From an outsiders point of view I have been far more wrapped up in whats happening at the Tour of California that the Giro. There is so much hype surrounding the TOC, the quality of racing has been very high class and it has been very well publicised.
The first stage of the ToC was abandoned due to torrential rain and dangerous conditions, each stage from then has been contested. Stage 2 went to Ben Swift from SKY, Greg Henderson also from SKY took stage 3 before Chris Horner from Radio Shack dominated the first climbing stage winning stage 4. Stage 5 went to youngster Peter Sanan from Luquigas-Cannondale in a very tight sprint. Stage 6 TT went to David Zabriski from Garmin Cervelo in a course record and dominant performance.
At the end of the TT stage 6 the overall GC standings are currently below. With Saturday’s stage including some serious climbing on Mt Baldy it could be a stage for a breakaway that could win the tour, or Horner could just smash the peleton to pieces as he did on the Seirra roads in stage 4. Smart money is on Horner to keep the leaders jersey into the Finish on stage 8.
Ben Swift takes stage 2 (Care of Bicycles.net)
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 6
| 1 | Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack | 17:17:01 | |
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:00:38 | |
| 3 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:01:38 | |
| 4 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:01:39 | |
| 5 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:01:44 | |
| 6 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 0:01:54 | |
| 7 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek | 0:02:26 | |
| 8 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:02:27 | |
| 9 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:02:43 | |
| 10 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 0:02:54 | |
| 11 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:02:56 | |
| 12 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:58 | |
| 13 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:29 | |
| 14 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:56 | |
| 15 | David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:04:04 | |
| 16 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:18 | |
| 17 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:04:25 | |
| 18 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:04:35 | |
| 19 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:05:00 | |
| 20 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 0:05:06 |
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