05.20.12 - CANADIAN SEBASTIEN SALAS WINS KING OF THE MOUNTAIN JERSEY AT TOUR OF CALIFORNIA

King of the mountain jersey awarded to Best climber; Salas becomes second Canadian to ever win a jersey in California

(Los Angeles, CA – May 20, 2012) The Canadian Cycling Association would like to congratulate road cyclist Sebastien Salas of Team Optum-Kelly Benefit for winning the King of the Mountain jersey at the 2012 Amgen Tour of California.

From the first stage, Salas fought a tough battle with another Canadian, David Boily of Team SpiderTech. Boily took the jersey for first two stages. Salas went on the attack in the third stage, and took control of the KOM race. Since then, Salas has been wearing the coveted Polka-Dot jersey, a highly respected jersey awarded to the best climber.

Only one other Canadian won a jersey at the Amgen Tour of California – Dominique Rollin (FDJ-Big Mat) won the best sprinter jersey in 2008. Rollin and Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin-Barracuda) both won stages at the tour in previous years.

The Amgen Tour of California ended today after 1180 kilometers of racing.