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Gallery: Huffman wins California’s stage 4 out of breakaway group

Scenes from the fourth stage at the Tour of California, which saw an escape group successfully finish ahead of the peloton.

May 18, 2017 Casey B. Gibson

Photo: Casey B. Gibson

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Amgen — Santa Barbara provided its usual scenic backdrop to the start of stage 4 in the 2017 Tour of California. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — The riders lined up across the road as the race rolled past the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — LottoNL – Jumbo spent another day letting other teams do the work, waiting for the decisive stage to Mt. Baldy. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — Rally put Rob Britton and Evan Huffman in the break, rolling the dice to try to win what is usually a sprinter’s stage. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — Evan Huffman and Rob Britton drove the break from the beginning of stage 4 at Tour of California, putting nine minutes on the slumbering peloton. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — The Pope showed up to bless the break and guarantee its success. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — Peter Sagan showed his enthusiasm for one of the early climbs. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — The peloton spent much of the day relaxed and bunched up, waiting for the chase. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — The sprint teams of Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb were on the front of the peloton for the chase, but their charge to the finish came too late. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — Rafal Majka wasn’t at his best while chasing down the break, but he hopes for more on Mt. Baldy. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — Splitting the KOM points with Evan Huffman, UnitedHealthcare’s Gavin Mannion worked hard to make sure the break made it to the finish. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — The peloton snaked down the descent from the Balcom Canyon KOM. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — With 50 meters left, Evan Huffman glanced back at the charging peloton. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Evan — Evan Huffman and Rob Britton celebrated the breakaway win for the Continental Rally squad in stage 4 at the Amgen Tour of California. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — Rally’s Evan Huffman collected the most courageous jersey as well as the stage win for his ride. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Stage — The stage 4 podium of Evan Huffman, Rob Britton, and Lennard Hofstede. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

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