California Tour 2010

Final score

winner	Michael Rogers	33:08:30 h
Second	David Zabriskie	+ 0:09 min
Third	Levi Leipheimer	+ 0:25 min
Fourth	Christopher Horner	+ 1:04 min
fifth	Ryder Hesjedal	+ 1:08 min
Sixth	Jens Voigt	+ 1:44 min
seventh	Rory Sutherland	+ 1:58 min
Eighth	Peter Sagan	+ 2:06 min
Ninth	Janez Brajkovič	+ 2:42 min
Tenth	Phil Zajicek	+ 3:21 min
Scoring	Peter Sagan	49 P.
Second	Michael Rogers	41 P.
Third	David Zabriskie	30 p.
Mountain scoring	Thomas Rabou	77 P.
Second	George Hincapie	27 P.
Third	Davide Frattini	20 p.
Young talent evaluation	Peter Sagan	33:10:36 h
Second	Peter Stetina	+ 1:51 min
Third	Thomas Peterson	+ 34:20 min
Team evaluation	Garmin transitions	99:29:17 h
Second	Team RadioShack	+ 0:02 min
Third	Team HTC-Columbia	+ 6:58 min

The 5th California Tour took place May 16-23, 2010. For the first time this bike race was held in May instead of the usual February. It was held in eight stages and over a distance of 1301.3 kilometers. The tour is part of the UCI America Tour 2010 and classified there in the highest category 2.HC.

For the first time in the history of this tour, it was not an American who won , but the Australian Michael Rogers from the HTC-Columbia team .

Participating teams

UCI ProTour teams

Garmin transitions

Liquigas-Doimo

Quick Step

Rabobank

Team HTC-Columbia

Team RadioShack

Team Saxo Bank

UCI Professional Continental Teams

BMC Racing Team

Cervélo TestTeam

UCI Continental Teams

Bissell

Fly V Australia

Jelly Belly

Kelly Benefit Strategies

SpiderTech-Planet Energy

Team Type 1

Unitedhealthcare-Maxxis

Stages

Start of the 1st stage in Nevada City

Stage overview

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Leader
1st stage	May 16	Nevada City - Sacramento	167.9	Mark Cavendish	Mark Cavendish
2nd stage	17th of May	Davis - Santa Rosa	176.2	Brett Lancaster	Brett Lancaster
3rd stage	May 18	San Francisco - Santa Cruz	182.8	David Zabriskie	David Zabriskie
4th stage	May 19th	San José - Modesto	195.5	Francesco Chicchi	David Zabriskie
5th stage	May 20th	Visalia - Bakersfield	195.5	Peter Sagan	Michael Rogers
6th stage	May 21	Palmdale - Big Bear Lake	217	Peter Sagan	Michael Rogers
7th stage	May 22	Los Angeles ( EZF )	32	Tony Martin	Michael Rogers
8th stage	23. May	Thousand Oaks - Thousand Oaks	134.4	Ryder Hesjedal	Michael Rogers

1st stage

Result 1st stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Mark Cavendish		THR	4:04:46 h
2.	Juan José Haedo		SAX	equal time
3.	Alexander Kristoff		BMC	equal time
4th	Robert Hunter		GRM	equal time
5.	Jonathan Cantwell		VAU	equal time

Overall ranking after the 1st stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Mark Cavendish		THR	4:04:46 h
2.	Juan José Haedo		SAX	+ 0:04 min
3.	Alexander Kristoff		BMC	+ 0:06 min
4th	Maarten Tjallingii		RAB	+ 0:07 min
5.	Marc de Maar		UHC	equal time

2nd stage

Result 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Brett Lancaster		CTT	4:38:38 h
2.	Peter Sagan		LIQ	equal time
3.	Lars Boom		RAB	equal time
4th	Rory Sutherland		UHC	equal time
5.	André Steensen		SAX	equal time

Overall ranking after the 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Brett Lancaster		CTT	8:43:24 h
2.	Peter Sagan		LIQ	+ 0:04 min
3.	Karl Menzies		UHC	equal time
4th	Lars Boom		RAB	+ 0:06 min
5.	Thomas Rabou		TT1	equal time

3rd stage

Result 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	David Zabriskie		GRM	4:26:09 h
2.	Michael Rogers		THR	equal time
3.	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	equal time
4th	Peter Sagan		LIQ	+ 0:17 min
5.	Rory Sutherland		UHC	equal time

Overall ranking after the 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	David Zabriskie		GRM	13:09:33 h
2.	Michael Rogers		THR	+ 0:04 min
3.	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	+ 0:06 min
4th	Peter Sagan		LIQ	+ 0:21 min
5.	Marc de Maar		UHC	+ 0:24 min

4th stage

Result 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Francesco Chicchi		LIQ	4:55:02 h
2.	Juan José Haedo		SAX	equal time
3.	Mark Cavendish		THR	equal time
4th	Theo Bos		CTT	equal time
5.	Jonathan Cantwell		VAU	equal time

Overall ranking after the 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	David Zabriskie		GRM	18:04:35 h
2.	Michael Rogers		THR	+ 0:04 min
3.	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	+ 0:06 min
4th	Peter Sagan		LIQ	+ 0:21 min
5.	Marc de Maar		UHC	+ 0:24 min

5th stage

Result 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Peter Sagan		LIQ	4:52:28 h
2.	Michael Rogers		THR	equal time
3.	David Zabriskie		GRM	equal time
4th	Chris Horner		RSH	equal time
5.	Paul Martens		RAB	equal time

Overall ranking after the 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Michael Rogers		THR	22:56:59 h
2.	David Zabriskie		GRM	equal time
3.	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	+ 0:10 min
4th	Peter Sagan		LIQ	+ 0:15 min
5.	Marc de Maar		UHC	+ 0:28 min

6th stage

Result 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Peter Sagan		LIQ	6:07:08 h
2.	Rory Sutherland		UHC	equal time
3.	Michael Rogers		THR	equal time
4th	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	equal time
5.	Ryder Hesjedal		GRM	equal time

Overall ranking after the 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Michael Rogers		THR	29:04:03 h
2.	David Zabriskie		GRM	+ 0:04 min
3.	Peter Sagan		LIQ	+ 0:09 min
4th	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	+ 0:14 min
5.	Rory Sutherland		UHC	+ 0:29 min

7th stage

Result 7th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tony Martin		THR	41:41 min
2.	Michael Rogers		THR	+ 0:22 min
3.	David Zabriskie		GRM	+ 0:27 min
4th	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	+ 0:33 min
5.	Jens Voigt		SAX	+ 0:59 min

Overall ranking after the 7th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Michael Rogers		THR	29:46:06 h
2.	David Zabriskie		GRM	+ 0:09 min
3.	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	+ 0:25 min
4th	Jens Voigt		SAX	+ 1:12 min
5.	Rory Sutherland		UHC	+ 1:26 min

8th stage

Result 8th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Ryder Hesjedal		GRM	3:21:56 h
2.	George Hincapie		BMC	equal time
3.	Carlos Barredo		QST	equal time
4th	Chris Horner		RSH	equal time
5.	Óscar Pujol		CTT	+ 0:05 min

Overall ranking after the 8th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Michael Rogers		THR	33:08:30 h
2.	David Zabriskie		GRM	+ 0:09 min
3.	Levi Leipheimer		RSH	+ 0:25 min
4th	Chris Horner		RSH	+ 1:04 min
5.	Ryder Hesjedal		GRM	+ 1:08 min

Ratings in the course of the tour

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

	Stage winner	Overall rating	Young talent evaluation	Mountain scoring	Scoring	Most combative driver	Team evaluation
1	Mark Cavendish	Mark Cavendish	Alexander Kristoff	Paul Mach	Mark Cavendish	Maarten Tjallingii	Team HTC-Columbia
2	Brett Lancaster	Brett Lancaster	Peter Sagan	Thomas Rabou	Brett Lancaster	Thomas Rabou	Unitedhealthcare-Maxxis
3	David Zabriskie	David Zabriskie			Mark Cavendish	Will Routley	Team RadioShack
4th	Francesco Chicchi			Ryan Anderson		Lars Boom
5	Peter Sagan	Michael Rogers			Peter Sagan	Ben Day
6th	Peter Sagan			Thomas Rabou		George Hincapie
7th	Tony Martin					Tony Martin	Garmin transitions
8th	Ryder Hesjedal					Yaroslav Popovych

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