Posted by Editoress on 02/20/09
Our coverage of the Amgen Tour of California made possible with the support of Shimano
| Stage 6: Solvang ITT, 24 km | |
| 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 0:30:41 |
| 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | at 0:08 |
| 3 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:17 |
| 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 0:22 |
| 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:30 |
| 6 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | 0:36 |
| 7 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 0:39 |
| 8 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 0:41 |
| 9 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 0:43 |
| 10 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | 0:51 |
| 11 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 0:55 |
| 12 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 1:09 |
| 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 1:15 |
| 14 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 1:16 |
| 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
| 16 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 1:17 |
| 17 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 1:20 |
| 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | 1:21 |
| 19 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Rock Racing | 1:22 |
| 20 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream | 1:23 |
| 21 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:26 |
| 22 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | s.t. |
| 23 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 1:36 |
| 24 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 1:39 |
| 25 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 1:42 |
| 26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 27 FrŠnk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | both s.t. |
| 28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 1:43 |
| 29 Enrique Gutierrez (Esp) Rock Racing | 1:47 |
| 30 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 1:49 |
| 31 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 1:53 |
| 32 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 1:58 |
| 33 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:02 |
| 34 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 2:03 |
| 35 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | s.t. |
| 36 Alexandre Moos (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 2:05 |
| 37 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | 2:06 |
| 38 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | 2:07 |
| 39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | s.t. |
| 40 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | 2:10 |
| 41 Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | 2:11 |
| 42 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 2:13 |
| 43 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:23 |
| 44 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 2:26 |
| 45 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | 2:27 |
| 46 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 2:28 |
| 47 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
| 48 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 2:29 |
| 49 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 2:35 |
| 50 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 2:36 |
| 51 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 2:41 |
| 52 Thomas Frei (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 2:42 |
| 53 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 2:43 |
| 54 Floyd Landis (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | s.t. |
| 55 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 2:47 |
| 56 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 57 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 2:50 |
| 58 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | s.t. |
| 59 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 2:51 |
| 60 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 2:52 |
| 61 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 2:55 |
| 62 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | s.t. |
| 63 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 2:56 |
| 64 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | s.t. |
| 65 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 2:57 |
| 66 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | 2:58 |
| 67 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | |
| 68 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | both s.t. |
| 69 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | 3:01 |
| 70 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 3:03 |
| 71 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 3:06 |
| 72 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 3:09 |
| 73 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 3:13 |
| 74 Cameron Evans (Can) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | s.t. |
| 75 Gregory Rast (Sui) Astana | 3:16 |
| 76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 3:17 |
| 77 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | s.t. |
| 78 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 3:19 |
| 79 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 3:25 |
| 80 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:26 |
| 81 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 3:27 |
| 82 Carlos Sastre Candil (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | 3:30 |
| 83 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | s.t. |
| 84 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | 3:31 |
| 85 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 3:36 |
| 86 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 3:38 |
| 87 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 3:39 |
| 88 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 3:47 |
| 89 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 3:50 |
| 90 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 3:51 |
| 91 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream | 3:55 |
| 92 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 3:56 |
| 93 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 4:01 |
| 94 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia | 4:03 |
| 95 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 4:09 |
| 96 Steve Morabito (Sui) Astana | 4:16 |
| 97 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 4:28 |
| 98 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 4:29 |
| 99 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas | 4:46 |
| 100 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 4:58 |
| 101 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 5:07 |
| 102 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5:19 |
| 103 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | 5:24 |
| 104 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 5:29 |
| 105 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | 5:33 |
| 106 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 5:49 |
| DNF Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | |
| DNF Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| GC | |
| 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 24:12:00 |
| 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | at 0:36 |
| 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 0:46 |
| 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 1:10 |
| 5 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | 1:29 |
| 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 1:46 |
| 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 1:54 |
| 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | 1:59 |
| 9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 2:13 |
| 10 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Rock Racing | 2:15 |
| 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 2:21 |
| 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 2:24 |
| 13 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | 2:48 |
| 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | 2:57 |
| 15 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | 3:37 |
| 16 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 4:15 |
| 17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 5:44 |
| 18 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 6:08 |
| 19 FrŠnk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 6:22 |
| 20 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 6:25 |
| 21 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | 6:35 |
| 22 Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro(Esp) Cervelo Test Team | 6:56 |
| 23 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 7:13 |
| 25 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 7:18 |
| 26 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 7:25 |
| 27 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 7:32 |
| 28 Enrique Gutierrez (Esp) Rock Racing | 7:55 |
| 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 8:16 |
| 30 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | 8:32 |
| 31 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 8:45 |
| 32 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 8:52 |
| 33 Thomas Frei (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 9:55 |
| 34 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 9:56 |
| 35 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 10:18 |
| 36 Floyd Landis (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 10:26 |
| 37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10:47 |
| 38 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | 11:14 |
| 39 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | 11:32 |
| 40 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 12:05 |
| 41 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 12:22 |
| 42 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 13:04 |
| 43 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 13:25 |
| 44 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 15:55 |
| 45 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 16:17 |
| 46 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream | 16:36 |
| 47 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | 18:44 |
| 48 Cameron Evans (Can) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 19:04 |
| 49 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 19:12 |
| 50 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 19:22 |
| 51 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 19:27 |
| 52 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 20:11 |
| 53 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20:18 |
| 54 Alexandre Moos (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 20:31 |
| 55 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 20:52 |
| 56 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 23:46 |
| 57 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 24:14 |
| 58 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 24:21 |
| 59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 24:37 |
| 60 Gregory Rast (Sui) Astana | 24:56 |
| 61 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 25:08 |
| 62 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 25:37 |
| 63 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 26:05 |
| 64 Steve Morabito (Sui) Astana | 27:27 |
| 65 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | 27:53 |
| 66 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 27:54 |
| 67 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 28:20 |
| 68 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 28:54 |
| 69 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 29:02 |
| 70 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | 29:03 |
| 71 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 29:17 |
| 72 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 29:32 |
| 73 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 30:41 |
| 74 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 31:24 |
| 75 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream | 31:51 |
| 76 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 31:58 |
| 77 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 32:17 |
| 78 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | 32:29 |
| 79 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 32:46 |
| 80 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | 32:53 |
| 81 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 33:01 |
| 82 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 33:05 |
| 83 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 33:17 |
| 84 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 85 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 33:30 |
| 86 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 33:36 |
| 87 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 33:44 |
| 88 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 33:48 |
| 89 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | 34:26 |
| 90 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 34:35 |
| 91 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | 34:50 |
| 92 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 35:01 |
| 93 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas | 35:13 |
| 94 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 35:38 |
| 95 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | 36:16 |
| 96 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia | 36:28 |
| 97 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | s.t. |
| 98 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 36:42 |
| 99 Carlos Sastre Candil (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | 37:09 |
| 100 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 37:28 |
| 101 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 39:09 |
| 102 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 41:28 |
| 103 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 41:58 |
| 104 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | 42:12 |
| 105 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 42:44 |
| 106 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 43:51 |
| Team GC | |
| 1 Astana | 72:39:47 |
| 2 Garmin-Slipstream | at 4:01 |
| 3 Team Saxo Bank | 4:32 |
| 4 Team Columbia-High Road | 4:58 |
| 5 Rabobank | 7:04 |
| 6 Quick Step | 9:30 |
| 7 Rock Racing | 10:06 |
| 8 Cervelo Test Team | 21:12 |
| 9 Bissell Pro Cycling | 21:57 |
| 10 AG2R La Mondiale | 24:51 |
| 11 Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 25:19 |
| 12 BMC Racing Team | 26:32 |
| 13 Liquigas | 29:26 |
| 14 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 41:30 |
| 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 56:09 |
| 16 Team Type 1 | 1:11:57 |