Leipheimer vandt prolog i San Francisco

nullDer var amerikansk dominans på prologen af Tour of California, som blev kørt i San Franciscos gader. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) vandt relativt sikkert foran Team CSCs Bobby Julich.

Det så længe ud til, at Fabian Cancellara skulle løbe med sejren på dagens bare 3,2 km. lange prolog, men måtte til slut nøjes med en sjetteplads. Team CSC fuldendte en god prolog, da David Zabriskie blev nummer fem, mens Stuart O´Grady blev nummer 18.

Dagens sejrherre, Levi Leipheimer, var ingen overraskelse, da han selv har været med til at designe dagens prolog og har meldt om god form forud for Tour of California. Til gengæld har team-ejer Bjarne Riis hos Team CSC flere gange meldt, at Bobby Julich endnu ikke er i form til at tage del i kampen om den samlede sejr. Alligevel var Bobby Julich altså bedre end holdets to formoede bedste kort til den samlede sejr, David Zabriskie og Fabian Cancellara.

Danske Frank Høj kørte en fornuftig prolog og sluttede som nummer 29, mens den danske mester Lars Bak mistede 38 sekunder og endte som nummer 97.

Resultat af prolog
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4.53.43
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.04.76
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.05.67
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.06.12
5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.09.37
6 Fabian Cancellara (Sch) Team CSC 0.09.76
7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.10.26
8 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.10.67
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.10.79
10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.11.40
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.11.74
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.12.13
13 Robert Hunter (SAf) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.13.63
14 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 0.13.97
15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.14.44
16 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.14.76
17 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.16.03
18 Stuart O'Grady (Øst) Team CSC 0.16.27
19 René Haselbacher (Øst) Gerolsteiner 0.16.64
20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.17.13
21 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17.18
22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.17.33
23 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 0.17.40
24 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
25 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.17.46
26 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 0.17.80
27 Karsten Kroon (Hol) Team CSC 0.17.95
28 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.18.97
29 Frank Høj (Dan) Gerolsteiner 0.19.64
30 David Kopp (Tys) Gerolsteiner 0.19.84
31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19.85
32 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.20.95
33 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.21.06
34 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.21.14
35 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 0.21.28
36 Sebastian Lang (Tys) Gerolsteiner 0.21.64
37 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.21.90
38 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.22.35
39 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 0.22.44
40 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.22.51
41 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 0.22.81
42 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.23.08
43 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.23.11
44 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.23.28
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 0.23.52
46 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 0.23.87
47 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.24.17
48 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.24.24
49 Alexandre Moos (Sch) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.24.68
50 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.24.74
51 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.24.85
52 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.24.86
53 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.25.38
54 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.25.75
55 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.26.05
56 André Greipel (Tys) T-Mobile Team 0.26.39
57 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
58 Viktor Rapinski (HRu) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.26.63
59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26.82
60 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.26.86
61 Torsten Hiekmann (Tys) Gerolsteiner 0.26.95
62 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 0.27.15
63 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.27.25
64 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 0.27.60
65 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.27.68
66 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.28.01
67 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly 0.28.56
68 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 0.28.72
69 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29.90
70 André Korff (Tys) T-Mobile Team 0.30.44
71 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 0.30.63
72 Olaf Pollack (Tys) T-Mobile Team 0.30.64
73 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.30.86
74 Bastiaan Giling (Hol) T-Mobile Team 0.31.71
75 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.32.04
76 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.32.13
77 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.32.32
78 Jens Voigt (Tys) Team CSC 0.32.59
79 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 0.32.74
80 Fabian Wegmann (tys) Gerolsteiner 0.32.92
81 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.33.14
82 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 0.33.18
83 Bernhard Kohl (Øst) T-Mobile Team 0.33.22
84 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 0.33.87
85 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 0.34.13
86 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.34.54
87 Steve Zampieri (Sch) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.34.72
88 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.35.87
89 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.36.39
90 Sven Krauss (Tys) Gerolsteiner 0.36.42
91 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 0.36.49
92 Martin Elmiger (Sch) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.36.51
93 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.36.89
94 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.37.46
95 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.37.81
96 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.37.95
97 Lars Ytting Bak (Dan) Team CSC 0.38.08
98 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 0.40.42
99 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.40.72
100 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.41.76
101 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 0.43.84
102 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.44.52
103 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.44.65
104 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 0.44.68
105 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.44.80
106 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.44.95
107 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 0.45.00
108 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.45.33
109 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 0.47.90
110 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.50.55
111 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.50.82
112 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 0.51.09
113 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 0.51.37
114 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 0.52.17
115 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.52.46
116 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.53.73
117 Antonio Aldape (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 0.54.01
118 Frantisek Rabon (Tje) T-Mobile Team 0.54.30
119 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.59.14
120 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro 0.59.17
121 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 0.59.55
122 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.00.72
123 Manuel Hernandez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 1.04.78
124 Florencio Ramos (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 1.09.21
125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.13.05
126 Miguel Mesa (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 1.16.53
127 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 1.26.57