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George Bennett wins the Tour of California

Evan Huffman from Rally Cycling out sprinted his breakaway companions to win his second stage

The Lotto NL-Jumbo rider finished safely in the main peloton to win his first WorldTour race.

Bennett took over the race lead from Rafal Majka after winning the individual time trial at Big Bear Lake.

After winning the race Bennet said to the media "We thought we had this race under control today but then it kicked off. I was under pressure but the team was awesome today. They showed some serious legs. It was a very special day today."

"This win is a big stepping stone for me. I wanted to get my hands up in the air and win a race. I hope I take a lot of confidence, backing from the team, and build on this win back in Europe. I want to race in the same manner in Europe against guys like Valverde and Froome."

2017 Tour of California Stage 7 Results

1 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling 
2 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky   
3 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits   
4 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data   
5 Rob Britton (USA) Rally Cycling   
6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe  
7 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors   
8 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo   
9 Ben King (Can) Dimension Data   
10 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin

2017 Tour of California overall after Stage 7

1 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 
2 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 
3 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 
4 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 
5 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
6 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Emirates 
7 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
8 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 
9 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 

George Bennett wins the Tour of California