Rohan Dennis captures inaugural Tour of Alberta ahead of Brent Bookwalter

CALGARY – Rohan Dennis of Team Garmin-Sharp is the inaugural Tour of Alberta champion.

Dennis finished the fifth and final stage of the Tour with a 15-second lead over second-place finisher Brent Bookwalter of the BMC Racing Team.

Damiano Caruso finished the six-day tour in third overall followed by Patrick Gretsch and Robert Gesink.

Peter Sagan of Cannondale Pro Cycling won the fifth stage of the race, which started in Okotoks and finished in downtown Calgary.

Sagan, who held onto the green sprint points jersey, also won the prologue in Edmonton on Tuesday and the first stage of the race from Devon to Camrose the next day.

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