California gallery: Van Garderen takes stage 4 TT

American Tejay van Garderen rode to victory in the 34.7km race against the clock to take the race lead.

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Photo: Photo by Casey B. Gibson
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Hagens Berman Axeon’s Mikkel Bjerg and Ian Garrison warmed up before the stage. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Filippo Ganna rode to a fifth-place time of 41:36. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Egan Bernal is the national time trial champion in Colombia, but he still couldn’t hold off Tejay van Garderen. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Patrick Bevin set the standard and splits for BMC Racing, only to have Tejay van Garderen beat him by 7 seconds at the end. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Current U23 time trial world champion Mikkel Bjerg had the best time early and eventually finished in sixth place. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Lawson Craddock turned in a great time for EF Education First-Drapac, finishing just off the podium in fourth. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Will Barta made it two Hagens Berman Axeon riders in the top 20 in the 2018 Tour of California’s time trial. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Sky’s Tao Geoghegan Hart took third, just 32 seconds out of first. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Brandon McNulty survived a front flat on a fast downhill section and the resulting bike change to finish 24th. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Rally Cycling brought a sharp-looking follow car out for the time trial, although the mechanic probably had a difficult time getting out of the back seat. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Crowd favorite Taylor Phinney rode to a 14th-place finish. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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American Neilson Powless was the top finisher for LottoNL-Jumbo, taking eighth. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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2017 U.S. national time trial champion Joey Rosskopf wore his stars and stripes skinsuit. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Tejay van Garderen rode to a convincing victory in the time trial, taking the yellow jersey by 23 seconds over Egan Bernal. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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Tejay van Garderen was delighted to be back on the podium and in yellow, five years after he won in 2013. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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The podium of Tejay van Garderen, Patrick Bevin, and Tao Geoghegan Hart. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

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