Photo:
Joe Lindsey

Photo:
Dave Zabriskie. (Wil Matthews)

American Dave Zabriskie of the Garmin-Barracuda team was the fastest man against the clock on Thursday’s Stage 5 of the Tour of California, winning the race’s only time trial around Bakersfield.

Germany’s Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) finished second, 23 seconds behind Zabriskie, while BMC Racing’s American star Tejay van Garderen was third, 34 seconds adrift of the stage winner.

Hot conditions and brisk breezes with a barren landscape accented the stage.

“The biggest factor was probably the heat,” Zabriskie said. “Second is the wind. Thirdly, there’s not much to look at out there. It works on you mentally. But that’s the kind of course I like.

“Definitely the wind was in the face,” he said. “I knew I had to concentrate a lot and keep the speed.”

Zabriskie covered the 18.4-mile (29.7-kilometer) course in 35 minutes and 59 seconds, with an average speed of 30.7 miles per hour (49.5 kilometers per hour).

Zabriskie is now 34 seconds ahead of Van Garderen with Dutchman Robert Gesink third, 39 seconds back.

Slovakia’s Sagan, a Liquigas rider who had swept the prior stages to open a 16-second edge when the day began, was 52nd in the stage.

Friday’s sixth stage will go from Palmdale to the mountaintop finish at Big Bear Lake, and has two major climbs ahead of Saturday’s feature climb of Mount Baldy on the penultimate day of the event.

Jersey Winners

Amgen Leader Jersey – David Zabriskie (USA), Garmin-Barracuda (USA)
Nissan King of the Mountain Jersey – Sébastian Salas (USA), Optum Powered by Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Peter Sagan (SVK), Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA)  
Rabobank Best Young Rider Jersey – Luke Durbridge (AUS), Orica-GreenEDGE (AUS)
Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer Most Courageous Rider Jersey – Markel Irizar Arranburu (ESP), RadioShack-Nissan-Trek (LUX)
Exergy Most Aggressive Rider Jersey – Yannick Eijssen (BEL) of BMC Racing Team (USA)

Complete Results for Stage 5 of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012; Distance: 29.7km; Average Speed: 49.523 km/h.

1 18 ZABRISKIE David GRM USA 35’59″21 00″
2 8 VOIGT Jens RNT GER 36’22″51 23″
3 31 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 36’33″68 34″
4 41 GESINK Robert RAB NED 36’38″30 39″
5 17 TALANSKY Andrew GRM USA 36’47″07 48″
6 28 VELITS Peter OPQ SVK 36’48″16 49″
7 48 TJALLINGII Maarten RAB NED 36’51″53 52″
8 62 *DURBRIDGE Luke OGE AUS 37’00″47 01’01″
9 11 DANIELSON Tom GRM USA 37’06″34 01’07″
10 81 SUTHERLAND Rory UHC AUS 37’09″99 01’10″

Photo:
Sagan, second from left, took the win ahead of Haussler and Boonen. (Wil Matthews)

Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) sprinted to his third win in three days on the Tour of California‘s third stage into Livermore on Tuesday, taking the field sprint ahead of Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Barracuda) and Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step).

“It’s a surprise for me,” said Sagan. “I want to say thank you to my team because they did very good work today.

“This race is very hard for me,” he said. “The long climbs and the time trial are not so good for me. I’ll try very hard to stay in the (yellow) jersey for another day. But I don’t think I’ll keep it after the time trial.”

As on Stages 1 and 2, Tuesday’s stage saw a long breakaway gain an advantage of several minutes during the 115-mile ride from San Jose to Livermore, only to be reeled in by a Liquigas- and Garmin-led pack toward the end.

With the last of the escapees caught, the dominant sprinter of this year’s race, Slovakia’s Sagan, timed his sprint perfectly to take his third consecutive win.

It was the 22-year-old’s sixth stage victory at the Tour of California.

With his trio of stage wins and the time bonuses that he is awarded for each of those wins, Sagan now has a lead of 30 seconds over many of the race favorites, though he isn’t considered a threat to the overall title.

Peter Sagan’s Cannondale Super Six Evo, equipped with 2012 SRAM Red, Mavic Cosmic Carbone wheels with tubular Mavic tires, and Cannondale’s Hollowgram crank with wireless SRM power meter.

Jersey Winners

Amgen Leader Jersey – Peter Sagan (SVK), Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA)

Nissan King of the Mountain Jersey – Sébastian Salas (USA), Optum Powered by Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA)

Visit California Sprint Jersey – Peter Sagan (SVK), Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA)  (Heinrich Haussler (AUS), Garmin-Barracuda (USA) will wear the green Visit California Sprint Jersey tomorrow since Peter Sagan cannot wear three jerseys)

Rabobank Best Young Rider Jersey – Peter Sagan (SVK), Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA) (Josh Atkins (NZL), Bontrager Livestrong Team (USA) will wear the Robobank Best Young Rider Jersey tomorrow since Peter Sagan cannot wear three jerseys)

Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey – Wilson Marentes Torres (COL), Colombia-Coldeportes (COL)

Exergy Most Aggressive Rider Jersey – Jeremy Vennell (NZL), Bissell Pro Cycling (USA)

Complete Results for Stage 3 of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California

1 57 *SAGAN Peter LIQ SVK B:10″ 00″
2 13 HAUSSLER Heinrich GRM AUS B:06″ ‘ ‘
3 22 BOONEN Tom OPQ BEL B:04″ ‘ ‘
4 133 CANDELARIO Alexander OPT USA ‘ ‘
5 76 MONDORY Lloyd ALM FRA ‘ ‘
6 151 RODRIGUEZ Fred XRG USA ‘ ‘
7 117 *HOULE Hugo SPI CAN ‘ ‘
8 103 DE KORT Koen ARG NED ‘ ‘
9 44 *MATTHEWS Michael RAB AUS ‘ ‘
10 66 SULZBERGER Wesley OGE AUS ‘ ‘

Riders begin Stage 2 of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California in San Francisco. Before the stage start, defending champion Chris Horner of RadioShack-Nissan predicted that the day’s climbs would cause a split in the pack, as yesterday’s did in Stage 1.

Related video: Chris Horner talks to Frankie Andreu before Stage 2

May 14th, 2012

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By Bob Mionske

If you plan to pedal home after a night out this weekend, you might want to consider the possible ways the police will react if they catch you BUI—bicycling under the influence.

You Lose Your License In states such as Oregon, where traffic laws are equally applicable to cyclists and motorists, BUI can land you in the same trouble as any driver whose blood-alcohol level exceeds the limit (0.08 percent).

You’re in the Clear—If You Behave A few years ago, South Dakota changed its state law to make bicycling under the influence legal. Legislators wanted to encourage people who’d had too much to drink to ride their bikes instead of driving. However, you can be arrested for disorderly conduct if you make a drunken spectacle of yourself.

Something in Between In California, BUI is a separate offense from DUI and doesn’t carry the same consequences. Cyclists can request a blood-alcohol test if they want to try to prove they’re sober, but police can’t require cyclists to be tested. In Washington, drunk cyclists can be stopped—and transported to a safe place—but not arrested for DUI.

No matter where you live, keep in mind that according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly 25 percent of cycling deaths involve a rider who was intoxicated. To reduce your risk—legal and otherwise—consider bar-hopping on foot or by public transportation.

Research and assistance by Rick Bernardi, J.D.

Tags: advocacy, alcohol, road rights, traffic laws

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In Utah, as in South Dakota, the statutes expressly *exclude* DUI penalties for people riding bicycles.

That doesn’t make it any safer, by the way.

Realizing that Bob’s focus is “Cycling and the Law,” that narrow prism fails to address the true consequences of drunken cycling until the last paragraph.

If you’re stupid enough to get on a bicycle while intoxicated (on anything), please make sure the organ donor box is checked on your driver’s license. Some American somewhere desperately needs a heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, and other tissues. That way your suicide won’t be useless and in vain.

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