Team CSC's Jens Voigt leads home
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The peloton rolls past a field of apple trees early in the day.
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As the day gets underway, so does the first break.
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The Liquigas boys decide what to do.
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The break still going strong.
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Discovery decides it's time to get things under control.
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The bunch comes up the Patterson Pass Road climb.
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And the bunch rolls on through the unique landscape.
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Clouds threatened rain later in the day but didn’t slow the front group.
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The break makes it's way up Patterson Pass Road.
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Jurgen Van De Walle (Quickstep-Innergetic)
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The peloton passes through a windmill farm.
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Part of the picteresque Patterson Pass Road climb.
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The group bunches up as they hit the climb.
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Allan Davis (Discovery)
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Scott Stewart (USA National)
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Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United)
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Shawn Milne (Healthnet/Maxxis)
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Jason McCartney (Discovery)
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Ivan Basso (Discovery)
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Ivan Basso (Discovery)
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The field starts to get blown apart.
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Ivan Basso (Discovery)
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The group struggles as Ivan Basso (Discovery) keeps going hard.
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Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
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Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
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Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
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Jens Voigt (CSC)
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Jens Voigt (CSC)
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Jason McCartney (Discovery)
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A little local wildlife on the descent.
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Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto)
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Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
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Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
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Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel)
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Voigt's stage win takes Team CSC's
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Voigt now holds second place
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Jacob Piil
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Levi Leipheimer
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Jens Voight
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Levi on the podium…
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Allan Davis (Discovery)
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Levi signs autographs for the fans
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The riders were glad the wind on Patterson Pass
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Discovery Channel's Jason McCartney and Voigt
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Yellow jersey-holding Leipheimer
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Emile Abraham (Priority Health)
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McCartney leads the break
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Dimitri Fofonov (Credit Agricole)
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Charly Wegelius (Liquigas)
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Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel)
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Leipheimer makes it look easy.
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Legs and lungs hard at work under stormy skies.
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Tony Cruz (Discovery Channel)
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A long way to the top:
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Steve Hegg gets his box.
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Jelly Belly knows how to keep fans happy.
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Hennie Kuiper inspects a bike.
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CSC mechanic
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Fabian Cancellara (CSC)
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Germany's Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner).
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Fast Freddy,
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Mauro Da Dalto (Liguigas)
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Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole).
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Even when it hurts,
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California isn't always about the beautiful people.
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Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole)
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Patterson Pass
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Go Ben Jacques-Maynes and Fred Rodriguez!
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The crowd grows at the top
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A group of 17 or so broke away early.
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Riders climb up Patterson Pass.
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The peloton passes through
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Riders pass through the windmills
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The race caravan stretched from the bottom
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As quickly as they came,
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Cancellara and Bettini
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Mario Aerts climbs Sierra Road
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Jens Voigt
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Leipheimer and Horner
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It was a good day for Julich
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Freddy Rodriguez shows the strain
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Fans chat
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Here they come
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Luca Euser
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Riders in the break
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Jens Voigt (Team CSC)
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Mike Sayers
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With the break past,
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Discovery was all smiles
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The main group
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The weather was
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Heading home.
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Big crowds
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Lead group
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Levi Leipheimer,
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Mike Sayers
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Fast Freddie
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Two up and coming race fans
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Thor Hushovd
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The Golden Slipper
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Paolo has a laugh
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Happy autograph seekers
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Jakob Pill
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Big Crowds
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Third and final lap.
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A small break
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The chase group
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The pack makes it
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The pack
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Andrew Bajadali (Jelly Belly)
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Mauro Facci (Quick Step)
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Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
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Tony Cruz (Discovery)
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Team Slipstream bikes
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The Colavita squad
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Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
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Jens Voigt (CSC)
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Ivan Basso (Discovery)
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George Hincapie (Discovery)
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