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2011 Amgen Tour of California (HC)

May 15 - May 22

Tour of California podium history page

Sunday, May 22: 8th and Final Stage, Santa Clarita - Thousand Oaks, 132.4 km

Matthew Harley Goss (HTC-Highroad) 2hr 56min 39sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) s.t.
Gregory Henderson (Sky) s.t.
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
Kevin Lacombe (Spidertech) s.t.
Taylor phinney (BMC) s.t.
Jure Kocjan (Team Type 1) s.t.
Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly) s.t.
Anibal Andres Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) s.t.
Juan José Haedo (Saxo) s.t.
Shawn Milne (Kenda-5 Hour Energy) s.t.
Timon Seubert (Netapp) s.t.
Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits) s.t.
Christian Meier ((United Healthcare) s.t.
Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Frank Pipp (Bissell) s.t.
Andrew Pinfold (United Healthcare) s.t.
Christopher Jones (United Healthcare) s.t.
Also Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Andreas Dietziker (Nertapp) s.t.
Johan Van Summeren (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank) s.t.
Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) s.t.
Christopher Baldwin (Bissell) s.t.

Final GC after Stage 8:

Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) 23hr 46min 41sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 38sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2min 45sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3min 18sec
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 3min 23sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 3min 26sec
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) @ 4min 12sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 4min 33sec
Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 4min 50sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 6min 16sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) @ 6min 22sec
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) @ 6min 39sec
Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1) @ 8min 37sec
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 8min 39sec
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 8min 50sec
Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) @ 9min 7sec
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 9min 21sec
Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas) @ 9min 44sec
Brian Vandborg (Saxo) @ 9min 46sec
Christian Meier (United Healthcare) @ 9min 58sec
Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 10min 12sec
George Hincapie (BMC) @ 10min 43sec
Rob Britton (Bissell) @ 10min 51sec
Paul Martens (Rabobank) @ 11min 38sec
Amael Moinard (BMC) @ 11min 48sec

Saturday, May 21: Stage 7, Claremont - Mt. Baldy, 120.5 km

Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) 3hr 31min 1sec
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) s.t.
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 43sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 1sec
Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 1min 21sec
Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1) s.t.
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 1min 29sec
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) @ 1min 39sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Rafal Majka (Saxo) @ 2min 9sec
Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas) @ 2min 29sec
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) @ 2min 34sec
Charles Wegelius (United Healthcare) s.t.
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2min 49sec
Matthew Busche (Radio Shack) @ 2min 56sec
Christian Meier (United Healthcare) @ 3min 10sec
Brian Vandborg (Saxo) s.t.
Paul Martens (Rabobank) @ 3min 15sec
Danny Pate (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) @ 3min 19sec
Tom Zirbel (Jamis-Sutter Home) @ 3min 23sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3min 49sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) @ 3min 56sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 4min 8sec

GC after Stage 7:

Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) 20hr 50min 2sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) 2 38sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2min 45sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 3mn 18sec
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 3min 23sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 3min 26sec
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) @ 4min 12sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 4min 33sec
Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 4min 50sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 6min 16sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) @ 6min 22sec
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) @ 6min 39sec
Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1) @ 8min 37sec
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 8min 39sec
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 8min 50sec
Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) @ 9min 7sec
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 9min 21sec
Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas) @ 9min 21sec
Brian Vandborg (Saxo) @ 9min 46sec
Christian Meier (United Healthcare) @ 9min 58sec
Danny Pate (HTC-Highroad) @ 10min 6sec
Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 10min 12sec
Rob Britton (Bissell) @ 10min 34sec
George Hincapie (BMC) @ 10min 43sec
Amael Moinard (BMC) @ 11min 31sec

Friday, May 20: Stage 6, Solvang 24.1 km Individual Time Trial

David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) 30min 35.920sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 14sec
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 40sec
Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad) @ 48sec
Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) @ 49sec
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) @ 51sec
Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) @ 53sec
Jeremy Vennell (Bissell) @ 59sec
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 1sec
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 10sec
Danny Pate (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 13sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 1min 15sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 27sec
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) s.t.
Laslo Brodrogi (Team Type 1) @ 1min 31sec
Ian Stannard (Sky) @ 1min 32sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 1min 34sec
Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) s.t.
Taylor Phinney (BMC) @ 1min 37sec
Chris Froome (Sky) @ 1min 39sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 42sec
Steve Morabito (BMC) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) @ 1min 44sec

GC after stage 6:

Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) 17hr 17min 1sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 38sec
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) @ 1min 38sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 39sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 44sec
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 1min 54sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-trek) @ 2min 26sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2min 27sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 2min 43sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 2min 54sec
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2min 56sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 2min 58sec
Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 3min 29sec
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 3min 56sec
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 4min 4sec
George Hincapie (BMC) @ 4min 18sec
Chris Froome (Sky) @ 4min 25sec
Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 4min 35sec
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) @ 5min
Amael Moinard (BMC) @ 5min 6sec
Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) @ 5min 48sec
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 5min 50sec
Rob Britton (Bissell) @ 6min 4sec
Brian Vandborg Bach (Saxo) @ 6min 16sec
Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Spidertech) @ 6min 40sec

Thursday, May 19: Stage 5, Seaside - Paso Robles, 217.4 km

Peter Sagan 5hr 16min 3sec
Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Ben Swift (Sky) s.t.
Paul Mertens (Rabobank) s.t.
Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits) s.t.
Jonas Jogensen (Saxo) s.t.
Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank) s.t.
Taylor Phinney (BMC) s.t.
Frank Pipp (Bessell) s.t.
Alexander Gottgried (Netapp) s.t.
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) s.t.
Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) s.t.
Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) s.t.
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) s.t.
Martin Mortensen (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Tyler Wren (Jamis-Sutter Home) s.t.
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) s.t.
Steve Morabito (BMC) s.t.
Daniel Oss (Liquigas) s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) 16hr 45min 35sec
Levi Lepheimer (Radio Shack) @ 1min 15sec
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 22sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 29sec
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) @ 1min 30sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 36sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 50sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 2min
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 2min 5sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 2min 34sec
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2min 37sec
Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 2min 38sec
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 2min 50sec
Amael Moinard (BMC) @ 3min 19sec
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 3min 20sec
Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Spidertech) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) @ 3min 25sec
Chris Froome (Sky) @ 3min 37sec
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) @ 3min 51sec
Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 3min 52sec
Tyler Wren (Jamis-Sutter Home) @ 3min 59sec
Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) @ 4min 34sec
Christian Meier (United Healthcare) @ 4min 52sec
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 4min 55sec

Wednesday, May 18: Stage 4, Livermore - San Jose, 131.6 km (81.8 miles)

Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) 3hr 27min 51sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 15sec
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) s.t.
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) s.t.
Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo)@ 1min 22sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 29sec
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 36sec
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 1min 45sec
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo)@ 1min 50sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 2min 5sec
Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 2min 27sec
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 2min 33sec
Jonathan McCarty (Spidertech) s.t.
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 2min 50sec
Chris Froome (Sky) @ 2min 53sec
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) @ 3min 4sec
Amael Moinard (BMC) s.t.
Christian Meier (United Healthcare) @ 3min 25sec
Gustav Larsson (Saxo) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 3min 37sec
Rafal Majka (Saxo) s.t.
Rob Britton (Bissell s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) 11hr 29min 32sec
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) @ 1min 15sec
Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 22sec
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 29sec
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) @ 1min 30sec
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 1min 36sec
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) @ 1min 50sec
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 2min
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) @ 2min 5sec
Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 2min 33sec
Jonathan McCarty (Spidertech) s.t.
Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 2min 38sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 2min 44sec
Chris Froome (Sky)@ 2min 53sec
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) @ 3min 4sec
Amael Moinard (BMC) @ 3min 19sec
George Hincapie (BMC) @ 3min 25sec
Gustav Larsson (Saxo) s.t.
Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 3min 52sec
Tyler Wren (Jamis-Sutter Home) @ 3min 59sec
Christian Meier (United Healthcare) @ 4min 5sec
Rob Britton (Bissell) @ 4min 18sec

Tuesday, May 17: Stage 3, Auburn - Modesto, 196.2 km

Gregory Henderson (Sky) 5hr 14min 29sec
Juan José Haedo (Saxo) s.t.
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) s.t.
Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Kevin Lacombe (Spidertech) s.t.
Robert Forster (United Healthcare) s.t.
Taylor Phinney (BMC) s.t.
Jure Kocjan (Team Type 1) s.t.
Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits) s.t.
Ben Swift (Sky) s.t.
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Andrew Pinfold (United Healthcare) s.t.
Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly) s.t.
Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) s.t.
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highraod) s.t.
Frank Pipp (Bissell) s.t.
Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Shawn Milne (Kenda-5 Hour Energy) s.t.
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) s.t.
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

Gregory Henderson (Sky) 8hr 1min 31sec
Ben Swift (Sky) s.t.
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 4sec
Juan José Haedo (Saxo) s.t.
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) @ 6sec
Matthew Harley Goss (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Kevin Lacombe (Spidertech) @ 10sec
Taylor Phinney (BMC) s.t.
Robert Forster (United Healthcare) s.t.
Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits) s.t.
Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Shawn Milne (Kenda-5 Hour Energy) s.t.
Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly) s.t.
Frank Pipp (Bissell) s.t.
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1) s.t.
Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter) s.t.
Damiano Caruso (Liquigas) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) s.t.

Monday, May 16: Stage 2, Squaw Valley - Sacramento, 122.8 km (weather forced a change to the route)

Ben Swift (Sky) 2hr 47min 12sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) s.t.
Matthew Harley Goss (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Kevin Lacombe (Spidertech) s.t.
Juan José Haedo (Saxo) s.t.
Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) s.t.
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Taylor Phinney (BMC) s.t.
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
Shawn Milne (Kenda-5 Hour Energy) s.t.
Gregory Henderson (Sky) s.t.
Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits) s.t.
Robert Forster (United Healthcare) s.t.
Michael Matthews (Rabobank) s.t.
Frank Pipp (Bissell) s.t.
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) s.t.
Andreas Schillinger (Netapp) s.t.
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly) s.t.
Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1) s.t.
Benjamin King (Radio Shack) s.t.
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

Ben Swift (Sky) 2hr 47min 2sec
Peter Sagan (Liquigas) @ 4sec
Matthew Harley Goss (HTC-Highroad) @ 6sec
Kevin Lacombe (Spidertech) @ 10sec
Juan José Haedo (Saxo) s.t.
Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) s.t.
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Taylor Phinney (BMC) s.t.
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
Shawn Milne (Kenda-5 Hour Energy)
Gregory Henderson (Sky) s.t.
Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits) s.t.
Robert Forster (United Healthcare) s.t.
Michael Matthews (Rabobank) s.t.
Frank Pipp (Bissell) s.t.
Christopher Horner (Radio Shack) s.t.
Andreas Schillinger (Netapp) s.t.
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly) s.t.
Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1) s.t.
Benjamin King (Radio Shack) s.t.
Levi Leipheimer (Radio Shack) s.t.
George Hincapie (BMC) s.t.
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.

Sunday, May 15: Stage 1, South Lake Tahoe - North Lake Tahoe, 191 km (118.7 miles)

Stage canceled because of bad weather. With the weather deteriorating, the stage start was delayed and the route shortened to 49 miles, but snow finally forced the cancellation.

Ascents:
Spooner Summit, 1.6 miles, 3.2% gradient
Brockway Summit, 3.2 miles, 5.2% gradient

Results:

GC after Stage 1:

2011 Amgen Tour of California (HC)

May 15 - May 22

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