P - Australia's Rohan Dennis appears on track to finish runner-up in the Tour of California.
Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe covered every attack by other contenders in Saturday's penultimate stage to maintain a 16-second lead over Dennis going into Sunday's flat final stage.
Dennis had a further 22-second gap back to third-placed BMC teammate Brent Brookwater (US).
Norway's Alexander Kristoff followed an impressive ride by his Katusha teammates, then outsprinted Peter Sagan - the most successful rider in the race's history - to win Saturday's stage in a bunch sprint.
Sagan, already a two-time stage winner this year, was second for his Tinkoff team. Danny Von Poppel of Team Sky finished third.
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In the women's race, reigning Olympic champion Marianne Vos of the Netherlands outsprinted American Coryn Rivera and Sweden's Emma Johansson to capture their 69-mile third stage through Sonoma County wine country.
