Kittel był najszybszy z grona najlepszych sprinterów z peletonu, którzy stanęli na starcie tegorocznego Tour of California, po raz pierwszy będącego w kalendarzu Word Tour. W bezpośrednim pojedynku na mecie Niemiec wyprzedził zwycięzcę z 2015, Sagana, oraz Vivianiego, natomiast tuż za podium uplasował się John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo).
W Kalifornii, w 12. edycji wyścigu, wystartowała także trójka Polaków z ekipy Bora-hansgrohe – Rafał Majka, Paweł Poljański i Maciej Bodnar. Najwyżej z nich na dzisiejszym etapie uplasował się Poljański, który zajął 18. miejsce.
W klasyfikacji generalnej Kittel wyprzedza o 4 sekundy Sagana i o 6 Vivianiego.
Wyniki 1. etapu:
- 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 3:45:35
- 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky
- 4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
- 5 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
- 6 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
- 7 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 8 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
- 9 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
- 10 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 11 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 12 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 13 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
- 14 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
- 15 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
- 16 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:04
- 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 18 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 19 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
- 20 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 21 Rafał Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 22 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
- 23 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 24 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 25 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
- 26 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 27 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 28 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
- 29 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 30 Matteo Dal Cin (Can) Rally Cycling
- 31 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 32 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
- 33 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 34 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 35 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
- 36 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
- 37 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
- 38 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
- 39 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
- 40 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
- 41 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
- 42 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 43 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
- 44 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 45 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
- 46 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
- 47 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling
- 48 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
- 49 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
- 50 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
- 51 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 52 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
- 53 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 54 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
- 55 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 56 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 57 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 58 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 60 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 61 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 62 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
- 63 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 64 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky
- 65 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 66 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 67 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 68 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
- 69 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 70 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
- 71 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
- 72 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 73 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 74 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
- 75 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
- 76 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 77 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
- 78 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
- 79 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 80 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 81 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky
- 82 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
- 83 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
- 84 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
- 85 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
- 86 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
- 87 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 88 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 89 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
- 90 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac
- 91 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
- 92 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 93 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 94 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 95 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 96 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 97 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo
- 98 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 99 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
- 100 Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 101 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
- 102 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 103 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling
- 104 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
- 105 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 106 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
- 107 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
- 108 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 109 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:24
- 110 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:26
- 111 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 112 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:28
- 113 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:30
- 114 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:00:34
- 115 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:35
- 116 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling
- 117 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:50
- 118 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:55
- 119 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:59
- 120 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 121 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:01:02
- 122 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:05
- 123 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:12
- 124 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 125 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:14
- 126 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:19
- 127 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors
- 128 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:23
- 129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:02:05
- 130 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
- 131 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:24
- 132 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:30
- 133 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:03:17
- 134 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
- 135 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:57
- DNS Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
Klasyfikacja generalna po 1. etapie:
- 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 3:45:25
- 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:04
- 3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:06
- 4 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:00:09
- 5 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 6 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:10
- 7 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
- 8 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
- 9 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 10 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
- 11 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
- 12 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 13 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 14 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 15 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
- 16 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
- 17 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
- 18 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:14
- 19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 20 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 21 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
- 22 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 23 Rafał Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 24 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
- 25 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 26 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 27 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
- 28 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 29 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 30 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
- 31 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 32 Matteo Dal Cin (Can) Rally Cycling
- 33 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 34 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
- 35 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 36 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 37 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
- 38 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
- 39 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
- 40 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
- 41 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
- 42 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
- 43 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 44 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
- 45 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 46 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
- 47 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
- 48 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling
- 49 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
- 50 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
- 51 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
- 52 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 53 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
- 54 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
- 56 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 57 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 58 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 59 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 60 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 61 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 62 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 63 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
- 64 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 65 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky
- 66 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 67 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 68 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 69 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
- 70 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 71 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
- 72 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
- 73 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 74 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 75 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
- 76 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
- 77 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 78 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
- 79 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
- 80 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 81 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 82 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky
- 83 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
- 84 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
- 85 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
- 86 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
- 87 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
- 88 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 89 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 90 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
- 91 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac
- 92 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
- 93 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 94 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 95 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 96 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 97 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo
- 98 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 99 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
- 100 Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 101 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
- 102 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 103 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling
- 104 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
- 105 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 106 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
- 107 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
- 108 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 109 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:34
- 110 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:36
- 111 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 112 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:38
- 113 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:40
- 114 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:00:43
- 115 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:45
- 116 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling
- 117 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:00
- 118 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:05
- 119 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:09
- 120 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 121 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:01:12
- 122 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:15
- 123 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:22
- 124 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 125 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:24
- 126 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:29
- 127 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors
- 128 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:33
- 129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:02:15
- 130 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky
- 131 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:33
- 132 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:40
- 133 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:03:27
- 134 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
- 135 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:07
