Leipheimer und Horner dominieren Königsetappe in Kalifornien

Das RadioShack-Duo Christopher Horner und Levi Leipheimer dominert die 6. Auflage der Kalifornien-Rundfahrt weiter nach Belieben.

Hand in Hand überquerten die beiden US-Amerikaner den Zielstrich der 121,9 Kilometer langen und zugleich vorletzen Etappe von Claremont zur Bergankunft auf den Mount Baldy. Mit 43 Sekunden Rückstand auf das Spitzenduo erreichte der Niederländer Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) das Tagesziel der Königsetappe. Bester Deutscher wurde Ten Dams Rabobank-Teamkollege Paul Martens (Rostock/3:19 Min. zurück) als 19.

Der Münsteraner Linus Gerdemann (Leopard Trek) erreichte 3:56 Minuten nach dem Duo Horner/Leipheimer als 24. das Tagesziel und fiel in der Gesamtwertung vom achten auf den elften Platz zurück. Der 39 Jahre alte Horner steht vor der Schlussetappe am Sonntag mit 38 Sekunden Vorsprung auf Leipheimer vor dem Gesamtsieg der Rundfahrt, die dieser von 2007 bis 2009 dreimal in Folge gewinnen konnte. Der drittplazierte Thomas Danielson (USA/Garmin-Cervélo) weist bereits einen Rückstand von 2:45 Minuten auf Horner auf.

Die Rundfahrt endet mit dem 129,1 Kilometer langen Abschnitt von Santa Clarita nach Thousand Oaks.

6. Amgen Tour of California (UCI-Kat. 2. HC, 15. – 22. Mai 2011, USA)
Resultat 7. Etappe, Claremont – Mt. Baldy 121,9 km:

1. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 3:33:01 Stunden
2. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
3. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:43 zurück
4. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:01
5. Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:21
6. Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
7. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:01:29
8. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:39
9. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
10. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
11. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:02:09
12. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:29
13. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:02:34
14. Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
15. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:02:49
16. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:02:56
17. Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:03:10
18. Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
19. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:15
20. Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
21. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:03:19
22. Tom Zirbel (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:03:23
23. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:03:49
24. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:03:56
25. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:04:08
26. Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling 0:04:30
27. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:04:34
28. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp 0:04:48
29. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:05:19
30. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:37
31. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:06:25
32. Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
33. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
34. Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
35. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:06:33
36. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:07:39
37. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:07:52
38. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:08:48
39. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
40. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:09:56
41. Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
42. Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
43. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
44. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
45. Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
46. Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
47. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
48. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:10:50
49. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:11:19
50. Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling 0:11:20
51. Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack 0:14:11
52. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
53. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
54. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
55. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
56. Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
57. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
58. Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
59. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
60. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
61. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
62. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
63. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
64. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
65. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:15:06
66. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:16:02
67. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
68. Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp
69. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad
70. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling
71. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling 0:17:17
72. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
73. Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack
74. Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek
75. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
76. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp
77. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
78. Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team
79. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
80. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
81. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
82. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
83. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale
84. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:17:39
85. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp 0:17:40
86. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 0:17:57
87. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:18:25
88. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:18:35
89. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
90. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
91. Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:32:21
92. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
93. Jason Donald (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
94. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
95. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling
96. Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Team NetApp
97. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
98. Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
99. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home
100. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
101. Zachary Bell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
102. James Stemper (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
103. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling
104. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
105. Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek
106. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
107. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
108. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
109. Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
110. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
111. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
112. Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
113. Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth
114. Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home
115. Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
116. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp
117. Benjamin Day (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
118. Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
119. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
120. Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
121. Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
122. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis
123. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
124. William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
125. Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
126. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling

Gesamtwertung nach der 7. Etappe:

1. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 20:50:02 Stunden
2. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:38 zurück
3. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:02:45
4. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:03:18
5. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:03:23
6. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:26
7. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:04:12
8. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:04:33
9. Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:04:50
10. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:06:16
11. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:06:22
12. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:39
13. Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:08:37
14. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:08:39
15. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:08:50
16. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:09:07
17. Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:09:21
18. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:09:44
19. Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:09:46
20. Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:09:58
21. Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:10:06
22. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:10:12
23. Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling 0:10:34
24. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:10:43
25. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:11:31
26. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:11:38
27. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:12:03
28. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:12:19
29. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:12:22
30. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:17:43
31. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:18:15
32. Tom Zirbel (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:19:06
33. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:19:10
34. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:20:00
35. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:20:15
36. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp 0:20:24
37. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:21:46
38. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:22:42
39. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:24:18
40. Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:24:22
41. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 0:24:39
42. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:26:23
43. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:26:59
44. Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:27:03
45. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:27:14
46. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:27:51
47. Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:28:07
48. Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling 0:28:17
49. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:30:29
50. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:31:19
51. Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:32:04
52. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 0:32:06
53. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling 0:32:17
54. Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:33:02
55. Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack 0:33:21
56. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:34:27
57. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:34:59
58. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:35:29
59. Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:36:46
60. Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 0:37:35
61. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:38:16
62. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:38:43
63. Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek 0:38:54
64. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:39:34
65. Benjamin Day (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:40:03
66. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp 0:40:08
67. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:40:14
68. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:40:59
69. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:41:11
70. Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:41:32
71. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:42:22
72. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:42:56
73. Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek 0:43:14
74. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:43:38
75. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 0:43:57
76. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:44:18
77. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:44:28
78. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:45:08
79. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:45:10
80. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:45:24
81. Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp 0:45:26
82. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:45:29
83. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:45:35
84. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:46:10
85. Jason Donald (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:47:03
86. Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:47:16
87. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:47:22
88. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 0:47:44
89. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:48:23
90. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:50:59
91. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:53:27
92. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:56:04
93. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:56:50
94. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 0:57:33
95. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:57:50
96. Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek 0:58:42
97. James Stemper (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:59:21
98. Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:59:24
99. Zachary Bell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0:59:26
100. Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 1:00:16
101. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:00:55
102. Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home 1:01:08
103. Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:01:26
104. Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 1:01:28
105. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 1:01:37
106. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 1:01:57
107. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 1:02:07
108. Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 1:02:17
109. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis – Sutter Home 1:02:32
110. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:04:07
111. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:04:21
112. Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 1:04:35
113. Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 1:04:38
114. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 1:05:29
115. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:09:42
116. Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth 1:09:47
117. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi Aventis 1:09:56
118. Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:10:09
119. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 1:10:48
120. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 1:11:49
121. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 1:12:15
122. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 1:12:17
123. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis – Sutter Home 1:12:31
124. William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 1:17:58
125. Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Team NetApp 1:19:33
126. Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 1:21:12

Foto: Jeff Namba