The Tour of Alberta podium history | 2016 edition
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Monday, September 4: 4th & final stage, Edmonton Circuit, 124.1 kilometers (77.1 miles)

Stage 4 map

Wouter Wippert wins the final stage

The race: Here'sthe organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Cannondale Drapac’s Wouter Wippert of The Netherlands outsprinted the field to win his second stage of the four-day ATB Tour of Alberta as American Evan Huffman of Rally Cycling held on to convincingly win the overall title of the 5th edition of the ATB Tour of Alberta Monday in the Province’s capital city of Edmonton.

“You could say this is the biggest victory of my career, for sure for an overall title,” said Huffman, who won two stages of the Amgen Tour of California earlier this year. “My Rally Cycling team fought off a lot of attacks and kept me in good position all day. But, that’s the way this team has been all year and why we continue to put up good results.”

On Monday, the 27-year-old Huffman finished with the group and bested his teammate Sepp Kuss by 18 seconds with American Alex Howes of Cannondale-Drapac by 31 seconds to round out the podium.

Jack Burke, a 22-year-old riding for Aevolo, won both the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Canada 150 Best Canadian Jersey and FC Edmonton Best Young Rider Jersey. Burke finishes 6th overall, the third highest overall finish by a Canadian in the history of the ATB Tour of Alberta.

Another young Canadian, 20-year-old Alec Cowan of Calgary won the Lexus of Edmonton King of the Mountains Jersey. Both Burke and Cowan are part of a strong youth movement in Canadian cycling and a sign of good times ahead for the sport.

“In 2014, I was watching this race on the side of the road in Calgary with my family, and now I am racing against these guys,” said Cowan. “This race is special for me, and I think for all the Canadians in the race. It’s our biggest and most important stage race. So, for me, to earn this jersey is special and I look forward to coming back to this race next year.”

Monday’s crowd was the biggest of the four days and one of the bigger crowds in the past five years according to race organizers.

CEO and President of the ATB Tour of Alberta, Scott Fisher said: “The Edmonton finish provides us great hope for the future. We’ve had a lot of great comments from the athletes, team directors, sponsors and fans this year. This race has a lot of pride and we look forward to the next level.”

The race was broadcast to 180 countries and 335 million households daily.

Alberta Peloton Association, the non-profit organization, that owns the event, Peter Verhesen said: “The athletes put on a good show all week and the race is on solid footing. We’ve had some great response this week and we were able to showcase a nice part of the province. We look forward to a bright future.”

As for the final stage, which was battled with blistering speeds that averaged almost 47 kilometres per hour, set up the strong Cannondale-Drapac team perfectly.

Wippert was riding with extra motivation as his team, which turned in arguably the biggest result in team history in July when Rigoberto Uran placed second in the Tour de France, said the team’s three consecutive victories were “good timing for a lot of reasons.” Until Saturday’s victory in Spruce Grove, Wippert hadn’t won a race since 2015 and found good form throughout the week of competition at the ATB Tour of Alberta.

The final stage in Edmonton saw a total of nine different breakaways, and at the end, none of them succeeded. Rally Cycling and Cannondale-Drapac were just too strong and controlled the race with the final outcome playing in both of their favors.

Complete results:

124.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.734 km/hr

1	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale-Drapac	2hr 46min 27sec
2	John Murphy	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
3	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	s.t.
4	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
5	Pier-André Côté	Silber Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	Michael Hernandez	Aevolo	s.t.
7	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
8	Daniel Eaton	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
9	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
10	Eder Frayre	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
11	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
12	Sepp Kuss	Rally Cycling	s.t.
13	Óscar Sevilla	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
14	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
15	Jack Burke	Aevolo	s.t.
16	Tyler Stites	Aevolo	s.t.
17	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
18	Evan Huffman	Rally Cycling	s.t.
19	Travis McCabe	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
20	Luis Villalobos	Aevolo	s.t.
21	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
22	Juan Esteban Arango	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
23	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	s.t.
24	José Alfredo Rodríguez	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
25	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
26	César Paredes	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
27	Bruno Langlois	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
28	Nigel Ellsay	Silber Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
30	Ryan MacAnally	H&R Block	s.t.
31	Lachlan Norris	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
32	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	s.t.
33	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
34	Alex Cataford	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
35	Elliott Doyle	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
36	James Piccoli	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
37	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
38	Keegan Swirbul	Jelly Belly	s.t.
39	Brendan Rhim	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
40	Simon-Pierre Gauthier	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
41	Nathan Brown	Cannondale-Drapac	+10''
42	Émile Jean	Silber Pro Cycling	+14''
43	Andžs Flaksis	Holowesko-Citadel	+16''
44	Oscar Clark	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
45	Cyrus Monk	Cannondale-Drapac	+26''
46	Róbigzon Oyola	Medellín-Inder	+30''
47	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+40''
48	Marc-Antoine Soucy	Silber Pro Cycling	+47''
49	Wéimar Roldán	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
50	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+51''
51	Jánier Acevedo	UnitedHealthcare	+56''
52	Eduardo Estrada	Medellín-Inder	+1' 50''
53	Oliver Evans	H&R Block	+2' 06''
54	Brian McCulloch	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
55	Olivier Brisebois	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
56	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale-Drapac	+2' 08''
57	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	+2' 11''
58	Nickolas Zukowsky	Silber Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+2' 33''
60	Miguel Bryon	Holowesko-Citadel	+5' 04''
61	Taylor Eisenhart	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
62	Jason Saltzman	Aevolo	+5' 20''
63	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	s.t.
64	Adam Roberge	Silber Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Joshua Berry	Jelly Belly	+5' 39''
66	Alexander Cowan	Silber Pro Cycling	+5' 50''
67	Jesse Anthony	Rally Cycling	+6' 15''
68	Danny Pate	Rally Cycling	s.t.
69	Adam De Vos	Rally Cycling	s.t.
70	Ryan Roth	Silber Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Connor Brown	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
72	Laurent Gervais	Aevolo	+7' 06''
73	Zeke Mostov	Aevolo	s.t.
74	Jokin Etxabe	Aevolo	s.t.
75	Joe Lewis	Holowesko-Citadel	+8' 01''
76	Ty Magner	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 4:

• Final GC leader: Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling)
• Mountains classification winner: Alexander Cowan (Silber Pro Cycling)
• Points classification winner: Wouter Wippert (Cannondale-Drapac)
• Best Canadian rider: Jack Burke (Aevolo)
• Best young rider: Jack Burke (Aevolo)
• Team classification winner: Rally Cycling

541.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.034 km/hr

1	Evan Huffman	Rally Cycling	12hr 0min 55sec
2	Sepp Kuss	Rally Cycling	@ 18sec
3	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	+31''
4	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
5	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare	+33''
6	Jack Burke	Aevolo	+35''
7	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	+36''
8	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	+41''
9	James Piccoli	Elevate-KHS	+50''
10	Nigel Ellsay	Silber Pro Cycling	+51''
11	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	+53''
12	Lachlan Norris	UnitedHealthcare	+53''
13	Óscar Sevilla	Medellín-Inder	+56''
14	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	+58''
15	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
16	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	+1' 01''
17	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	+1' 04''
18	César Paredes	Medellín-Inder	+1' 10''
19	Luis Villalobos	Aevolo	+1' 12''
20	Alex Cataford	UnitedHealthcare	+2' 27''
21	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	+3' 03''
22	Róbigzon Oyola	Medellín-Inder	+3' 13''
23	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	+3' 16''
24	Travis McCabe	UnitedHealthcare	+3' 26''
25	Brendan Rhim	Holowesko-Citadel	+3' 31''
26	Keegan Swirbul	Jelly Belly	+3' 41''
27	Andžs Flaksis	Holowesko-Citadel	+5' 09''
28	Wéimar Roldán	Medellín-Inder	+5' 33''
29	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+5' 50''
30	Juan Esteban Arango	Medellín-Inder	+6' 10''
31	Jánier Acevedo	UnitedHealthcare	+6' 37''
32	Nathan Brown	Cannondale-Drapac	+7' 28''
33	John Murphy	Holowesko-Citadel	+7' 36''
34	Eder Frayre	Elevate-KHS	+7' 48''
35	Oliver Evans	H&R Block	+8' 11''
36	Taylor Eisenhart	Holowesko-Citadel	+8' 15''
37	Cyrus Monk	Cannondale-Drapac	+9' 16''
38	Eduardo Estrada	Medellín-Inder	+9' 52''
39	Zeke Mostov	Aevolo	+9' 55''
40	Olivier Brisebois	Garneau-Quebecor	+10' 09''
41	Alexander Cowan	Silber Pro Cycling	+10' 13''
42	Tyler Stites	Aevolo	+10' 19''
43	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+10' 22''
44	Adam Roberge	Silber Pro Cycling	+10' 51''
45	Simon-Pierre Gauthier	Garneau-Quebecor	+11' 09''
46	Joe Lewis	Holowesko-Citadel	+12' 04''
47	Bruno Langlois	Garneau-Quebecor	+12' 18''
48	Daniel Eaton	UnitedHealthcare	+12' 26''
49	Jokin Etxabe	Aevolo	+12' 53''
50	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+13' 14''
51	Oscar Clark	Holowesko-Citadel	+13' 40''
52	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale-Drapac	+14' 55''
53	Pier-André Côté	Silber Pro Cycling	+15' 01''
54	Michael Hernandez	Aevolo	s.t.
55	José Alfredo Rodríguez	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
56	Elliott Doyle	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
57	Ryan MacAnally	H&R Block	+15' 24''
58	Nickolas Zukowsky	Silber Pro Cycling	+15' 33''
59	Laurent Gervais	Aevolo	+16' 00''
60	Jason Saltzman	Aevolo	+16' 23''
61	Marc-Antoine Soucy	Silber Pro Cycling	+16' 48''
62	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+17' 11''
63	Émile Jean	Silber Pro Cycling	+17' 16''
64	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+18' 24''
65	Adam De Vos	Rally Cycling	+18' 39''
66	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale-Drapac	+18' 42''
67	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+18' 49''
68	Brian McCulloch	Elevate-KHS	+18' 57''
69	Joshua Berry	Jelly Belly	+19' 17''
70	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	+20' 16''
71	Danny Pate	Rally Cycling	+20' 42''
72	Connor Brown	Elevate-KHS	+21' 16''
73	Ryan Roth	Silber Pro Cycling	+21' 48''
74	Miguel Bryon	Holowesko-Citadel	+22' 00''
75	Jesse Anthony	Rally Cycling	+24' 19''
76	Ty Magner	Holowesko-Citadel	+25' 29''

Stage 4 map:

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Sunday, September 3: Stage 3, Edmonton - Edmonton, 116 kilometers (73 miles)

Stage 3 map

Alex Howes wins stage three.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Cannondale Drapac’s Alex Howes jumped from the field with about 300 metres to go and held off a chasing pack to win Delta Lodge at Kananaskis Stage 3 in Edmonton at the University of Alberta. The American outdistanced second-place finisher and teammate Wouter Wippert of The Netherlands who won Stage 2 on Saturday.

“I jumped coming to the top of the final climb (up out of the River Valley) and was trying to lead out Wouter because I think he’s the top sprinter in the race. When I got a gap, he yelled ‘to go for it’ so I kept going and held on. The end of the year is going well for me and the team.”

Howes had won a stage in the Colorado Classic last month and accelerates at shorter climbs and that played to his strength entering the final kilometre.

American Evan Huffman of Rally Cycling finished with the group and retained his overall lead by 18 seconds over teammate Sepp Kuss. Howes moved up to a tie in third place with teammate Tom-Jelte Slagter of The Netherlands, at 31 seconds behind.

“My Rally Cycling team came to race and Cannondale-Drapac is making it tough, but we’re pretty strong right now,” said Huffman, confident in holding his lead to the final kilometres tomorrow. “The course isn’t easy but it isn’t that difficult either. I’m hopeful and confident but tomorrow could be a dogfight.”

Jack Burke of Aevolo continues to impress and continues to be the highest placed Canadian as well as Best Young Rider. The 22-year-old is from Squamish, B.C. is currently in 6th place overall. Sepp Kuss (USA) of Rally Cycling retained the Lexus of Edmonton King of the Mountain jersey. And, Wippert took control of the EllisDon Sprint Points jersey.

Sunday’s stage averaged a blistering 45 kilometres per hour over the 116-kilometre course. The 11-lap circuit featured a long breakaway that at one point threatened Huffman’s lead. One of the key instigators was Canadian Alex Cataford of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling team. The main field, which had been chasing the breakaway up and down the River Valley on Groat Road in central Edmonton.

Monday’s stage is a 124 km circuit race through Centre City that starts and finishes at Churchill Square. The course features 11 laps with a climb up Bellamy Hill and a longer mild climb up Victoria Park Road. Best viewing spots are Churchill Square, Bellamy Hill Rd. climb, the corner of 107 Street and 100 Avenue NW, River Valley Road next to Victoria Golf Club. Start is 1:50 pm and estimated finish is 4:25 pm.

Complete results:

116 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.241 km/hr

1	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	2hr 30min 31sec
2	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
3	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	s.t.
4	John Murphy	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
5	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
6	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
7	Pier-André Côté	Silber	s.t.
8	Sepp Kuss	Rally Cycling	s.t.
9	Michael Hernandez	Aevolo	s.t.
10	Tyler Stites	Aevolo	s.t.
11	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
12	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	s.t.
13	James Piccoli	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
14	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
15	José Alfredo Rodríguez	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
16	Jack Burke	Aevolo	s.t.
17	Evan Huffman	Rally Cycling	s.t.
18	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	s.t.
19	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
20	Óscar Sevilla	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
21	Connor Brown	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
22	Félix Côté-Bouvette	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
23	Elliott Doyle	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
24	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
25	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
26	Luis Villalobos	Aevolo	s.t.
27	César Paredes	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
28	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
29	Nigel Ellsay	Silber	s.t.
30	Róbigzon Oyola	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
31	Jean-Simon D'Anjou	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
32	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
33	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
34	Zeke Mostov	Aevolo	s.t.
35	Keegan Swirbul	Jelly Belly	s.t.
36	Lachlan Norris	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
37	Eder Frayre	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
38	Nick Torraca	Elevate-KHS	+15''
39	Travis McCabe	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
40	Adam Roberge	Silber	s.t.
41	Ryan MacAnally	H&R Block	s.t.
42	Olivier Brisebois	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
43	Laurent Gervais	Aevolo	s.t.
44	Nathan Brown	Cannondale-Drapac	+20''
45	Cyrus Monk	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
46	Ryan Roth	Silber	+27''
47	Marc-Antoine Soucy	Silber	+29''
48	Wéimar Roldán	Medellín-Inder	+31''
49	Jason Saltzman	Aevolo	+32''
50	Jokin Etxabe	Aevolo	+34''
51	Oliver Evans	H&R Block	+41''
52	Simon-Pierre Gauthier	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
53	Alexander Cowan	Silber	s.t.
54	Brendan Rhim	Holowesko-Citadel	+47''
55	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+53''
56	Juan Esteban Arango	Medellín-Inder	+55''
57	Alex Cataford	UnitedHealthcare	+57''
58	Daniel Eaton	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
59	Émile Jean	Silber	+1' 02''
60	Bruno Langlois	Garneau-Quebecor	+1' 03''
61	Nickolas Zukowsky	Silber	s.t.
62	Eduardo Estrada	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
63	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
64	Jánier Acevedo	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 10''
65	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale-Drapac	+1' 14''
66	Brian McCulloch	Elevate-KHS	+1' 19''
67	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
68	Adam De Vos	Rally Cycling	s.t.
69	Joe Lewis	Holowesko-Citadel	+1' 24''
70	Taylor Eisenhart	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
71	Oscar Clark	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
72	Miguel Bryon	Holowesko-Citadel	+1' 38''
73	Ty Magner	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
74	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	+1' 44''
75	Andžs Flaksis	Holowesko-Citadel	+2' 02''
76	Danny Pate	Rally Cycling	+2' 35''
77	Jesse Anthony	Rally Cycling	+2' 58''
78	Joshua Berry	Jelly Belly	+3' 21''
79	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+3' 33''

GC after Stage 3:

417 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.124 km/hr

1	Evan Huffman	Rally Cycling	9hr 14min 28sec
2	Sepp Kuss	Rally Cycling	@ 18sec
3	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	+31''
4	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
5	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare	+33''
6	Jack Burke	Aevolo	+35''
7	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	+40''
8	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	+45''
9	James Piccoli	Elevate-KHS	+50''
10	Nigel Ellsay	Silber	+52''
11	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	+53''
12	Óscar Sevilla	Medellín-Inder	+56''
13	Lachlan Norris	UnitedHealthcare	+57''
14	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	+58''
15	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
16	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	+1' 01''
17	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	+1' 07''
18	César Paredes	Medellín-Inder	+1' 10''
19	Luis Villalobos	Aevolo	+1' 12''
20	Alex Cataford	UnitedHealthcare	+2' 27''
21	Róbigzon Oyola	Medellín-Inder	+2' 43''
22	Zeke Mostov	Aevolo	+2' 49''
23	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	+3' 03''
24	Taylor Eisenhart	Holowesko-Citadel	+3' 11''
25	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	+3' 16''
26	Travis McCabe	UnitedHealthcare	+3' 26''
27	Brendan Rhim	Holowesko-Citadel	+3' 31''
28	Keegan Swirbul	Jelly Belly	+3' 41''
29	Joe Lewis	Holowesko-Citadel	+4' 03''
30	Alexander Cowan	Silber	+4' 23''
31	Wéimar Roldán	Medellín-Inder	+4' 46''
32	Andžs Flaksis	Holowesko-Citadel	+4' 53''
33	Adam Roberge	Silber	+5' 31''
34	Jánier Acevedo	UnitedHealthcare	+5' 41''
35	Jokin Etxabe	Aevolo	+5' 47''
36	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+5' 50''
37	Oliver Evans	H&R Block	+6' 05''
38	Juan Esteban Arango	Medellín-Inder	+6' 10''
39	Nathan Brown	Cannondale-Drapac	+7' 18''
40	John Murphy	Holowesko-Citadel	+7' 42''
41	Eder Frayre	Elevate-KHS	+7' 48''
42	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+7' 54''
43	Eduardo Estrada	Medellín-Inder	+8' 02''
44	Olivier Brisebois	Garneau-Quebecor	+8' 03''
45	Cyrus Monk	Cannondale-Drapac	+8' 50''
46	Laurent Gervais	Aevolo	+8' 54''
47	Félix Côté-Bouvett	Garneau-Quebecor	+9' 10''
48	Tyler Stites	Aevolo	+10' 19''
49	Jean-Simon D'Anjou	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
50	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+10' 22''
51	Jason Saltzman	Aevolo	+11' 03''
52	Simon-Pierre Gauthier	Garneau-Quebecor	+11' 09''
53	Bruno Langlois	Garneau-Quebecor	+12' 18''
54	Adam De Vos	Rally Cycling	+12' 24''
55	Daniel Eaton	UnitedHealthcare	+12' 26''
56	Nickolas Zukowsky	Silber	+13' 22''
57	Oscar Clark	Holowesko-Citadel	+13' 24''
58	Joshua Berry	Jelly Belly	+13' 38''
59	Danny Pate	Rally Cycling	+14' 27''
60	Michael Hernandez	Aevolo	+15' 01''
61	José Alfredo Rodríguez	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
62	Pier-André Côté	Silber	s.t.
63	Elliott Doyle	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
64	Connor Brown	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
65	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale-Drapac	+15' 05''
66	Nick Torraca	Elevate-KHS	+15' 16''
67	Ryan MacAnally	H&R Block	+15' 24''
68	Ryan Roth	Silber	+15' 33''
69	Marc-Antoine Soucy	Silber	+16' 01''
70	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+16' 16''
71	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+16' 20''
72	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale-Drapac	+16' 34''
73	Brian McCulloch	Elevate-KHS	+16' 51''
74	Miguel Bryon	Holowesko-Citadel	+16' 56''
75	Émile Jean	Silber	+17' 02''
76	Ty Magner	Holowesko-Citadel	+17' 28''
77	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+17' 44''
78	Jesse Anthony	Rally Cycling	+18' 04''
79	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	+18' 05''

Stage 3 map:

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Saturday, September 2: Stage 2, Spruce Grove, 139 kilometers (84 miles)

Stage 2 map

Wouter Wippert wins the second stage

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Wouter Wippert's Cannondale-Drapac team.

Wouter Wippert sprinted to his first victory in #GreenArgyle on the second stage of the ATB Tour of Alberta on Saturday. The Dutchman took full advantage of a strong Cannondale-Drapac sprint train and timed his sprint to perfection in his surge to the line. John Murphy (Holowesko-Citadel) and Ryan Macanally (H&R Block) rounded out the podium.

“For the team, the win is a really positive way to handle the things that are happening internally at the moment,” said Wippert. “On a personal level, after a really bad start to the year, I’m really happy and relieved that things are finally going as they should be since Nationals.”

Wippert said Cannondale-Drapac wanted to make “a real race” on the 139-kilometer Spruce Grove stage. As a result, all early escape attempts were neutralized. “We tried to put it in echelons, but there wasn’t enough wind for that,” said Wippert. “When we realized that we couldn’t split the field, we let the break go away.”

The move included Alex Catagord (UnitedHealthCare), Eduardo Estrada (Medellin-Inder) and Bruno Langois (Garneau-Quebecor). The trio built a maximum advantage of two minutes before Rally, riding in defense of Evan Huffman’s overall lead, began to chip away at the gap. Forty kilometers from the finish, Cannondale-Drapac and Holowesko-Citadel lent riders to the cause.

“Three guys are easy to control while preparing for the sprint,” noted Wippert. “The situation was perfect for us. Nate [Brown] and Lawson [Craddock] did a great job bringing back the break, and even after those guys were caught, Nate and Lawson kept riding.”

The catch was made shortly before the peloton entered the Spruce Grove finish circuit where the peloton contested three laps around a five-kilometer loop.

“The last lap the guys did an awesome job,” said Wippert. “We communicated it all perfectly and hit it on the right moment with just a little less than two kilometers to go. It was a block headwind, so I wanted to wait a little bit longer than normal. It worked out pretty well.”

The ATB Tour of Alberta continues on Sunday with a 116-kilometer stage that starts and finishes in Edmonton. Tom-Jelte Slagter heads into the second half of the four-day Canadian stage race in third overall, 31-seconds down on Huffman

Complete results:

139 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.594 km/hr

1	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale-Drapac	2hr 55min 14sec
2	John Murphy	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
3	Ryan MacAnally	H&R Block	s.t.
4	Michael Hernandez	Aevolo	s.t.
5	José Alfredo Rodríguez	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
6	Elliott Doyle	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
7	Wéimar Roldán	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
8	Róbigzon Oyola	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
9	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
10	Pier-André Côté	Silber	s.t.
11	Joshua Berry	Jelly Belly	s.t.
12	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
13	Jesse Anthony	Rally	s.t.
14	Tyler Stites	Aevolo	s.t.
15	Sepp Kuss	Rally	s.t.
16	James Piccoli	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
17	Eder Frayre	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
18	Jack Burke	Aevolo	s.t.
19	Juan Esteban Arango	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
20	Ryan Roth	Silber	s.t.
21	Zeke Mostov	Aevolo	s.t.
22	Evan Huffman	Rally	s.t.
23	Óscar Sevilla	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
24	Luis Villalobos	Aevolo	s.t.
25	Jean-Simon D'Anjou	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
26	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
27	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally	s.t.
28	Connor Brown	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
29	Lachlan Norris	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
30	Rob Britton	Rally	s.t.
31	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
32	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
33	Nigel Ellsay	Silber	s.t.
34	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
35	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
36	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
37	Keegan Swirbul	Jelly Belly	s.t.
38	Nick Torraca	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
39	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
40	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
41	Olivier Brisebois	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
42	Colin Joyce	Rally	s.t.
43	Simon-Pierre Gauthier	Garneau-Quebecor	+9''
44	César Paredes	Medellín-Inder	+12''
45	Oliver Evans	H&R Block	s.t.
46	Miguel Bryon	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
47	Jason Saltzman	Aevolo	s.t.
48	Alex Cataford	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
49	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
50	Eduardo Estrada	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
51	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale-Drapac	+19''
52	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+21''
53	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+23''
54	Laurent Gervais	Aevolo	s.t.
55	Nathan Brown	Cannondale-Drapac	+29''
56	Marc-Antoine Soucy	Silber	+31''
57	Adam Roberge	Silber	s.t.
58	Jokin Etxabe	Aevolo	s.t.
59	Brian McCulloch	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
60	Alexander Cowan	Silber	s.t.
61	Brendan Rhim	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
62	Daniel Eaton	UnitedHealthcare	+33''
63	Joe Lewis	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
64	Travis McCabe	UnitedHealthcare	+0''
65	Taylor Eisenhart	Holowesko-Citadel	+40''
66	Cyrus Monk	Cannondale-Drapac	+42''
67	Ty Magner	Holowesko-Citadel	+44''
68	Adam De Vos	Rally	+46''
69	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
70	Andžs Flaksis	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
71	Jánier Acevedo	UnitedHealthcare	+49''
72	Émile Jean	Silber	+59''
73	Bruno Langlois	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
74	Nickolas Zukowsky	Silber	+1' 05''
75	Oscar Clark	Holowesko-Citadel	+1' 07''
76	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	+1' 15''
77	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
78	Félix Côté-Bouvette	Garneau-Quebecor	+1' 22''
79	Danny Pate	Rally	+1' 27''
80	Matthew Staples	H&R Block	DNF

GC after stage 2:

301 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.709 km/hr

1	Evan Huffman	Rally	6hr 43min 57sec
2	Sepp Kuss	Rally	@ 18sec
3	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	+31''
4	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare	+33''
5	Jack Burke	Aevolo	+35''
6	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	+41''
7	Colin Joyce	Rally	+44''
8	Rob Britton	Rally	+45''
9	James Piccoli	Elevate-KHS	+50''
10	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally	+53''
11	Óscar Sevilla	Medellín-Inder	+56''
12	Lachlan Norris	UnitedHealthcare	+57''
13	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	+58''
14	Nigel Ellsay	Silber	s.t.
15	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
16	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	+1' 01''
17	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	+1' 07''
18	César Paredes	Medellín-Inder	+1' 10''
19	Luis Villalobos	Aevolo	+1' 12''
20	Alex Cataford	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 31''
21	Taylor Eisenhart	Holowesko-Citadel	+1' 47''
22	Joe Lewis	Holowesko-Citadel	+2' 42''
23	Róbigzon Oyola	Medellín-Inder	+2' 43''
24	Brendan Rhim	Holowesko-Citadel	+2' 44''
25	Zeke Mostov	Aevolo	+2' 49''
26	Andžs Flaksis	Holowesko-Citadel	+2' 51''
27	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	+3' 03''
28	Travis McCabe	UnitedHealthcare	+3' 11''
29	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	+3' 16''
30	Keegan Swirbul	Jelly Belly	+3' 41''
31	Alexander Cowan	Silber	+3' 42''
32	Wéimar Roldán	Medellín-Inder	+4' 15''
33	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+4' 21''
34	Jánier Acevedo	UnitedHealthcare	+4' 31''
35	Jokin Etxabe	Aevolo	+5' 13''
36	Juan Esteban Arango	Medellín-Inder	+5' 15''
37	Adam Roberge	Silber	+5' 16''
38	Oliver Evans	H&R Block	+5' 24''
39	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+5' 50''
40	Nathan Brown	Cannondale-Drapac	+6' 58''
41	Eduardo Estrada	Medellín-Inder	+6' 59''
42	John Murphy	Holowesko-Citadel	+7' 42''
43	Eder Frayre	Elevate-KHS	+7' 48''
44	Olivier Brisebois	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
45	Cyrus Monk	Cannondale-Drapac	+8' 30''
46	Laurent Gervais	Aevolo	+8' 39''
47	Félix Côté-Bouvette	Garneau-Quebecor	+9' 10''
48	Joshua Berry	Jelly Belly	+10' 19''
49	Tyler Stites	Aevolo	s.t.
50	Jean-Simon D'Anjou	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
51	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+10' 22''
52	Simon-Pierre Gauthier	Garneau-Quebecor	+10' 28''
53	Jason Saltzman	Aevolo	+10' 31''
54	Adam De Vos	Rally	+11' 05''
55	Bruno Langlois	Garneau-Quebecor	+11' 15''
56	Daniel Eaton	UnitedHealthcare	+11' 29''
57	Danny Pate	Rally	+11' 52''
58	Oscar Clark	Holowesko-Citadel	+12' 00''
59	Nickolas Zukowsky	Silber	+12' 19''
60	José Alfredo Rodríguez	Elevate-KHS	+15' 01''
61	Michael Hernandez	Aevolo	s.t.
62	Elliott Doyle	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
63	Pier-André Côté	Silber	s.t.
64	Connor Brown	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
65	Nick Torraca	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
66	Jesse Anthony	Rally	+15' 06''
67	Ryan Roth	Silber	s.t.
68	Ryan MacAnally	H&R Block	+15' 09''
69	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale-Drapac	+15' 11''
70	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+15' 13''
71	Miguel Bryon	Holowesko-Citadel	+15' 18''
72	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale-Drapac	+15' 20''
73	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+15' 27''
74	Brian McCulloch	Elevate-KHS	+15' 32''
75	Marc-Antoine Soucy	Silber	s.t.
76	Ty Magner	Holowesko-Citadel	+15' 50''
77	Émile Jean	Silber	+16' 00''
78	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	+16' 21''
79	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+16' 25''

Stage 2 map:

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Friday, September 1: Stage 1, Jasper - Jasper, 162 kilometers (100 miles)

Stage 1 map

Evan Huffman wins the first stage.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

American Evan Huffman of Rally Racing took a flyer and broke away from the lead group on the lower slopes of the climb up to Marmot Basin to win Delta Air Lines Stage 1, Friday.

Huffman’s win was his sixth of the year, after winning two stages of the Tour of California in May. Last year’s 3rd place finisher overall jumped from the lead group of approximately 20 with less than 8-kilometres from the summit to defeat teammate and fellow American Sepp Kuss. The 2015 winner up to Marmot Basin Ski Area, The Netherlands’s Tom-Jelte Slagter of Cannondale-Drapac, finished third a distant :27 seconds behind Huffman.

“I felt like I was cracking about one kilometre from the finish,” admitted Huffman. “I kept looking back, but I didn’t see anyone so I just hung on.”

Slagter, perhaps Huffman or Kuss’s biggest threat to win the overall championship by Monday’s finish in Centre City Edmonton, said he didn’t want to go too soon on the final 10-kilometre climb, afraid to “blow up”. Slagter knew the steep grades of the final 300 metres were steep and more could be lost than gained.

Young Canadian Jack Burke of Squamish, B.C., who races for Aevolo, garnered both the FC Edmonton Best Young Rider and Pomeroy Inn & Suites Canada 150 Best Canadian Jersey. Burke said it was by far the biggest accomplishment for the 22-year-old who got his start by racing mountain bikes.

“This is the biggest accomplishment of my career and great for our team, which is a new one,” said Burke. “We hope to keep it going the next few days.”

The 165-kilometre race started in the Town of Jasper before routing three laps through the majestic roads of Jasper National Park. Smoke from the wild fires in British Columbia at times made breathing tough for the world-class field of cyclists from 14 countries. The stage finish at Marmot Basin was the second in the five-year history of the ATB Tour of Alberta. A replica of Friday’s stage was raced two years ago.

“It was a great day overall,” said ATB Tour of Alberta CEO Scott Fisher. “

With such an important stage for time gaps out of the way, today’s Stage 2 road race in Spruce Grove, will make teams like Cannondale-Drapac and Holowesko | Citadel presented by Hincapie Sportswear no doubt re-evaluate how they will attack.

Saturday’s 133-kilometre race will start at 1:15 pm on King Street in Spruce Grove and routes north and west of the city out on Range Roads 274 and 540, up 779 to 37 westerly before heading north on Highway 777 before heading back east on Highway 642 around Sandy Beach and south on Highway 44 and zigging around 633 and back in. The finale in Spruce Grove will feature three finish laps. The estimated finish is between 4:25 and 4:45 pm.

Complete results & GC:

162 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.489 km/hr

1	Evan Huffman	Rally Cycling	3hr 48min 46sec
2	Sepp Kuss	Rally Cycling	@ 15sec
3	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	+28''
4	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare	+30''
5	Jack Burke	Aevolo	+32''
6	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	+38''
7	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	+41''
8	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	+42''
9	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	+44''
10	James Piccoli	Elevate-KHS	+47''
11	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	+50''
12	César Paredes	Medellín-Inder	+55''
13	Nigel Ellsay	Silber	s.t.
14	Óscar Sevilla	Medellín-Inder	s.t.
15	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
16	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
17	Lachlan Norris	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
18	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	+58''
19	Taylor Eisenhart	Holowesko-Citadel	+1' 04''
20	Luis Villalobos	Aevolo	+1' 09''
21	Alex Cataford	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 17''
22	Andžs Flaksis	Holowesko-Citadel	+2' 02''
23	Joe Lewis	Holowesko-Citadel	+2' 06''
24	Brendan Rhim	Holowesko-Citadel	+2' 10''
25	Róbigzon Oyola	Medellín-Inder	+2' 40''
26	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
27	Zeke Mostov	Aevolo	+2' 46''
28	Alexander Cowan	Silber	+3' 08''
29	Travis McCabe	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
30	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	+3' 13''
31	Keegan Swirbul	Jelly Belly	+3' 38''
32	Jánier Acevedo	UnitedHealthcare	+3' 39''
33	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+3' 55''
34	Wéimar Roldán	Medellín-Inder	+4' 12''
35	Jokin Etxabe	Aevolo	+4' 39''
36	Adam Roberge	Silber	+4' 42''
37	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+5' 01''
38	Oliver Evans	H&R Block	+5' 09''
39	Juan Esteban Arango	Medellín-Inder	+5' 12''
40	Nathan Brown	Cannondale-Drapac	+6' 26''
41	Eduardo Estrada	Medellín-Inder	+6' 46''
42	John Murphy	Holowesko-Citadel	+7' 45''
43	Félix Côté-Bouvette	Garneau-Quebecor	+7' 45''
44	Olivier Brisebois	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
45	Cyrus Monk	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
46	Eder Frayre	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
47	Laurent Gervais	Aevolo	+8' 13''
48	Simon-Pierre Gauthier	Garneau-Quebecor	+10' 16''
49	Jean-Simon D'Anjou	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
50	Adam De Vos	Rally Cycling	s.t.
51	Jason Saltzman	Aevolo	s.t.
52	Joshua Berry	Jelly Belly	s.t.
53	Tyler Stites	Aevolo	s.t.
54	Bruno Langlois	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
55	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+10' 19''
56	Danny Pate	Rally Cycling	+10' 22''
57	Oscar Clark	Holowesko-Citadel	+10' 50''
58	Daniel Eaton	UnitedHealthcare	+10' 53''
59	Nickolas Zukowsky	Silber	+11' 11''
60	Nick Torraca	Elevate-KHS	+14' 58''
61	Brian McCulloch	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
62	Matthew Staples	H&R Block	s.t.
63	José Alfredo Rodríguez	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
64	Connor Brown	Elevate-KHS	s.t.
65	Marc-Antoine Soucy	Silber	s.t.
66	Émile Jean	Silber	s.t.
67	Pier-André Côté	Silber	s.t.
68	Elliott Doyle	Garneau-Quebecor	s.t.
69	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
70	Michael Hernandez	Aevolo	s.t.
71	Lawson Craddock	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
72	Miguel Bryon	Holowesko-Citadel	+15' 03''
73	Ty Magner	Holowesko-Citadel	s.t.
74	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
75	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
76	Ryan Roth	Silber	s.t.
77	Jesse Anthony	Rally Cycling	s.t.
78	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+15' 07''
79	Ryan MacAnally	H&R Block	+15' 10''
80	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale-Drapac	+15' 18''
81	Angus Morton	Jelly Belly	DNF
82	Jean-François Soucy	Garneau-Quebecor	DNF

Stage 1 map: