Mario Cipollini (Rock Racing)
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The group heads out on a cold
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Ummm...the sign says it all
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The roads gets steep as the the bunch
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The group stayed together
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Close quarters in the bunch.
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Riders stayed bundled up for most
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Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and a team-mate
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The vineyard covered hills
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Johnny Sundt (Kelly Benefits) spent
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Heading through some of the dense
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Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) comes to the front
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Scott Nydam (Team BMC) spent the cold
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Moss and rocks along the course
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Mario Cipollini (Rock Racing)
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Fred Rodriguez (Rock Racing) and George Hincapie (High Road)
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More trees along the course.
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One of the unique bridges along
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California or a winter Belgian
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A splash of colour lines the road
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David Millar (Slipstream) stayed focused
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The field enters Sacramento over
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Scott Nydam (BMC) still out front
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) with the finish
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Tyler Farrar (Slipstream) takes over
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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The armada arrives at the top
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Levi Leipheimer (Astana) knows these hills
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The blonde fan in the yellow jacket
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This Napa Valley road commentary can be interpreted
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Thomas Peterson (Slipstream) shows the strain
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A Rabobank rider suffers through
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It's Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) starts the party
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If you are a sprinter, this is not a back
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California's Governor Arnold Swartzeneger
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Slipstream-Chipotle's 23 year-old race leader Tyler Farrar.
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Charlie Brown & Snoopy
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Cipo was all smiles
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Mounted police
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As the pack entered the circuit
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This rider had a long wait
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Paolo Bettini (Quick Step)
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Mario Cipollini (Rock Racing)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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This young cycling fan
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Scott Nydam (BMC Racing)
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The first intermediate sprint was in Winters,
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Reid Mumford (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast)
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Karl Menzies (HealthNet)
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The peloton enjoyed some great scenery
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Hilton Clarke (Toyota-United)
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With a small group of leaders off the front
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There was a minor crash in a wet corner
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The Big Hair fans
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A Saunier Duval rider climbs an overpass
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Perhaps the the peloton thought that they were on a winery tour
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The peloton heads outthrough the Napa valley wine region.
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Rory Sutherland (HealthNet)
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The sprint was a thing of beauty
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Another view of Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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The Stage 2 podium (left to right)
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Scott Nydam (BMC Racing)
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Mark Cavendish (Team High Road)
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Tyler Farrar (Slipstream/Chipotle)...
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Tyler Farrar (Slipstream/Chipotle)
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All the jersey winners
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The peloton carefully descends
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There were several scenic areas of the wine country
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Team CSC decided
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