Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) powers to a sprint win on the Amgen Tour
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Matthew Wilson (Garmin-Transitions)
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Chad Beyer (BMC Racing Team) and Marc De Maar (United Healthcare)
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Paul Mach (Bissell) leads Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank), Chad Beyer (BMC)
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The colour of the California peloton
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HTC-Columbia take control of the peloton on stage one of the Amgen Tour
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Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Columbia) follows a Jelly Belly rider on stage one
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Quick Step are one of the international squads to send a strong roster
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The Kelly Benefits crew descend
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Saxo Bank stay together during the first stage
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Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) is back in action in California
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Saxo Bank stars Stuart O'Grady (l) and Fabain Cancellara meet fans before
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Belgian star Tom Boonen is interviewed before the start
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Lance Armstrong signs autographs before the start
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There was plenty of excitement at the start
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The field gets the 2010 Amgen Tour of California underway
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Lance Armstrong rides behind RadioShack teammate Janez Brajkovic
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Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) was a contender for the win today
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Eventual stage winner Mark Cavendish bides his time in the bunch
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Four-time champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) rides mid-pack
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Bert Grabsch (HTC-Columbia) assumed his normal position at the front,
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Bissell's Paul Mach in the mountains jersey after stage one
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HTC-Columbia's Mark Cavendish on the top step of the podium after stage
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Levi Leipheimer signs autographs after sign-in at start of stage 1 in
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The Team RadioShack bus guarded by Nevada City Police.
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All Team Radio Shack riders ride in honor of a new Unity Campaign honoree
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Crowds in Nevada City swamped the team parking area.
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Mark Cavendish, JJ Haedo (left) and Alexander Kristoff were the top three
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Lars Bak (HTC-Columbia) decides it
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JJ Haedo (Saxo Bank) cruises along in the bunch before his second place
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Dominique Rollin (Cervelo) was hoping for a good sprint today but got
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Andy Schleck, Lance Armstrong, and Levi Leipheimer (L-R) at the call-up
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Levi Leipheimer (Team RadioShack) in a contemplative moment before start.
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The second sprint of stage one in Auburn was closely won by Chad Beyer
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Lars Bak (HTC-Columbia) leads the peloton on the first finishing circuit
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Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) wins the sprint in Sacramento over JJ Haedo
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Jersey winners in stage one (L-R): KOM - Paul Mach (Bissell Pro Cycling);
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Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) is the owner of two jerseys.
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Lance Armstrong, center, starts the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, flanked
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Riders start stage one of the fifth Amgen Tour of California in Nevada
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Andy Schleck, Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer and Fabian Cancellara (L-R)
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Lance Armstrong (Radioshack) taking care of a little itch around the collar.
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The break rolls along through the grassy countryside heading into Sacramento.
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Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) stays just back in tucked out of the wind.
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Team HTC-Columbia sets things up for the sprint with one lap to go.
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Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Franchesco Chicchi (Liquigas) roll out towards
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Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) comes to the front to pull in the break.
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Chris Horner (Radioshack) and team-mate Janez Brajkovic ride next to each
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Michael Freedman (Jelly Belly) and fellow sprinter Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia)
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The break takes some time for snacks along the way.
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Matti Breschel (Saxo Bank) sitting on the front of the bunch.
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The break kept the pace high through the tight country roads.
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Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) cruising along back in the bunch.
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George Hincapie (BMC) looks pretty happy to be racing stateside in the
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Jelly Belly gets to the front to take some time out of the break.
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The group continues on into the gorge and down past the river.
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Riders cross a massive bridge across a deep gorge just outside of Andersonville.
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Jose Luis Rubiera (Radioshack) has a water bottle tucked in their somewhere.
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Garmin-Transitions does a little bit of bike maintenance out on the road.
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Sacramento's finest were on hand to make sure the Sunday crowds were behaving
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Crowds packed the streets of Sacramento for day one of the Amgen Tour
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With one circuit to go, HTC-Columbia put on a lead-out clinic for Mark
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Mark Cavendish (HTC Columbia) gets back to his winning ways at California's
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