AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
Stage 7 – Ontario – Mount Baldy – 116.1km
A front group of twelve riders has established itself away from the peleton and built up a lead of 1m 53s, in this group are Van Dijk/Jamis Sutter Home, Anthony/Team Optum, Bookwalter/BMC Racing, Rabou/Competitive Cyclist, Sealander/Spidertech, English/Kenda 5 Hour Energy, Alzate/Team Exergy, Jones/Bissell Pro Cycling, De Jongh/Jelly Belly, Thomson/UnitedHealthcare and our two guys Preidler and Bowden. Bowden is here simply looking for Mountain points as he lies third in that competition at the moment
MOUNTAIN - Bowden/Team Type 1
The group are now on the descent of Glendora Ridge Road with a comfortable lead of 6m 27s
De Jongh/Jelly Belly is setting a nice fast pace on the long road in to the valley below
Garmin Sharp are in control of the peleton at the moment as they look to keep the race leader Tom Danielson safe from danger
The break is now in the valley as they make their way to the Sprint at Glendora with a race lead of 6m 44s
SPRINT - Rabou/Competitive Cyclist
The lead is now more than seven minutes
Van Dijk/Jamis Sutter Home and Thomson/UnitedHealthcare are trying to put some daylight between themselves and the rest of the breakaways and were soon joined by Rabou/Competitive Cyclist and Anthony/Team Optum and have opened up a small advantage of 38s
But it was short lived as Preidler of Team Type1 did amazing work at the front of the chasing pack to bring them back into the fold
MOUNTAIN - Bowden/Team Type 1
Inside twenty kilometres to go and Preidler grabs some more water and energy gels as they start to get ready for the climb up to Mount Baldy
Andy Schleck and Chris Horner both of Radioshack-Nissan have broken clear of the pack and have forced Danielson/Garmin Sharp to go with them and lose all his team mates
Alzate/Team Exergy and English/Kenda 5 Hour Energy reach the last five kilometres with 1m 20s back to there former companions
Under the red kite and Preidler/Team Type 1 has battled his way up to the two leaders
And he crosses the line totally exhausted, what a performance that was from the young Austrian, this will make all of those kilometres worth while
1 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 3h30'38 | 2 | Faustino Alzate | Team Exergy | + 15 | 3 | Nathaniel English | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 34 | 4 | Carter Jones | Bissell Cycling | + 1'05 | 5 | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'41 | 6 | Jesse Anthony | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 1'50 | 7 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 8 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 9 | Alex Bowden | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 2'02 | 10 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Peter Van Dijk | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 2'53 | 12 | Bjorn Selander | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 13 | Lawson Craddock | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 14 | Thomas Rabou | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 15 | Menso De Jongh | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 3'07 | 16 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 17 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 18 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | + 3'36 | 19 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'54 | 20 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 21 | Andrew Bajadali | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 22 | Matthew Busche | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 23 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 24 | Ben King | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 25 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 26 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 27 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 28 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 29 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 30 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 31 | Matt Cooke | Team Exergy | s.t. | 32 | Alex Hagman | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 33 | Chad Beyer | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 34 | Gavin Mannion | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 35 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 36 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 37 | Hugo Houle | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 38 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 39 | David Williams | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 40 | Ryan Anderson | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 41 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 42 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 43 | Carson Miller | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 5'15 | 44 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 45 | Lachlan Morton | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 46 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 47 | Jeremy Vennell | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 48 | Philip Mooney | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 49 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 50 | Tommy Nankervis | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 51 | Lucas Euser | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 52 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 53 | Cesar Grajales | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 7'59 | 54 | Bradley Gehrig | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 55 | Stephen Housley | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 10'15 | 56 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 57 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 58 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 59 | Curtis Winsor | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 10'45 | 60 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 61 | James Stemper | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 11'37 | 62 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 12'07 | 63 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 64 | Fred Rodriguez | Team Exergy | + 12'20 | 65 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Exergy | + 12'33 | 66 | Zachary Davies | Team Exergy | s.t. | 67 | Jeremy Powers | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 68 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 69 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | 70 | Steele Von Hoff | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 13'08 | 71 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | 72 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 73 | Andrew Meyer | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 74 | John Murphy | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 75 | Tom Zirbel | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 76 | Sean Mazich | Jelly Belly Cycling | s.t. | 77 | Andy Baker | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 78 | Parker Kyzer | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 79 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 80 | José Fernando Antogna | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 81 | Michael Creed | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 82 | Francisco Colorado | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 83 | Ramiro Rincon | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 84 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 85 | Leandro Oyola Oyola | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 86 | AnÃbal Borrajo | Jamis - Sutter Home | s.t. | 87 | Edison Turner | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 88 | Reid Mumford | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 89 | Ken Hanson | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 90 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 91 | Walter Pedraza | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 92 | Logan Loader | Team Exergy | s.t. | 93 | Conor Mullervy | Team Exergy | s.t. | 94 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 95 | Ryan Eastman | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 96 | Jasper De Buyst | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 97 | Taylor Shelden | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | s.t. | 98 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 99 | Nathan Brown | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 100 | Greg Brandt | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 101 | Cody O'Reilly | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 102 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 103 | Scott Stewart | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 15'05 | 104 | Mauricio Ortega | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 105 | Robert Bush | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 106 | Tyler Karnes | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 107 | Mike Stone | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | s.t. | 108 | Ian Moir | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | 109 | Thomas Lebas | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 110 | Alexander Lemair | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 111 | Giovanni Baez Alvarez | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 112 | Evan Hyde | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 113 | Kazuo Inoue | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 114 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Sharp | + 15'40 | 115 | Rafael Infantino | EPM - UNE | + 16'30 | 116 | Andzs Flaksis | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 117 | Alex Vanias | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | 118 | Kenji Itami | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 119 | Blaise Sonnery | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 120 | James Oram | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | s.t. | 121 | Miyataka Shimizu | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. | 122 | Michael Midlarsky | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 123 | Ramiro Parra | EPM - UNE | s.t. | 124 | Adam Leibovitz | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | 125 | Martz Alder | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 17'58 | 126 | Isaac Howe | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | 127 | Robert Sweeting | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 18'29 | 128 | Flavio De Luna | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 20'21 | 129 | Ben Chaddock | Team Exergy | + 21'14 |
1 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | 29h44'57 | 2 | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1'11 | 3 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'42 | 4 | Lawson Craddock | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 3'10 | 5 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 4'09 | 6 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 5'00 | 7 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | + 5'10 | 8 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 5'22 | 9 | Andrew Bajadali | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 5'44 | 10 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | + 6'19 | 12 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'06 | 13 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Nissan | + 7'59 | 14 | Ryan Anderson | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 8'18 | 15 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Bissell Cycling | + 11'00 | 16 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 11'04 | 17 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'32 | 18 | Chad Beyer | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 12'16 | 19 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 12'35 | 20 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | + 12'48 | 21 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 13'17 | 22 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | + 13'52 | 23 | Jesse Anthony | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 14'01 | 24 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 14'32 | 25 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 15'44 | 26 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'40 | 27 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 17'11 | 28 | Gavin Mannion | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 17'13 | 29 | Matthew Busche | RadioShack - Nissan | + 20'06 | 30 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | + 20'19 | 31 | Ben King | RadioShack - Nissan | + 20'28 | 32 | Thomas Rabou | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 21'11 | 33 | Tommy Nankervis | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 21'25 | 34 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 21'52 | 35 | Matt Cooke | Team Exergy | + 22'29 | 36 | Fred Rodriguez | Team Exergy | + 22'33 | 37 | Tom Zirbel | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 23'03 | 38 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 24'26 | 39 | Carson Miller | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 24'36 | 40 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | + 24'43 | 41 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 27'24 | 42 | Hugo Houle | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 28'51 | 43 | Michael Creed | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 29'17 | 44 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 29'22 | 45 | Carter Jones | Bissell Cycling | + 30'30 | 46 | Jeremy Vennell | Bissell Cycling | + 30'40 | 47 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 32'35 | 48 | Faustino Alzate | Team Exergy | + 32'44 | 49 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 33'39 | 50 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 33'41 | 51 | AnÃbal Borrajo | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 33'58 | 52 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 34'18 | 53 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | + 34'52 | 54 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 34'59 | 55 | Cody O'Reilly | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 35'44 | 56 | Lucas Euser | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 36'09 | 57 | Nathan Brown | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 36'59 | 58 | Alex Hagman | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 37'02 | 59 | Ken Hanson | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 38'05 | 60 | Bjorn Selander | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 38'12 | 61 | Cesar Grajales | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 40'00 | 62 | Serghei Tvetcov | Team Exergy | + 40'19 | 63 | Alex Bowden | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 40'47 | 64 | Peter Van Dijk | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 42'34 | 65 | Bradley Gehrig | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 42'42 | 66 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 43'08 | 67 | Philip Mooney | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 45'56 | 68 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 46'17 | 69 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 46'43 | 70 | Menso De Jongh | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 46'46 | 71 | Ryan Eastman | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 47'29 | 72 | David Williams | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 48'26 | 73 | Stephen Housley | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 48'29 | 74 | Reid Mumford | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 48'31 | 75 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 49'22 | 76 | Steele Von Hoff | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 49'36 | 77 | Nathaniel English | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 50'24 | 78 | Sep Vanmarcke | Garmin - Sharp | + 50'29 | 79 | Lachlan Morton | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 50'31 | 80 | Curtis Winsor | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 51'45 | 81 | James Stemper | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 52'00 | 82 | Francisco Colorado | EPM - UNE | + 52'09 | 83 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 52'23 | 84 | Zachary Davies | Team Exergy | + 52'27 | 85 | Leandro Oyola Oyola | EPM - UNE | + 52'34 | 86 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 53'05 | 87 | Jeremy Powers | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 53'42 | 88 | John Murphy | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 53'53 | 89 | Sean Mazich | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 54'45 | 90 | Ian Moir | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 56'05 | 91 | Parker Kyzer | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 57'25 | 92 | Jasper De Buyst | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 58'07 | 93 | Evan Hyde | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 58'55 | 94 | Walter Pedraza | EPM - UNE | + 59'06 | 95 | Andrew Meyer | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 59'52 | 96 | Ramiro Rincon | EPM - UNE | + 59'54 | 97 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 59'56 | 98 | Edison Turner | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 1h00'33 | 99 | Flavio De Luna | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 1h00'36 | 100 | Giovanni Baez Alvarez | EPM - UNE | + 1h01'26 | 101 | Andy Baker | Bissell Cycling | + 1h01'28 | 102 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1h02'09 | 103 | Greg Brandt | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 1h02'23 | 104 | Tyler Karnes | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 1h02'51 | 105 | Alexander Lemair | Bridgestone Anchor | + 1h02'58 | 106 | Robert Sweeting | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 1h03'06 | 107 | Robert Bush | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 1h03'10 | 108 | Alex Vanias | Bissell Cycling | + 1h03'22 | 109 | Andzs Flaksis | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 1h03'58 | 110 | Rafael Infantino | EPM - UNE | + 1h06'11 | 111 | José Fernando Antogna | Jamis - Sutter Home | + 1h07'58 | 112 | Conor Mullervy | Team Exergy | + 1h09'32 | 113 | Mike Stone | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 1h10'43 | 114 | Taylor Shelden | Competitive Cyclist Racing Team | + 1h11'24 | 115 | Miyataka Shimizu | Bridgestone Anchor | + 1h11'38 | 116 | Ramiro Parra | EPM - UNE | + 1h11'51 | 117 | Kazuo Inoue | Bridgestone Anchor | + 1h12'33 | 118 | Mauricio Ortega | EPM - UNE | + 1h12'37 | 119 | Thomas Lebas | Bridgestone Anchor | + 1h12'55 | 120 | James Oram | Bontrager - Livestrong Team | + 1h13'20 | 121 | Logan Loader | Team Exergy | + 1h13'21 | 122 | Ben Chaddock | Team Exergy | + 1h15'18 | 123 | Kenji Itami | Bridgestone Anchor | + 1h16'34 | 124 | Adam Leibovitz | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 1h17'38 | 125 | Michael Midlarsky | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 1h34'23 | 126 | Blaise Sonnery | Bridgestone Anchor | + 1h36'46 | 127 | Isaac Howe | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | + 1h39'53 | 128 | Scott Stewart | Jelly Belly Cycling | + 1h40'35 | 129 | Martz Alder | BMC - Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | + 1h41'09 |
Murilo Fischer - Garmin - Sharp
Alex Bowden - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
Lawson Craddock - Bontrager - Livestrong Team
RadioShack - Nissan
That was a Great day out with the break today from Alex and George with George grabbing a Great stage win and Alex taking control of the Mountains Classification |