Posted by Editoress on 02/18/09
Our coverage of the Amgen Tour of California made possible with the support of Shimano
| Stage 4: Merced to Clovis, 186.3 km | |
| 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 4:42:38 |
| 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | |
| 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 6 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 7 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 8 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| 10 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 11 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 12 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 13 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
| 14 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 15 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 16 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 17 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 18 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | |
| 19 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | |
| 21 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 22 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 23 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | |
| 24 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | |
| 25 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 26 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 28 Enrique Gutierrez (Esp) Rock Racing | |
| 29 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 30 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | |
| 31 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | |
| 32 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 33 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 34 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 35 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Rock Racing | |
| 36 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 39 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 41 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
| 43 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 44 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 45 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 46 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 47 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 48 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | |
| 49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
| 50 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 51 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 52 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 53 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 54 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 55 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| 56 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 57 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 58 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 59 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 60 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | |
| 61 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 62 Thomas Frei (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 63 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
| 64 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 65 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 66 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 67 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 68 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas | |
| 69 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | |
| 70 Grégory Rast (Sui) Astana | |
| 71 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 72 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 73 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 74 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 75 FrÅ nk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 76 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 77 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 78 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | |
| 79 Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Esp) Cervélo TestTeam | |
| 80 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Esp) Astana | |
| 81 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 82 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
| 83 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 84 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 85 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia | 0:18 |
| 86 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:33 |
| 87 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam | s.t. |
| 88 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:42 |
| 89 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | 0:46 |
| 90 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 91 Floyd Landis (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 92 Cameron Evans (Can) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 93 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | |
| 94 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 95 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 96 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 97 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 98 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 99 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 100 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 101 Carlos Sastre Candil (Esp) Cervélo TestTeam | |
| 102 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 103 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream | all s.t. |
| 104 Alexandre Moos (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 0:56 |
| 105 Steve Morabito (Sui) Astana | s.t. |
| 106 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 1:40 |
| 107 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam | 1:51 |
| 108 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 3:24 |
| DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| DNF Oscar Freire (Esp) Rabobank | |
| DNF Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF John Murphy (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| DNF Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
| DNF Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1 | |
| DNF Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| DNF David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| DNF Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| DNF Victor Hugo Pe–a (Col) Rock Racing | |
| GC | |
| 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 18:33:52 |
| 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 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 Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 8 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (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 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 2:10 |
| 18 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 2:12 |
| 19 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 4:32 |
| 20 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | s.t. |
| 21 FrÅ nk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 4:40 |
| 22 Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Esp) Cervélo TestTeam | 4:45 |
| 23 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 5:56 |
| 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | 5:59 |
| 25 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 6:00 |
| 26 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 6:01 |
| 27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 6:04 |
| 28 Enrique Gutierrez (Esp) Rock Racing | 6:08 |
| 29 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 30 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | both s.t. |
| 31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 6:09 |
| 32 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | 6:13 |
| 33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | s.t. |
| 34 Thomas Frei (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 6:20 |
| 35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 6:28 |
| 36 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam | 6:36 |
| 37 Floyd Landis (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 6:50 |
| 38 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step | 7:01 |
| 39 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam | 8:54 |
| 40 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 9:03 |
| 41 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 9:08 |
| 42 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | 9:09 |
| 43 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 9:14 |
| 44 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 9:26 |
| 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 14:39 |
| 46 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 14:51 |
| 47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 14:59 |
| 48 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 15:03 |
| 49 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream | 15:13 |
| 50 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | 15:29 |
| 51 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 15:40 |
| 52 Cameron Evans (Can) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 15:56 |
| 53 Alexandre Moos (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 16:20 |
| 54 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 16:44 |
| 55 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 17:42 |
| 56 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 18:45 |
| 57 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 20:40 |
| 58 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 21:07 |
| 59 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 21:11 |
| 60 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 21:26 |
| 61 Grégory Rast (Sui) Astana | 21:27 |
| 62 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 21:28 |
| 63 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 22:24 |
| 64 Steve Morabito (Sui) Astana | s.t. |
| 65 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 24:00 |
| 66 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 67 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 24:01 |
| 68 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | 24:02 |
| 69 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | s.t. |
| 70 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 24:15 |
| 71 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 24:42 |
| 72 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 24:50 |
| 73 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream | 24:51 |
| 74 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | 24:53 |
| 75 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 26:04 |
| 76 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 26:43 |
| 77 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 27:14 |
| 78 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 27:37 |
| 79 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam | 28:08 |
| 80 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 29:40 |
| 81 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 29:45 |
| 82 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 29:52 |
| 83 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | s.t. |
| 84 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 29:54 |
| 85 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | 29:56 |
| 86 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 29:58 |
| 87 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | 29:59 |
| 88 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 89 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | both s.t. |
| 90 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 30:00 |
| 91 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | 30:02 |
| 92 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | s.t. |
| 93 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 30:03 |
| 94 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 30:09 |
| 95 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | 30:15 |
| 96 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas | 30:27 |
| 97 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia | 30:42 |
| 98 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 30:44 |
| 99 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | 30:56 |
| 100 Carlos Sastre Candil (Esp) Cervélo TestTeam | 32:46 |
| 101 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 32:59 |
| 102 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 34:59 |
| 103 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 35:13 |
| 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 |
| Sprints GC | |
| 1 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Rock Racing | 30 pts |
| 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 22 |
| 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 21 |
| 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 15 |
| 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 13 |
| 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 12 |
| 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 12 |
| 8 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 12 |
| 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 10 |
| 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 10 |
| 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 10 |
| 12 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 10 |
| 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 10 |
| 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | 9 |
| 15 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 9 |
| 16 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | 8 |
| 17 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 8 |
| 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | 7 |
| 19 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 7 |
| 20 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | 7 |
| 21 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 7 |
| 22 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 6 |
| 23 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 6 |
| 24 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 6 |
| 25 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | 5 |
| 26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 5 |
| 27 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 5 |
| 28 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 5 |
| 29 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 4 |
| 30 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 4 |
| 31 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 4 |
| 32 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 4 |
| 33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 3 |
| 34 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 3 |
| 35 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | 2 |
| 36 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 1 |
| 37 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
| 38 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
| 39 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | 1 |
| 40 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam | 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) Cervélo TestTeam | 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 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (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 Lövkvist (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 | 18:34:31 |
| 2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | at 0:12 |
| 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 1:31 |
| 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 5:17 |
| 5 Thomas Frei (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 5:41 |
| 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 | 17:03 |
| 9 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 23:21 |
| 10 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 23:22 |
| 11 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 29:01 |
| 12 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 29:20 |
| 13 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 34:34 |
| 14 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 36:16 |
| Team GC | |
| 1 Astana | 55:42:46 |
| 2 Garmin-Slipstream | at 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 Bissell Pro Cycling | 19:54 |
| 10 BMC Racing Team | 20:17 |
| 11 AG2R La Mondiale | 20:28 |
| 12 Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 21:58 |
| 13 Liquigas | 24:09 |
| 14 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 35:58 |
| 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 49:25 |
| 16 Team Type 1 | 1:02:58 |
| 17 Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation | 1:05:24 |
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