Rohan Dennis gave BMC Racing its first stage win of the Amgen Tour of California this year, after several near misses. The Australian champion scorched the 20.3km course in Folsom on stage 6, winning by 17 seconds over American time trial champion Andrew Talansky (Cannondale). Dennis' teammate Taylor Phinney set the early fast time, and it held on for third place, 20 seconds slower.
Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quickstep) put in an impressive performance to hold onto the yellow jersey. The Frenchman finished eighth on the stage, losing 45 seconds to Dennis, but distancing himself from former challenger Peter Stetina (Trek-Segafredo), who lost 1:40 to the race leader. Brent Bookwalter (BMC) held his own, moving into third place over George Bennett (LottoNl-Jumbo) who, like Stetina, had an off-day.
Dennis moved into second overall, 16 seconds from Alaphilippe, while Bookwalter sits 38 seconds adrift.
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Neilson Powless (Axeon Hagens Berman), the best young rider, continued to impress with ninth on the stage, keeping the white jersey and fifth on the general classification behind Talansky.
How it happened
The relatively flat 20.3km out-and-back time trial in Folsom took place on an almost identical course as the time trial stage in the 2014 race. Wiggins covered the 2014 course in 23:18, but an extra half kilometre and increasing winds throughout the afternoon slowed all of the riders' times this year.
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