIN Guillaume
85	ROUTLEY Will
86	SOLADAY Thomas
87	ZIRBEL Tom
88	ZWIZANSKI Scott
	TEAM SMARTSTOP
91	BELL Zachary
92	DAHL Kristofer
93	HUFFMAN Evan
94	KLINE Shane
95	KYER Julian
96	LIVERMON Travis
97	MARCOTTE Eric
98	MCCABE Travis
	AXEON CYCLING TEAM
101	DANIEL Gregory
102	CURRAN Geoffrey
103	EATON Daniel
104	PUTT Christopher
105	O'DONNELL Phil
106	OIEN Justin
107	ORAM James
108	OWEN Logan
	SILBER PRO CYCLING TEAM
111	CATAFORD Alexander
112	DAL-CIN Matteo
113	ELLSAY Nigel
114	LE ROSSIGNOL Michael
115	PERRY Benjamin
116	RAY Alexander
117	ROTH Ryan
118	ST JOHN Derrick
	LUPUS RACING TEAM
121	VAUBOURZEIX Thomas
122	BEYER Chad
123	DAVID Winston
124	JEANNES Matthieu
125	MURPHY Evan
126	MURPHY Kyle
127	OLHEISER Mike
128	STONE Mike
	H&R BLOCK
131	DE VOS Adam
132	KNAUER Florenz
133	MCLEOD Garrett
134	SAMUEL Travis
135	SCHWINGBOTH Jacob
136	MCKNIGHT Bailey
137	COTÉ BOUVETTE Felix
138	RUPNIK Jure
	JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS
141	MORTON Lachlan David
142	BERRY Josh
143	BRAICO Alexandr
144	FISHER Steve
145	MANNION Gavin
146	MORTON Angus
147	RODRIGUEZ Fred
148	SHELDON Taylor