Posted by Editoress on 02/19/09
Our coverage of the Amgen Tour of California made possible with the support of Shimano
| Stage 5: Visalia to Paso Robles, 216km | |
| 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 5:07:28 |
| 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 3 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | |
| 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 6 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 7 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 8 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| 10 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 11 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 12 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
| 13 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | |
| 16 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 18 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 19 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
| 20 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | |
| 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 22 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 24 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Rock Racing | |
| 25 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 26 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 28 Enrique Gutierrez (Esp) Rock Racing | |
| 29 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | |
| 30 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 32 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 33 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 34 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | |
| 35 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 37 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 38 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 39 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 40 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 41 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 42 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 43 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 44 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas | |
| 45 Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 46 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 47 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
| 49 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 50 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 51 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 52 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 54 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | |
| 55 Cameron Evans (Can) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 56 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 57 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 58 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 59 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | all s.t. |
| 60 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | 0:13 |
| 61 Gregory Rast (Sui) Astana | s.t. |
| 62 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:20 |
| 63 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | |
| 64 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 65 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 66 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 67 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | all s.t. |
| 68 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 0:33 |
| 69 Steve Morabito (Sui) Astana | 0:47 |
| 70 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:53 |
| 71 Thomas Frei (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 72 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 74 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 75 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 76 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 77 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 78 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
| 79 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | |
| 80 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | |
| 81 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 82 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 83 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 84 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 85 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 86 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
| 87 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 88 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 89 Carlos Sastre Candil (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 90 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 91 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 92 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | |
| 93 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | |
| 94 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| 95 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 96 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | |
| 97 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 98 Floyd Landis (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | all s.t. |
| 99 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 1:44 |
| 100 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia | s.t. |
| 101 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 1:59 |
| 102 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 103 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 2:06 |
| 104 Alexandre Moos (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 105 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 2:14 |
| 106 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream | 3:05 |
| 107 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 6:07 |
| 108 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 6:10 |
| GC | |
| 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 23:41:20 |
| 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | at 0:24 |
| 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 0:28 |
| 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 0:30 |
| 5 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 0:34 |
| 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | 0:38 |
| 7 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 8 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | |
| 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | all s.t. |
| 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:39 |
| 11 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | s.t. |
| 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:40 |
| 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | 0:42 |
| 14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | s.t. |
| 15 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | 0:51 |
| 16 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Rock Racing | 0:53 |
| 17 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 2:12 |
| 18 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 3:03 |
| 19 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 4:32 |
| 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 4:40 |
| 21 Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | 4:45 |
| 22 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 5:25 |
| 23 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 5:56 |
| 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | 5:59 |
| 25 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 6:01 |
| 26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 6:04 |
| 27 Enrique Gutierrez (Esp) Rock Racing | 6:08 |
| 28 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 29 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | both s.t. |
| 30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 6:09 |
| 31 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 6:53 |
| 32 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 6:56 |
| 33 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step | 7:01 |
| 34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | s.t. |
| 35 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | 7:06 |
| 36 Thomas Frei (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 7:13 |
| 37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7:21 |
| 38 Floyd Landis (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 7:43 |
| 39 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | 9:07 |
| 40 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 9:08 |
| 41 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | 9:09 |
| 42 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 10:07 |
| 43 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 10:19 |
| 44 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 11:02 |
| 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 14:39 |
| 46 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 14:59 |
| 47 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream | 15:13 |
| 48 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 15:36 |
| 49 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 15:40 |
| 50 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 15:44 |
| 51 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | 15:49 |
| 52 Cameron Evans (Can) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 15:51 |
| 53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 16:44 |
| 54 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 18:02 |
| 55 Alexandre Moos (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 18:26 |
| 56 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 18:45 |
| 57 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 21:05 |
| 58 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 21:07 |
| 59 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 21:33 |
| 60 Gregory Rast (Sui) Astana | 21:40 |
| 61 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 22:19 |
| 62 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 22:21 |
| 63 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 22:24 |
| 64 Steve Morabito (Sui) Astana | 23:11 |
| 65 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 24:02 |
| 66 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 24:15 |
| 67 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 24:53 |
| 68 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | 24:55 |
| 69 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 25:43 |
| 70 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | 25:46 |
| 71 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 26:07 |
| 72 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 26:26 |
| 73 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 26:57 |
| 74 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream | 27:56 |
| 75 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 28:07 |
| 76 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 28:28 |
| 77 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 29:30 |
| 78 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 29:45 |
| 79 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 29:51 |
| 80 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 29:52 |
| 81 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | 29:55 |
| 82 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 29:56 |
| 83 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 29:58 |
| 84 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | 30:02 |
| 85 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 30:07 |
| 86 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 30:09 |
| 87 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | 30:15 |
| 88 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 30:20 |
| 89 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas | 30:27 |
| 90 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 30:45 |
| 91 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 30:47 |
| 92 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | 30:52 |
| 93 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | 30:55 |
| 95 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 31:37 |
| 96 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | 31:49 |
| 97 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 32:02 |
| 98 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia | 32:25 |
| 99 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 32:52 |
| 100 Carlos Sastre Candil (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | 33:39 |
| 101 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 33:52 |
| 102 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 34:59 |
| 103 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 35:33 |
| 104 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | 36:39 |
| 105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 36:51 |
| 106 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 36:55 |
| 107 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 36:59 |
| 108 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 38:22 |
| Sprint GC | |
| 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 36 pts |
| 2 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Rock Racing | 30 |
| 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 28 |
| 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 24 |
| 5 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 15 |
| 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 13 |
| 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 12 |
| 8 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 12 |
| 9 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 12 |
| 10 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | 11 |
| 11 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | 11 |
| 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 10 |
| 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 10 |
| 14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 10 |
| 15 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 10 |
| 16 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 10 |
| 17 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | 9 |
| 18 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 9 |
| 19 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | 8 |
| 20 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 8 |
| 21 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 8 |
| 22 Cameron Evans (Can) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 8 |
| 23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | 7 |
| 24 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 7 |
| 25 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 7 |
| 26 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 6 |
| 27 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 6 |
| 28 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 6 |
| 29 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 5 |
| 30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 5 |
| 31 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 5 |
| 32 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 5 |
| 33 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 5 |
| 34 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 4 |
| 35 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 |
| 36 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | 4 |
| 37 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 4 |
| 38 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 4 |
| 39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 3 |
| 40 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 3 |
| 41 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 1 |
| 42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
| 43 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 1 |
| 44 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 1 |
| 45 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia | 1 |
| Mountains GC | |
| 1 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Rock Racing | 43 pts |
| 2 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 29 |
| 3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 22 |
| 4 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 17 |
| 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 13 |
| 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 10 |
| 7 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 10 |
| 8 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 8 |
| 9 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 8 |
| 10 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 8 |
| 11 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 8 |
| 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 7 |
| 13 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | 7 |
| 14 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 6 |
| 15 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 6 |
| 16 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 5 |
| 17 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 5 |
| 18 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 2 |
| 19 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | 2 |
| 20 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | 1 |
| 21 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 1 |
| 22 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | 1 |
| Young Rider GC | |
| 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 23:41:59 |
| 2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | at 0:12 |
| 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 2:24 |
| 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 5:17 |
| 5 Thomas Frei (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 6:34 |
| 6 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 8:29 |
| 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 16:05 |
| 8 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 17:23 |
| 9 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 25:28 |
| 10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 28:51 |
| 11 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 29:28 |
| 12 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 30:13 |
| 13 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 34:54 |
| 14 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 36:16 |
| Team GC | |
| 1 Astana | 71:05:10 |
| 2 Garmin-Slipstream | 3:58 |
| 3 Team Saxo Bank | 5:41 |
| 4 Team Columbia-High Road | 5:46 |
| 5 Quick Step | 6:05 |
| 6 Rabobank | 6:07 |
| 7 Rock Racing | 6:39 |
| 8 Cervelo Test Team | 17:42 |
| 9 AG2R La Mondiale | 21:21 |
| 10 Bissell Pro Cycling | 21:40 |
| 11 Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 21:58 |
| 12 BMC Racing Team | 22:56 |
| 13 Liquigas | 24:09 |
| 14 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 35:58 |
| 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 50:38 |
| 16 Team Type 1 | 1:05:37 |
| 17 Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation | 1:08:01 |
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