Riders climb to the first KOM.
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The first break of the day gets going.
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Liquigas comes to the front
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Tom Peterson (Garmin-Slipstream) driving the break.
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Jason McCartney (Saxo Bank) goes after KOM points
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Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia-Slipstream) riding in the bunch.
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Lance Armstrong (Astana) gets to the front
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Heading back down after the Palomar climb.
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The field on its way to the last KOM.
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Jersey wearers and stage winners line up
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Jason McCartney (Saxo Bank) and Steven Cozza (Garmin - Slipstream)
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Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing) leads
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Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing) spends a little
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Yaroslav Popovych (Astana) gets some extra
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Cam Evans (OUCH) heads up
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Astana leads the chase heading
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Lance Armstrong (Astana) did lots
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Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) looks up
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Janez Brajkovic (Astana) leads another
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Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck and Jens Voigt
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Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) on the front
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Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing) heads down
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Levi Leipheimer (Astana) on the gas
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Floyd Landis (OUCH) launches an attack
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The break and a chase group make their
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Looking down on one of the chase
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Levi Leipheimer (Astana) gets up
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Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) puts pressure
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Crowds on one of the switchbacks cheer
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The bunch descends back down towards the valley
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Batman and the bat beetle
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Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) gets a feed
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Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) rolls back towards the podium
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Rory Sutherland (OUCH) almost gets George Hincapie (Columbia - Highroad)
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Levi Leipheimer (Astana) uses his iPhone
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George Hincapie
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Tyler Hamilton signs autographs
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Tyler was looking pretty rad
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It's the Lance and Levi show...
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If Levi was worried
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Fränk Schleck drives the pace
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The peloton, or what's left of it
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The effort shows
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Christian Vande Velde
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George Hincapie was third on the day
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The ladies love Frank
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Hincapie, Schleck and Nibali
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Levi gets some kisses too
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Lance and his crew
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Astana won the team classification
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Lance didn't get a bottle
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Lance reminds us all
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The 2009 Tour of California podium
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Now the real battle
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Dave Z is never happier
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Jens tells us all
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Tim Johnson was ready
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Dave Z
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JJ Haedo helps Andy Schleck
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Christian Vande Velde looked calm
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Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank)
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Fränk Schleck rode so well today
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And didn't he like it?
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Yaroslav Popovych was back
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Lance and Levi celebrate
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The final podium is all smiles
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Serge Pauwels (Cervélo TestTeam)
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Garmin-Slipstream's Steven Cozza
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Race leader Levi Leipheimer
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Columbia gave Mark Cavendish
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Helicopters herald the arrival of the race
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Astana leads the chase heading
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There were big crowds at the top
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Tom Zirbel (Bissell) rides over Palomar with some friends.
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Local boy Chris Horner (Astana)
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Cam Evans (OUCH p/b Maxxis) takes on newspapers
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The Cole Grade looms and is lined
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Lance Armstrong (Astana) on the
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Jason McCartney (Saxo Bank) tackles
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Chris Baldwin (Rock Racing) and Dominique Rollin (Cervélo TestTeam)
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That's it boys, just pedal!
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Tom Peterson (Garmin - Slipstream) rides up Cole Grade,
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Christian Vande Velde (Garmin - Slipstream) and Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank)
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Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank)
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Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) celebrates
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Astana teammates Levi Leipheimer and Lance Armstrong
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