Leipheimer and Horner, with Gesink trailing
Leipheimer and Horner, with Gesink trailing
Leipheimer and Horner, with Gesink trailing
Ahead, Leipheimer joins up with the day's winning move
McCartney drilling it with Voigt in tow
Big crowds near the top
McCartney and Voigt
With Bettini and a big group charging hard, Leipheimer drives the break toward the finish
Riding through the wind farm
Voigt takes the win...
Leipheimer drives the five-man break
... and Leipheimer keeps his jersey.
Fans line the Sierra ascent
Danielson working it
Leipheimer appreciated the assist from a seven-time Tour winner
Disco' dialing it up
Toyota's Chris Wherry meets fans in Stockton
The peloton rolls out of town
The finish-line crowd awaits a show, and a show they got
A musical sendoff
Fit for an angel?
Bettini on the first climb
Haedo times it perfectly
. . . and off Haedo goes
. . . Julich and O'Grady hit the front . . .
The Navigators and T-Mobile got things rolling . . .
This time, no commissaires were required
The stage podium
Clocking in and going to work
Another scenic
Basso on the job
Basso races past Coit Tower
. . . really going . . .
The long and winding road
. . . and gone.
More of the same
World TT champ Cancellara
Levi and friends at the start in Sausalito
Oh, let's have a break, whaddaya say?
Hincapie and Zabriskie chat it up before the gun
Disco' drilling it
The ever-smiling Horner
Rolling out of town
Curb to curb
Discovery keeping a tight leash on the bunch
The stage podium
Julich, back to racing after a tough 2006
Peterson manages to slip away
One of the world champ's many fans
O'Grady represents for Oz
Bettini has a chat at the back
Vande Velde
Abraham was one of the day's casualties
U.S. TT champ Zabriskie
Fans pack the Coleman Valley KOM
Jacques-Maynes
Where did you ride today?
Another scenic
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Leipheimer in an unscarred yellow jersey
T-Mobile drilling it, right before the big crash
Mike Gann in Sedona
Despite crashing on the finishing circuit, Leipheimer retains the yellow jersey
And Levi enjoying another day in yellow
Leipheimer drilling it
The crash in sequence: Going . . .
The fast, furious finish
He'll take the jersey to his hometown of Santa Rosa today
. . . going . . .
Bettini and Leipheimer chat it up
Talk about your golden slippers
Tim Johnson's footwear is a tad understated by comparison
A Quick Step wrench on the job
Vogels gets his game face on
Heinrich hopes to help rebuild cycling's credibility
Julich is ready to race again after a disappointing 2006
Instead of warming up for the Tour of California prologue and a title defense, Landis was riding around San Francisco this morning
Leipheimer does it again