Tour of California LIVE - Stage 7

Submitted by admin on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 11:26

Live race coverage

2009 Tour of California, Stage 7: Frank Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) attacked his breakaway companions,
drilling it on the finishing circuit and breaking....the breakaway.
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2009 Tour of California: Levi Leipheimer, Tyler Hamilton, Robert Gesink and Floyd Landis
riding through the streets of Santa Clarita this morning.
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2009 Tour of California: Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, Mark Cavendish and Levi Leipheimer at the start line this morning in Santa Clarita.
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2009 Tour of California: "Use The Force, Luke." Levi "LeviStrong" Leipheimer (Astana) becomes
one with his machine on his way to winning the Stage 6 Solvang Time Trial and solidifying his overall lead.
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2009 Tour of California: Television commentators Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen took time
to meet and chat with cycling fans "The 3 Riders of the Apocalypse Featuring Christy Craig"
prior to the start of the Solvang Time Trial.
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2009 Tour of California: David Zabriskie (holding no doubt a future TT champion,
Garmin-Slipstream, second), Levi Leipheimer (Astana, first) and Gustav Larsson (Team Saxo Bank, third)
on the podium after the Stage 6 Solvang Time Trial.
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Notes: (latest notes always appear at the top)

- GVA Trophy Cyclo-cross live streaming should begin Sunday at around 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern). Info and links before race time.

- Sunday's Tour of California Stage 8 departs Rancho Bernardo at 12:00pm PST (3pm U.S. Eastern, 21:00 CET). Live video streaming on the Tour Tracker should begin at that time.

- The race is streaming live now on the Tour Tracker. Tickers are of course live too.

- Solvang report from "The 3 Riders of the Apocalypse Featuring Christy Craig" here. (Traffic jams, the best spot to see a time trial, Paul Sherwen and Phil Liggett, and an incomplete Tour of California pin collection.)

- Today's Tour of California Stage 7 departs Santa Clarita at 12pm PST (3pm U.S. Eastern, 21:00 CET). Live streaming video via Tour Tracker should start at that time.

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- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2009 Tour of California.