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Tour of California 2011: Stage 7

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January 1 - May 22, Clareꦅmont, California, United States, Road - 2.HC

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Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews' live c💧overage of the Amgen Tour of California. Today we'll be bringing you coverage of the 'queen' stage 7 taking the riders 121.9km from Claremont to the summit of Mt. Baldy. The🥃 race starts at 11:45 PDT.

The queen stage seven might be short but it is one of the most challenging and decisive stages in the Amgen Tour of California. The race will start in Claremont and climb for roughly 20 kilometres to the top of Glendora Ridge Rd for the first California Travel & Tourisꦿm Commission King of the Mountain (KOM).

The sprinters will have a moment to shine at the only Herbal Lifꩲe intermediate sprint located near the mid-point of the race in the town of Glendora.

The peloton will get underway in one minute.

There should be quite a ba🍌ttle on the road to Mt Baldy to determine general classification supremacy.

Chris Horner (RadioShack) remains atop GC after yesterday's Solvang time tꦓrial.

As a reminder, here's the general classification top-20🦋:

The race is underway! Well, for the neutral section🔯 right no﷽w.

Here's what race leader Chris Horner (RadioShack) told Cyclingnews' Laura Weislo about today's stage:

The sun is out and it's very warm in Claremont with big crowds on hand♌ to see t༒he peloton off.

Chris Horner is calling for his team car. The riders are still rollingཧജ along in the neutral section.

After doing several lap𓃲s in Claremont, the peloton has just passedꦫ across the start line for the final time.

The day's first KOM, 😼a category 2 ascent on Glendora Ridge Rd, arrives 18.5km into the stage.

We are𓆉 rolling - the race will start💜 with a right turn on Foothills Blvd, which mean hills. Climbing. Pain.

Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHea꧂lth) had a mechanical. The race start is being delayed until he's b൲ack in the peloton.

The peloton is approaching the 0k🌺m point an🌄d Candelario is still making his way through the caravan. The peloton is holding off still until he's back.

There is still snow on the top of the peaks to our left and the smog/haze layer is obscuꦇring the peaks beyond.

Maybe Candelario thinks if he takes a really, reꦺally long time to change his front wheel they'll keep the whole stage neutral.

And Candelario has returned. We're racing!

Pain seems to be the theme for the day.

We have an attack from a Jelly Belly rider.

Today's race is presented by Nissan - Chris Horner said in the press conference he won't do US Pro because he's got a Nissan 🀅sponsor event to attend, with Leipheimer.

There are now 7 riders off the 🗹front with a s♛lender advantage.

Mike Creed (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) said he expects a lot of pain - either with RadioShack setting such a tempo that Garmin-Cervelo can't attack, or G♉armin-Cervelo getting someone away but RadioShack keeping them on a short leash. Either way it's going to be really hard oꦆn everyone.

And speaking of the KOM classification here's the top-10 going into today's♛ stage:

Regarding Jesse Anthony's chances for the KOMs, J🃏onas Carney, Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optu✱mHealth team director, said

Andrew Talansky (Team Garmin-Cervelo), Ben Swift 🙈(Sky Procycling), Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team), Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale), Brian Vandborg (Saxo Bank Sungard), Alexander Gottfried (Team NetApp), William Dickeson (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda), Michael Creed (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) and Benjamin Day (Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargr🍸inder) went out on the attack

The peloton was quick to chase ♔them down, however, and currently only Bellotti is off the front.

116km remaining from 121km

Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing Team), Alexander Gottfried (Team NetApp), Sergio Hernandez (Jelly Belly ꦬp/b Kenda) have crashed in the peloton. They're up and making their way back to the field.

114km remaining from 121km

Laura Weislo spoke to Allan Peiper, HTC-Hig﷽hroad team director, before the stage today.

Timmy Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale) has his family at the race today - his parents have been following the race all week, and his grandparents came today from L𓄧as Vegas to see him.

While the Amgen Tour of California peloton tackles Mt Baldy today, over the pond in the Giro d'Italia the riders had to ascend the ꧙fearsome Monte Zoncol🐭on. Read all about the action here.

111km remaining from 121km

There's now a nine-man b🔴reak with a 30-second lead.

The break is comprised of Andrew Talansky (Team Garmin-Cervelo), Christopher Froome and Ben Swift (Sky Procycling), George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team), Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale), Grischa Niermann (Rabobank Cycling Team), Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis), Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Team Spidertech Powered By C10) and Rob Britton (Bissell Cycling).
 

McCarty, the KOM leader is🧸 there, searching for more poi🍌nts today.

We've got an enthusi💎astic fan running alongside the riders with⛦ a Spanish flag. One rider tried to jump across to the break, but was brought back by the field.

Ben Swift (🌊Sky) has been dropped from the break.

Weꩲ still have nine riders up the road, as Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-꧃Cervelo) successfully bridged to the break.

Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) is chasing tꦺhe nine escapees and is 15 seconds back. The peloton is at 30 seconds.

It's a hard day for everyone in the Amgen Tour of California pel𒊎oton.

Lucas Euser (Spidertech꧅ Powered by C10) said it's their sole job today to protect Pat McCarty's mountains jersey and he expects to work really hard today. It'🔥s been a great tour for their team.

Alas✤tair Loutit (Jelly Bell🐷y p/b Kenda) has abandoned.

Our nine leaders now have over a one-minute lead on the peloton. The climb has flattened out for the moment, but will kick up again to tℱhe KOM.

Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) talked to Laura Weislo before the start today and said the team hasn't been in as many breakaways ❀as they've wanted, that they still have 7 riders in the race and have been keeping their morale high. For a lot of the te⛎am it's their first big Tour.

Iꦡt's an absolute madhouse atop the first KOM. Huge crowds out to see the race.

Team cars are being let into the gap behind the break🤡. Looks like this move m🎃ay stick for a while.

The break and peloton are across the day's first KOM where they went through an in♐credibly raucouওs group of fans.

We'll provide KOM results shortly.

99km remaining from 121km

Two more riders have abandoned: Andreas Schillinger (Team NetApp) and Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home)
 

Cyclingnews spoke to Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) yesterday. He's in today's break and is a contender in the young rider classification. You can find out his Amgen Tour of California experience here.

Pat McCarty took top honors at the fi🌸rst KOM. We'll have the rest of the placings shortly.

92km remaining from 121km

It looks like Garmin-Cervelo director Jonathan Vaughters' prediction that his riders will 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:animate the stage today is coming to fruition.

Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) had this to say to Cyclingnews' Laura Weislo about today's 'queen' stage:
 

74km remaining from 121km

And as a rem🌊inder, these are the nine riders on the attack:

Hesj𒐪edal and Talansky are ꦕthe best-placed riders on GC in the break, 8th (at 2:27) and 11th (at 2:56) overall respectively.

And just as I mention Froome, we've found out that he's been dropped from the break💙.

There's  a sprint line in Glendora at km 74.2., tꦉhen the climbing will commence again for the stage's second KOM, a category 2 ascent at km 92.5.

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The race has split up into four groups on the road. There's the 8-man break, the first group of chasers led by RadioShack and then there are two more group🌼s after that. The last one, the gruppetto, is approximately seven miles beh🌱ind the break.

It's definite♉ly a hot day in California today, with temperatures in the 80s F.

52km remaining from 121km

The riders have 1km to the sprint line.

Rob Britton (Bissell) is going for the sprint.

The main field now has 1km to the sprint line.

47km remaining from 121km

Results for the sprint in Glendora:

45km remaining from 121km

The break's climbing ♌again with Hesjedal setting tempo.

39km remaining from 121km

Race leader Chris Horner (RadioShack) is tucked in behind 🧸his teammates at the front of the pac☂k.

Jesse Anthony (Kelly Benefit Strategies✤-OptumHealth) has abandoned.

Many riders have their jerseys fully unzippe𓃲d, t🌊rying to keep cool on this hot day.

Riders in the break are rotating with Efimkin current♔ly taking his turn at the front.

Jason M♊cCartney and US champ🦂ion Ben King are doing the pace-making for RadioShack.

It's an absolutely stunning day wit🎐h nary a cloud in the sky, just brilliant sunshine.

Chris Horner (RadioShack) looks calm and in control. He showed he had the best climbing legs on Sierra Road. Will we see꧂ a repeat of that today?

37km remaining from 121km

Good news for the riders struggling today. At the start of the stage th♛e time cut was increased from 11 percent to 17 percent. Still, it's going to take some serious work to stay in the race.

Timothy Roe (BMC) had a mechanical but regained contact wi😼th the fiedl.

35km remaining from 121km

The RadioShack ri𝓡ders setting tempo looked unruffled, lettiꦛng him go.

The break has 6km to the next KOM.

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) looks at e🌌ase, sitting in ☂the field.

The tempo is still strong in the fie🐼ld, however, and group is gꦕradually decreasing in size. Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) is having trouble making contact.

32km remaining from 121km

T💖he field is stretching ou🌊t, more riders getting popped.

Timothy Roe (BMC)👍 has been dropped but is fighting to regain contact.

Sprint⛦ ♏leader Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) has been dropped.

There looks to be approximately 5🔯0-60 riders left in the field.

It's stunning scenery on the climb to the KOM, gently winding. Ther♋e are small clusters of spectators along the climb with the main concentration at the top.

Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) is riding tailgunner now in thꦕe field.

Rob Britton just took a pull in the break, and hands things over to Alexander ✅Efimkin.

It looks like Pat McCart🃏y is sitting at the back of the 🦋break, saving himself for his upcoming effort for KOM points.

Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team🍎) is calling for the team car at the back of the field.

Maarten Tjallingi (Rabobank) dropped back for bottles and is moving up 𒐪through t🀅he field.

McCarty is moving up near the front of the break.

McCarty took maximum points again at the KOM. We're waiting for ful♚l resultsও.

The field crosses the KOM line, led by Ben King. The break is holding at꧅ 2:00.

Results for KOM #2

23km remaining from 121km

Mike Creed (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) tucked in at the back of ꧃the field.

21km remaining from 121km

While RadioShack have 1-2 with Chris Horner and Levi Leipheiꦚmer, third overall is held by Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcaꦓre).

Sutherland's team, UnitedHealthcare, has stated their goal is a podium finish and ജthe Australia🐽n is showing impressive form.

More riders are getting popped from the field:&nbs🅘p;Jamey Driscoll, Dan Bowman, Alexander Gottfried.

20km remaining from 121km

💮Hincapie drifts to the back of the break and calls for h🐷is team car.

18km remaining from 121km

T🐼our of Flanders champi𓂃on Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank) has slipped off the back of the peloton.

UnitedHealthcare r🦩ides are moving to the front of the field, putting Rory Sutherland in position for Mt Baldy.

The gruppetto is 17:30 off the pace.

16km remaining from 121km

Pat McCarty has now been absorbed by the field.

US champion Ben King is doing massive amounts of wꦯ🎶ork in service of Horner and Leipheimer.

Rubens Bertogliati (Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis) flatted in the f♋ield and was none too pleased༺ with the speed of his wheel change.

His work is done. Ben King has now ꦚslipped out of the field, accompanied by Pat McCa🏅rty.

This is defin🦩i✨tely becoming an elite selection chasing the break. More riders, one-by-one getting popped

There goes Oscar Freire (Rabobank) off the back.

14km remaining from 121km

14km remaining from 121km

෴Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) looking calm near the front of t🅺he field.

And Anders Lund (Leopard Trek) bid🐽s adie♐u to the field.

14km remaining from 121km

Talansky still push﷽ing the𝄹 pace in the break. His teammate Hesjedal is sitting on the back of the 7-man escape.

12km remaining from 121km

Rory S𓆏utherla🦂nd near the front of the field with two teammates.

10km remaining from 121km

Horner and Leipheimer are behind two teammates at ꦑthe front, followed by Sutherland.

8km remaining from 121km

There riders are on a slight descent, nearing the staꦛrt of the Mt Baldy climb.

7km remaining from 121km

Niermann has been dropped from the break and now Talansky is i💮n trouble.

7km remaining from 121km

Niermann is ♔about to be absorbed by the chase effort.

The peloton is 🅰down to appr💙oximately 25 riders and shrinking.

6km remaining from 121km

Efimkin spinni♔ng a low gear tucked in behind Bellotti.

Horner and Leipheimer are second a🔯nd third in line in the chase group.

The break is totally split.

Efimkin is now alone in the lead.

Hincapie has been caught and dropped.

Britton has been absorbed by the Horner group.

5km remaining from 121km

Andy Schleck on Leipheimer's wheel.

5km remaining from 121km

The Horner group is down to about 8 riders

Bellotti has been caught and dropped by the Horner group. Only Efimkin is i𝄹n front.

Rory Sutherland is not with the Horner group.

3km remaining from 121km

It's now Horner෴, Busche, Leipheimer, Ten Dam﷽ and Schleck chasing Efimkin.

3km remaining from 121km

Efimkin is out of the saddle on the steep grade, holding a 5-second leadꦰ.

Schleck is getting popped while Tom Danielson,🌠 Van Garderen and Steve Morabito are fighting their way back to Horner's group.

Efimkin has been caught with 2.9km to go.

It'𒊎s carnage on Mt. Baldy. Busche pulled off and nearly camಞe to a stop. Ten Dam is in trouble.

2km remaining from 121km

Andy Schleck is cooked, grinding his way uphill.

2km remaining from 121km

They'r🃏e both out of the saddle, riding away from everyone.

Leipheimer continues to set the pace, wit🐭h Horner on his wheel.

The RadioSha🅘ck duo are flying up th♐e climb and are about to see 1km to go.

1km remaining from 121km

Ah, relief from spectator zaniness as the duo are inside the bar𝓰riers.

It looks like Vande Velde and Schleck are the next💧 riders on the road.

Leipheimer has been doing all the work.

It's levelওling off now as the RadioShack pai🐟r near the finish line.

Only a few switchbacks remain...

Leipheimer and Horner shake hands near the finish line as Leipheimer wins, Horner seco🎀nd.

Ten Dam finishes third, 40 seconds down

Tom Danielson grabs fourth, 59 seconds back.

Steve Morabito pips Alexander Efimkin for fifth.

And we have a provisional top-10 for the day:

The provisional top-five overall:

ꦉThank you for joining us for the queen stage to Mt. Baldy. Join us tomorrow for the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California.

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