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Tour of California - 2.1, USA, February 19, 2007

Stage 1: Sausalito - Santa Rosa, 155.7km

Graeme Brown (Rabobank)
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Paolo Bettini (Quickstep)
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Paolo Bettini (Quickstep)
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Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
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Bernard Kohl (Gerolsteiner)
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Ivan Basso (Discovery)
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George Hincapie (Discovery)
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Paolo Bettini (Quickstep)
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The bunch rolls through the California countryside.
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The bunch goes past an original looking ranch house along the route.
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Discovery riders come to the front to manage the pace on one of the windier parts of the course.
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Riders tackle one of the little rises past the feed zone.
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The group makes it's way along the California coast.
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The jagged coastline greeted the bunch as it makes it's way north.
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Riders bunch up as the wind picks up later in the race.
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The first real break of the day tries to get up the road.
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Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United)
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Jean Marc Marino (Credit Agricole)
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Sheldon Deeny (USA National)
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The group gets back together after some small attacks.
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David Zabriskie (CSC)
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The bunch makes it's way up the Coleman Valley Rd. climb.
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Discovery comes to the front with 25K to go.
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The last group that tried hard to get away.
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A massive pileup with 2 laps still to go takes down most of the field.
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The dragrace to the line begins.
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Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
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Marking 300-meters to go
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VIP's get to watch
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TV crews
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The television production
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Paul Sherwin
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Levi Leipheimer
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The peloton rolls along
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The t-mobile train rockets
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The peloton passes through the finish
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Henderson was clearly giving his all.
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Australia's Brown takes victory from New Zealand's Henderson.
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Henderson, prior to being informed he didn't win.
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Discovery Channel's Levi Leipheimer retains the yellow jersey.
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Leipheimer signs in at the start.
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Paolo Bettini (Quick Step)
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T-Mobile leads the way into Santa Rosa.
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Discovery Channel, Rabobank and T-Mobile sprint
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Greg Henderson (T-Mobile) was shocked when told he didn't win.
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Graeme Brown (Rabobank) wasn't suprised when informed of his victory.
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Greg LeMond being interviewed
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Podium (L-R): Greg Henderson (T-Mobile), Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Allan Davis (Discovery Channel)
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Leipheimer keeps the yellow jersey,
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Waiting
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Sonoma's Steven Cozza
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More waiting,
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Brian Worthy
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More Cozza well-wishes
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Thor and Cippo
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BMC and Paolo Bettini
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One way to ascend
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A welcoming day of sunshine
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Richard Fries announces AND distributes Jelly Belly beans.
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Fans reaching for the Jelly Bellies
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Saul Raisin, of Credit Agricole,
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Go go go Levi
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Mavic support
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Quick Step-Innergetic's Jurgen Van De Walle
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Thomas Peterson, of Team Slipstream,
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The peloton
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Discovery
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Jackson Stewart, BMC
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Steve Cozza (Slipstream) and Gustavo Artacho (Colavita/Sutter Home)
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BMC support car
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The broom wagon/minivan
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Bettini and his Angel
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Apparently, not everyone is a Bettini fan.
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