| 2018 UCI World Tour, race 22 of 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | May 13–19, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 645 mi (1,038 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Tour of California was a road cycling stage race that took place between May 13 and 19, 2018 in California, United States. It was the thirteenth edition of the Tour of California and the twenty-second event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. [1] [2]
As a newer event to the UCI World Tour, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, thirteen of the eighteen WorldTeams competed in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams also competed making a 17-team peloton. Each team had a maximum of seven riders: [3] [4]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | |
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| 1 | 13 May | Long Beach to Long Beach | 134.5 km (83.6 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Fernando Gaviria (COL) |
| 2 | 14 May | Ventura to Santa Barbara County (Gibraltar Road) | 157 km (98 mi) |  | Mountain stage | Egan Bernal (COL) |
| 3 | 15 May | King City to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | 197 km (122 mi) |  | Medium mountain stage |  Toms Skujiņš (LAT) |
| 4 | 16 May | San Jose to Morgan Hill | 34.7 km (21.6 mi) |  | Individual time trial |  Tejay van Garderen (USA) |
| 5 | 17 May | Stockton to Elk Grove | 176.5 km (109.7 mi) | | Flat stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) |
| 6 | 18 May | Folsom to South Lake Tahoe | 196.5 km (122.1 mi) | | Mountain stage | Egan Bernal (COL) |
| 7 | 19 May | Sacramento to Sacramento | 143 km (89 mi) | | Flat stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) |
Stage 2 result [4] [7]
| General classification after Stage 2 [4] [7]
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Stage 3 result [4] [8]
| General classification after Stage 3 [4] [8]
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Stage 4 result [4] [9]
| General classification after Stage 4 [4] [9]
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Stage 5 result [4] [10]
| General classification after Stage 5 [4] [10]
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Stage 6 result [4] [11]
| General classification after Stage 6 [4] [11]
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Stage 7 result [4] [12]
| General classification after Stage 7 [4] [12]
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In the Tour of California, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey.[ citation needed ] This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of California, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
Additionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a green jersey.[ citation needed ] In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15 points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued – awarded on a 3–2–1 scale – at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey with red polka dots.[ citation needed ] In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a predominantly "white design" jersey.[ citation needed ] This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after January 1, 1992, were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "who best exemplifies the character of those engaged in the fight against cancer / heart disease", in line with the jersey's sponsors. This award was marked by a blue jersey.[ citation needed ]
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Sprints classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Most courageous rider | Team classification |
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| 1 | Fernando Gaviria | Fernando Gaviria | Fernando Gaviria | Not awarded | Fernando Gaviria | Tanner Putt | Mitchelton–Scott |
| 2 | Egan Bernal | Egan Bernal | Egan Bernal | Egan Bernal | Egan Bernal | Rubén Companioni | Trek–Segafredo |
| 3 | Toms Skujiņš | Ian Garrison | |||||
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen | Tejay van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | ||||
| 5 | Fernando Gaviria | Caleb Ewan | Fabian Lienhard | ||||
| 6 | Egan Bernal | Egan Bernal | Egan Bernal | Toms Skujiņš | Lawson Craddock | Team Sky | |
| 7 | Fernando Gaviria | Fernando Gaviria | Mikkel Bjerg | ||||
| Final | Egan Bernal | Fernando Gaviria | Toms Skujiņš | Egan Bernal | Not awarded | Team Sky | |
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