Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 14-22, 2009

Stage 7 - February 21: Santa Clarita - Pasadena, 143 km/88.9 mi

Sprints
Acton
1 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         5 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       3
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                1
 
Circuit lap 1
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                        5 pts
2 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                 3
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           1

Mountains
Millcreek summit
1 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                              6 pts
2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                       5
3 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                               4
4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                3
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           1

Results
1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                               3.24.43
2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                       
3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        0.07
5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
6 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                              
7 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                               
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                              
10 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                
..
11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                      2.19
DNF Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                        

General classification after stage 7
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                          27.39.02
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                 0.36
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                             0.45
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                           1.10
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                            1.29
6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                              1.46
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              1.54
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                              1.59
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                           2.13
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           2.21

Sprint classification
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                               36 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                         28
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                 24

Mountains classification
1 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                        29 pts
2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                            22
3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                        17

Best young rider classification
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                          27.40.56

+ 의미심장한 브레이크 그룹이 결성 Hincapie, Schleck, Vande Velde 등이 포함 되어 있어서 상당히 기대를 모았고 성공도 했지만 스테이지 우승을 차지 한것은 박빙의 승부에서 승부수를 잘 던진 Nocentini 였다.
그 사이에 메인그룹에서는 산악왕이었던 Mancebo가 낙차 사고로 시합을 끝마치지 못하게 되었다.
Leipheimer는 한개의 스테이지를 남겨 놓은 가운데 거의 승리를 확실시 하고 있다.

어제 시합중에 Lance가 펑크가 났는데 도메티스크 치고는 두명의 선수가 남아서 그를 서포터 해주는 것을 보고 종합 순위가 뒤에 있지만 팀 전략이나 광고적인 측면에서 그를 많이 도와주는 것이 느껴졌다.
Boonen은 점점 싫어 질라 그래...근성 부족이다.

내일 Hamilton이 Mccartney에게 산악왕 저지를 빼앗을수 있을까?