Posted by Editoress on 02/22/09
Our coverage of the Amgen Tour of California made possible with the support of Shimano
| Stage 8: Rancho Bernardo to Escondido, 155.8 km | |
| 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 3:48:39 |
| 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02 |
| 3 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | 0:40 |
| 4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
| 6 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | |
| 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
| 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | |
| 10 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 13 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | |
| 14 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 15 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | |
| 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 17 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 19 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 20 Thomas Lšvkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 22 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 23 Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 24 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 26 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | |
| 27 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 28 Enrique Gutierrez (Esp) Rock Racing | |
| 29 Floyd Landis (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 30 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | |
| 31 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | all s.t. |
| 32 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 3:54 |
| 33 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 8:41 |
| 34 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 35 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 36 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 37 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 38 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 41 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 42 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 43 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | |
| 44 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 45 Steve Morabito (Sui) Astana | |
| 46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 47 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
| 48 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 49 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 50 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 15:11 |
| 51 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| 52 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 53 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 54 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 55 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 56 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 57 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 58 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | |
| 59 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 60 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 61 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| 62 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 63 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 64 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 65 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | |
| 66 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 67 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | |
| 68 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| 69 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
| 70 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | |
| 71 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | |
| 72 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
| 73 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 74 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 75 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| 76 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 77 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 78 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | |
| 79 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 80 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 81 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 82 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | |
| 83 Gregory Rast (Sui) Astana | |
| 84 Alexandre Moos (Sui) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| DNF Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | |
| DNS Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream | |
| DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
| DNF Kjell Carlstršm (Fin) Liquigas | |
| DNF Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | |
| DNF Carlos Sastre (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | |
| DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
| DNF Cameron Evans (Can) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| DNF Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | |
| DNF Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | |
| DNF Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia | |
| DNF Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 31:28:21 |
| 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | at 0:36 |
| 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 0:45 |
| 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 1:10 |
| 5 Thomas Lšvkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | 1:29 |
| 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 1:37 |
| 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 1:46 |
| 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 1:54 |
| 9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 2:24 |
| 10 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | 2:48 |
| 11 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | 2:57 |
| 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 3:19 |
| 13 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | 3:37 |
| 14 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 4:15 |
| 15 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | 4:19 |
| 16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 5:44 |
| 17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 6:08 |
| 18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 6:25 |
| 19 Inigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | 6:56 |
| 20 Enrique Gutierrez (Esp) Rock Racing | 7:55 |
| 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 8:16 |
| 22 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 10:14 |
| 23 Floyd Landis (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 10:26 |
| 24 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10:47 |
| 25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 11:09 |
| 26 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling | 12:22 |
| 27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 13:02 |
| 28 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | 16:30 |
| 29 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | 17:18 |
| 30 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step | 17:57 |
| 31 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | 18:44 |
| 32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 19:12 |
| 33 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | 19:15 |
| 34 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 20:11 |
| 35 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 20:51 |
| 36 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 21:23 |
| 37 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 21:46 |
| 38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 23:23 |
| 39 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 23:46 |
| 40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 23:56 |
| 41 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 24:18 |
| 42 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 26:48 |
| 43 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling | 26:56 |
| 44 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 27:35 |
| 45 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 28:53 |
| 46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 29:53 |
| 47 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | 30:20 |
| 48 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 30:57 |
| 49 Alexandre Moos (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 35:02 |
| 50 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 35:13 |
| 51 Steve Morabito (Sui) Astana | 36:53 |
| 52 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 37:33 |
| 53 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream | 37:42 |
| 54 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 38:42 |
| 55 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 39:22 |
| 56 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | 40:15 |
| 57 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 40:36 |
| 58 Gregory Rast (Sui) Astana | 40:52 |
| 59 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | 42:24 |
| 60 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 42:25 |
| 61 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 42:51 |
| 62 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 | 43:34 |
| 63 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 43:48 |
| 64 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 46:29 |
| 65 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | 47:00 |
| 66 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 47:17 |
| 67 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | 47:24 |
| 68 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 47:32 |
| 69 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 47:45 |
| 70 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 47:48 |
| 71 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 48:15 |
| 72 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 48:17 |
| 73 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 49:10 |
| 74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | 49:21 |
| 75 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 49:32 |
| 76 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia | 50:47 |
| 77 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 51:13 |
| 78 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 51:59 |
| 79 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 53:55 |
| 80 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 56:29 |
| 81 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 1:00:35 |
| 82 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 1:01:23 |
| 83 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 1:03:56 |
| 84 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 1:09:46 |
| Sprint GC | |
| 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 36 pts |
| 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 22 |
| 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 19 |
| 4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 18 |
| 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 16 |
| 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 15 |
| 7 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 15 |
| 8 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 15 |
| 9 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale | 15 |
| 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 14 |
| 11 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | 14 |
| 12 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 13 |
| 13 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 12 |
| 14 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 12 |
| 15 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 12 |
| 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 11 |
| 17 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Esp) Rabobank | 11 |
| 18 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 10 |
| 19 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 10 |
| 20 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | 9 |
| 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 9 |
| 22 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 9 |
| 23 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) Rock Racing | 8 |
| 24 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | 7 |
| 25 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 7 |
| 26 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 6 |
| 27 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 6 |
| 28 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 6 |
| 29 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 6 |
| 30 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | 5 |
| 31 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 5 |
| 32 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | 5 |
| 33 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 5 |
| 34 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 5 |
| 35 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 4 |
| 36 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 4 |
| 37 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 4 |
| 38 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 4 |
| 39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 3 |
| 40 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 3 |
| 41 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 3 |
| 42 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 2 |
| 43 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 1 |
| 44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
| 45 Karl Menzies (Aus) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 1 |
| 46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
| 47 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 1 |
| Mountains GC | |
| 1 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | 39 pts |
| 2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing | 22 |
| 3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 21 |
| 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 20 |
| 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 15 |
| 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 12 |
| 7 Timothy Johnson (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 10 |
| 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 9 |
| 9 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 9 |
| 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 8 |
| 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 8 |
| 12 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 8 |
| 13 Bradley White (USA) Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 8 |
| 14 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 8 |
| 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad | 7 |
| 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 7 |
| 17 Jose Luis Rubiera (Esp) Astana | 7 |
| 18 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana | 7 |
| 19 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 6 |
| 20 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step | 6 |
| 21 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | 6 |
| 22 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing | 6 |
| 23 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 5 |
| 24 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 5 |
| 25 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 5 |
| 26 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-Highroad | 4 |
| 27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 3 |
| 28 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing | 3 |
| 29 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 2 |
| 30 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad | 2 |
| 31 Thomas Lšvkvist (Swe) Team Columbia-Highroad | 1 |
| 32 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 |
| Best Young Rider | |
| 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 31:30:15 |
| 2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | at 1:03 |
| 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 3:50 |
| 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 17:18 |
| 5 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 21:29 |
| 6 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream | 25:41 |
| 7 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 26:59 |
| 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad | 44:35 |
| 9 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 47:16 |
| 10 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 47:38 |
| Team GC | |
| 1 Astana | 94:28:50 |
| 2 Team Saxo Bank | at 1:40 |
| 3 Garmin-Slipstream | 1:49 |
| 4 Team Columbia-High Road | 2:46 |
| 5 Rabobank | 4:45 |
| 6 Quick Step | 7:18 |
| 7 Rock Racing | 7:54 |
| 8 Cervelo Test Team | 34:55 |
| 9 AG2R La Mondiale | 36:22 |
| 10 Ouch Presented By Maxxis | 39:50 |
| 11 BMC Racing Team | 40:22 |
| 12 Bissell Pro Cycling | 44:29 |
| 13 Liquigas | 51:20 |
| 14 Team Type 1 | 1:40:59 |
| 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 1:46:59 |
| 16 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | 1:52:37 |