Chris Horner (RadioShack꧙) celebrates his GC win across the line.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
A snowman holds a sign along the race route on Highway 89 after stage one of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California from South Lake Tah♑oe to North Lake Tahoe was cancelled(Image credit: AFP)
There is a Leopar꧑d Trek rider under there som📖ewhere(Image credit: Jon Devich)
Riders get in on the discussion about whether or not to race t💯oday(Image credit: Jon Devich)
The rider☂s never saw this climb above speꦦctacular Lake Tahoe.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
There are BMC team bike ra✃cks somewhere under here.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
Andy Schleck was bundled up, but ready to race.(Image credit: AFP)
Things start to deteriorate just a little(Image credit: Jon Devich)
As the e🤡levation got higher𓆏 so did the amount of snow(Image credit: Jon Devich)
The new startline at Nevada City(Image credit: Jon Devich)
Californian Chris Horner drew the biggest cheers in Neva🌳da City.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
Liquigas riders getting ready for the start.(Image credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epiciꦓmages.us)
The peloton rolls through the acres of rice fields along today🔯's route(Image credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.c🌳om/epicimages.us)
The race leaves the back side of the Beale A𒈔ir Force base.(Image credit: Jon Devi💮ch/gxiaowu♓.com/epicimages.us)
A brief rain squall hit the field during its finishi♍ng laps in Sacramento.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
The race ജenters the finishing circuits near the stateℱ capitol in Sacramento(Image crediꦿt: Jon De♛vich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.us)
Teams gather at the front with one lap to go(Image cre꧋dit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epici💫mages.us)
Ben Swift (Sky Procycling) wa🔯s swi⭕ftest in Sacramento.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
Leaving Auburn, the stage began under grey skies.(Ima💛ge credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.uꦐs)
Dutchman Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) rides pas🏅t signs of the American ಌtimes.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
A Blackhawk medic chopper dropped in to check out tod🎀ay's race(Image credit: Jon Devichও/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.us)
George Hincapie had some fans looking f🌱or him in the f🌼eed zone൩(Image cred🥀it: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.us)
A 𒆙lot of today's route brought the race through vast farm lands(Image credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/e♔picimages.us)
𒈔Getting a rotat🐈ion worked out on the front of the race(Image credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicim🍒ages.us)
A number of r✨iders went down in the finale of s♛tage three.(Image credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.c꧑🌌om/epicimages.us)
Greg Henderson rais꧟es his arm in victorᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy in Modesto(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
The finish on top of Sierr♚a Road above the Silc🃏on Valley was spectacular.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
The Leoard Trek team leads out the race today in memory of teammate Wo🌞uter Weylanꦫdt.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Working hard to keep in touch 🦹with the front group(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
RadioShack keptꦍ the pressu𝓰re on for most of the day.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) has Ra꧑dioShack ꦏteammates Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer chasing him down.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Chris Horner takes the lead from his 🌳RadioShack team leader Levi Leipheimer in the final kilꦐometres(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Chasers Sutherland, Leipheimer, Schleck and Danielson on 🐠Sierra Road.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
Rory Suth♏erlan🐓d (UnitedHealthcare) had a great ride today to come in third.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Stage 4 winner Chris Horner (RadioꦫShack) powers over the last few metres (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Andy Schleck🅷 (Leopar🍨d Trek) just gets the better of Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) on the final push into the finish(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
The𓄧y may be skinny, but Chris Horner's legs deliver chunky beatings.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
The day's break almost succeeded until Oscar Freire (Rabobank) w💮as caught with 2.5km to go(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
American road champioওn Ben King (Radi🅰oShack) at the front.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
Broccoli fields out on the course today.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
The break sustaining its 3 minute gap.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Peter Sagan (Li🍰quigas-Cannondale) takes the stage 5 win in Paꦆso Robles(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Tom Zirbel (Jamis-Sutter Home) on the lon🐠g lonesome TT cou💯rse.(Image credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/e🍷picimages.us)
Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) en route to a✃ second place ride(Image credit: AFP)
Zabriskie heads into the Solvang farmlands.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
Chris Horner﷽ (RadioShack) rolling through the vineyards of Solvang.(Image credꦿit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.us)
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) time trial🅠s to victory and a new course record in Solvang.(Image 🍸credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowuౠ.com/epicimages.us)
Chris💝 Horner (RadioShack) races👍 to the finish in Solvang.(Image credit: 🎶Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.us)
Chris Horner (RadioShack) recovers after a toug🔯h effort(Image credit: AFP)
Time trial stage winner David Zabriskie (Ga🅺rmin-Cervélo)(Image credit: AFP)
The sumo wrestlers strike a pose for the camera(Image credit: J�𓆏�on Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.us)
Stage 7 of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California(Image credit: Jo🅷n Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.us)
So close to Los Angeles, and so remote.(I🃏mage credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.us)
Eight men made✨ upꦡ the breakaway, including KOM leader Pat McCarty(Image credit: J𓆉on Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.ܫus)
The break heads into the KOM sprint.(Image ꦐcredit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimages.😼us)
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) in a tunnel.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
O🎉nce the move turned out of town it was nothing but climbing.(Image credit: Emory Ball/gxiaowu.com)
Chris Horner follows the Levi Leipheimer express to theﷺ top of Mt🍌. Baldy.(Image credit: Emory Ball/gxiaowu.com)
Horner and Leipheimer ride together on Mt Baldy.(Image credit⛎: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epic🐷images.us)
La💝ur🦩ens Ten Dam (Rabobank) put in a fine climb for third.(Image credit: Emory Ball/gxiaowu.com)
Levi had plenty of strength on Mt Baldy.(Image credit: Jon Devich/gxiaowu.com/epicimageℱs.us)
The Horner-Levi show takes stage 7 with style.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
Leopard Trek bikes ready for the last stage.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
He barks for BMC. Don't mess with him!(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Michael Friedman, Jose Fernando Antogna, Jan Barta😼 and Bradley White in the major br𒅌eak of the day(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
The break gets some fan support along the course.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
The race makes its wa🥃y through the hectic Thousand🦩 Oaks circuit.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Matt Goss (HTC-H﷽ighroad) nails it in Thousan𒈔d Oaks.(Image credit: Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com)
Michael Friedman (Kelly Benefits) looking happy to be done wi๊th the day.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2011 Amgen Tour of California got off to a decidedly chilly start which resulted in a cancelled ꦇfirst stage however once in the warmer climes of Nevada City on stage 2, it was all systems 🐈go for yet another memorable edition of North America's largest race.
The Tour of Calꦅifornia was highlighted by fast sprinting where the quicker members of the peloton were unafraid to show their frustrations; where Sky and HTC-Highroad ba✤ttled for sprint supremacy only to be overcome by Peter Sagan and Liquigas-Cannondale.
When it came to the race's high peaks, Mt Baldy had been the stage predicted to present us with the overall winner, however the work had already been done. The tightly-fought contest between RadioShack teammates Levi Leiphe🀅imer and Chris Horner was a genuine boon for this year's race. In the e💃nd it was the work that Horner had done on the stage 4 Sierra Road climb which presented the likeable veteran with overall victory.
ಌHorner then put in a heroic performance in the Solvang time trial to ensure that he had enough of a gap on Leipheimer. Together, they crossed the line on Mt Baldy producing some of the most memorable footage of the race in its history.
Here's a look at the 2011 Amgen Tour of California from behind the lenses of Jonathan Devich and Mark Johnson who were out on the road for Cyclingnews over the past week.
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, int🦩erviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
As a sports journalist and producer since 1997, Jane has cover🅷ed Olympic and Commonwealth Games, rugby league, motorsport, cricket, surfing, triathlon, rugby union, and golf for print, radio, television and online. However her enduring passion has been cyclin𝕴g.
Jane is a former Australian Editor of Cyclingnews from 2011 to 2013 and continues to freelanceও ಌwithin the cycling industry.
