Greig Leach

Two short steep climbs mark the end of a 134 mile race along the Pacific coast, the final on the Mazda Raceway just above Monterey Bay. First it was yet another rider for Axeon Hagens Berman, Ruben Gurreiro, who went on the attack. His effort was quickly countered by Nathan Haas (Dimension Data). While these two raced away, the favorites including George Bennett (LottoNL Jumbo), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) played cat and mouse, trying to see who could escape from whom.