California Tour 2007

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Final result after the 7th stage
winner United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer 24:57:24 h
(41.320 km / h)
Second GermanyGermany Jens Voigt + 0:21 min
Third United StatesUnited States Jason McCartney + 0:54 min
Fourth United StatesUnited States Bobby Julich + 1:06 min
fifth AustraliaAustralia Stuart O'Grady + 1:16 min
Sixth United StatesUnited States Christian Vande Velde + 1:24 min
seventh AustraliaAustralia Michael Rogers + 1:32 min
Eighth AustraliaAustralia Ben Day + 1:38 min
Ninth ItalyItaly Franco Pellizotti + 1:41 min
Tenth CanadaCanada Ryder Hesjedal + 1:57 min
Scoring ArgentinaArgentina Juan José Haedo 44 P.
Second AustraliaAustralia Graeme Brown 41 P.
Third NorwayNorway Thor Hushovd 36 P.
Mountain scoring FranceFrance Christophe Laurent 28 p.
Second BelgiumBelgium Jurgen Van De Walle 25 p.
Third United StatesUnited States Thomas Peterson 16 p.
Young talent evaluation NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Gesink 25:00:14 h
Second AustraliaAustralia Matthew Lloyd + 0:41 min
Third United StatesUnited States Thomas Peterson + 0:53 min
Team evaluation DenmarkDenmark Team CSC 74:54:41 h
Second United StatesUnited States Discovery Channel + 2:19 min
Third GermanyGermany T-Mobile team + 3:20 min

The 2nd California Tour took place February 18-25, 2007. The bike race was held in a prologue and seven stages over a distance of 1031.2 kilometers.

The tour was sponsored by the American company Amgen , which first developed artificial EPO in 1985 .

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Leader
prolog February 18 San Francisco ( EZF ) 3.1 United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer
1st stage 19th of February Sausalito - Santa Rosa 155.7 AustraliaAustralia Graeme Brown United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer
2nd stage 20. February Santa Rosa - Sacramento 187.2 ArgentinaArgentina Juan José Haedo United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer
3rd stage 21st of February Stockton - San Jose 152.2 GermanyGermany Jens Voigt United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer
4th stage February 22 Seaside - San Luis Obispo 215.2 ItalyItaly Paolo Bettini United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer
5th stage February 23 Solvang (EZF) 23.5 United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer
6th stage February 24th Santa Barbara - Santa Clarita 169.6 ArgentinaArgentina Juan José Haedo United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer
7th stage February 25 Long Beach 124.7 CubaCuba Iván Domínguez United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer

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