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American Taylor Phinney raced to a 12-second victory on Thursday in 100-degree heat at the fifth stage of the Tour of California as Britain's Bradley Wiggins retained the overall lead.

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Thursday's fifth stage of the 2014 Amgen Tour of California saw riders racing from Pismo Beach to Santa Barbara.

Taylor Phinney, riding for BMC, escaped from the front group with 19 miles left and completed the 107.4-mile stage in 3 hours, 59 minutes and 33 seconds, completing his seventh career pro win.

23-year-old Phinney, is the son of Davis Phinney, who won more than 300 pro races, and Connie Carpenter Phinney, the 1984 Olympic road race champion.

He began the stage in 54th place, trailing leader Bradley Wiggins by just over 19-minutes. Phinney gained just 2 places with his stage win and now sits in 52nd.

Wiggins, the Sky rider who won the 2012 Tour de France, took the race lead after winning the stage 2 individual time trial. He finished 22nd in the main field in stage 5 to keep a 28-second margin over Australia's Rohan Dennis of Garmin-Sharp.

Portugal's Tiago Machado of NetApp-Endura, was third overall, 1 minute 9 seconds back.

Slovakia's Peter Sagan of Cannondale was second in the stage, and Australia's Matthew Goss of Orica GreenEdge was third in the same time.