The sprint came down to a match-up between JJ Haedo, Francesco Chicchi
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Lots of fans rode the climb before the peloton arrived.
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The riders waste no time checking out the view back down the gully.
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David Zabriskie is just one of four Garmin-Transitions riders inside the
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Garmin-Transitions kept a close eye on the break's gap, after all, what
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The five break away riders had a few good chances to get a visual idea
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The front of the bunch was filled with Garmin-Transitions and Radioshack
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Jurgen Van De Walle (Quick Step) leads up one of the day's two climbs.
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Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) rides near the back of the peloton.
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Lance Armstrong (Radioshack) was the focus of attention before the stage.
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David Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) will be the first rider to spend
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Lance Armstrong (Radioshack) had a crash inside the final three kilometres,
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Spidertech tried to upset the balance as the sprint neared.
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Dutch rider Lars Boom (Rabobank Cycling Team) made a dash for the line
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Lars Boom (Rabobank Cycling Team) put the hammer down, before his attack
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Austria's Bernhard Eisel rides back near his Team HTC-Columbia team car.
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Despite the move to May the riders just can't seem to escape the wet stuff
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USA Road Champion George Hincapie leads his BMC Racing Team team-mates
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On the penultimate lap, Cervelo Test Team was trying to set up Theo Bos.
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Lars Boom (Rabobank) entered the first of the three finishing circuits
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George Hincapie searches for lunch.
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Andy Schleck hasn't looked comfortable throughout the tour
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BMC's Jackson Stewart collects his bidons while waiting for a bike exchange
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Mark Cavendish is paced back through the caravan after a puncture on Sierra
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Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas-Doimo) with his 'Sheriff' bike before the
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Spirits weren't high in the HTC-Columbia camp after they failed to win
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Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benefit Strategies) leads the breakaway riders during
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Riders on the 195.5 kilometre fourth stage.
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The peloton passes through some fields on its way to Modesto.
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The break away gained momentum early in the race, but never gained a huge
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The peloton passes through some rolling hills in California.
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HTC-Columbia tried to control the action at the end of the race, but it
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Garmin-Transitions' man with the mo' is the first to rise over the crest.
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Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo Test Team) has a look.
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Easy for you to say; Sierra Road fan advice.
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Fly V Australia Technical Director Ed Beamon.
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George Hincapie in stars and stripes.
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Moto marshal prep in front of San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation.
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Michaec Ackley came to the San Jose start in full Belgian spirits.
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Garmin-Transitions stretches the thread on the way up Sierra Road.
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The faces say it all; this is serious bike racing in America.
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Getting a food delivery from Fly V Australia director Henk Vogels.
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Henk Vogels makes a live call in to Australian TV coverage of the Amgen
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Joao Correia (Cervelo Test Team) and Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1) failed
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Garmin-Transitions controls the peloton's pace, followed by Team Radioshack.
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Canada's Robert Britton (Bissell) picked up valuable mountains points.
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David Zabriskie rides protected by his Garmin-Transitions team-mates.
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Garmin-Transitions worked to control the pace for its race leader, closely
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Belgian Jurgen Van De Walle (Quick Step) sets the break away group's pace.
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Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas-Doimo) kicks his Tour of California into gear
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Fly V Australia's Aaron Kemps gets a wheel change from team mechanic Chris
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No wonder Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) is fighting so hard to keep his
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Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) rides in the peloton.
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Lars Boom (Rabobank) gives it everything he's got in the finale
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The machinations were underway to determine the break's composition on
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Garmin-Transitions and RadioShack were controlling proceedings up Sierra
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Garmin-Transitions looks after the business of looking after its leader,
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Robbie Hunter rides ahead of race leader and teammate Dave Zabriskie
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Rob Britton (Bissell) does a turn on the front of the break
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HTC-Columbia riders Mark Renshaw and Michael Rogers on the front of the
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