Gaviria, Bernal cap banner Tour of California for Colombians

The organizers of the Tour of California ought to consider changing its name.

Tour of Colombians sounds about right.

Fernando Gaviria sprinted to his third stage win of the weeklong race on the crowd-lined streets of Sacramento on Saturday, while 21-year-old Egan Bernal of powerhouse Team Sky finished safely in the main field to secure the overall race victory.

Throw in a third-place finish by Daniel Martinez in the overall standings and it was a dominant performance by Colombian riders, even without more wellknown riders such as Nairo Quintana in the field.

Earlier in the day, Arlenis Sierra outsprinted Emma White and Alexis Ryan to win the final stage of the women's race, while American star Katie Hall finished in the pack to wrap up the overall win.

The final stage began with a long run-in to Sacramento, followed by three circuits for the men on a course with sharp righthand bends. But not even the technical nature of those corners allowed for anyone to breakaway, and the stage came down to the bunch sprint that everyone expected.

Marcel Kittel was the first to line up behind his Katusha-Alpecin team, trying to win over the same course where he claimed victory last year. The Bora-Hansgrohe team of world champ Peter Sagan also moved to the front, trying to position their fast-man for his first stage win of this year's race.

Kittel was still third in line as the field strung out due to the rapid speed, then tried to pop to the front. He was joined by Caleb Ewan, who had made a habit of landing on the podium this week but had yet to achieve victory — though both of them ultimately went too soon.

Gaviria and Walscheid, a 6-foot6 powerhouse, rushed by them to the finish line, and the live shots appeared to show the German sprinter winning. He even raised his arms in celebration.

It took the camera positioned right at the finish line to show Gaviria winning by inches, which also allowed him to claim the green points jersey give to the race's top sprinter.

Bernal wound up maintaining his advantage of 1 minutes, 25 seconds over Tejay van Garderen in the overall standings. Martinez was 2:14 off the pace with Adam Yates another two seconds behind.

Sagan had his streak of eight straight Tours with a stage victory come to an end.