California Gallery: Kristoff wins in Santa Rosa

Alexander Kristoff rolled across a wet finish line on his way to sign in, and would do it again five hours later on drier roads to win the stage. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Peter Stetina started a dangerous break with Van Avermaet, but the peloton responded quickly. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

The first break of the day rolled along the Bohemian Highway. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Riders descended towards the ocean at 50 mph, with the beautiful Pacific coastline below at the 2016 Amgen Tour of California. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

After a few days of inland racing, the Amgen Tour of California spent some time on the Pacific Coast Highway Saturday. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

The riders in the break rounded a very steep switchback near the top of the second KOM. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Rally Cycling’s Danny Pate led Evan Huffman up the second climb to secure KOM points. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

No bike race is complete without superhero fans — Wonder Woman was at the Coleman Valley Road KOM, watching over the race. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

The King’s Ridge road was beautiful, but extremely challenging with rollers and sharp turns for miles. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Fed up with his companions in the break, Sagan decided to make things interesting with a long solo effort. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Lawson Craddock tried to chase down Sagan on the descent into Santa Rosa. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

The long difficult climbs on King’s Ridge Road led to nearly 80 riders being dropped into the last group, where they would finish 25 minutes behind. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Most of the Etixx riders who worked for Alaphilippe on the big climbs ended up in the last group. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Peter Sagan finally sat up after a 25-mile solo breakaway, saving his legs to contest the final sprint with Kristoff. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Fans from Eritrea always turn out in big numbers to cheer on Dimension Data’s Daniel Teklehaimanot. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Katusha riders came to the front on the finishing circuits to set Kristoff up for the win. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Julien Alaphilippe was tucked in among the lead group and finished on the same time as the stage winners. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Kristoff, Sagan and Van Poppel fought it out in the sprint. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Alexander Kristoff took the top step of the podium, with Sagan earning second, and Danny Von Poppel in third. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com