Tour of California Stage 4: Horner crushes on the first climbs

The writers over at US Pro Cycling News (myself included) will be doing daily recaps of both the Giro d’Italia and the Tour of California.

Yesterday’s stage of the Tour of California featured the first of the real climbing. Chris Horner smashed the competition on Mt. Hamilton, and rode his way into the yellow jersey. Check out Fitzalan’s recap!

Top 5 Stage results

1. Chris Horner USA (RadioShack)
2. Andy Schleck LUX (Leopard Trek) at 1:15
3. Rory Sutherland AUS (UnitedHealthCare) at 1:15
4. Levi Leipheimer USA (RadioShack) at 1:15
5. Tom Danielson USA (Garmin-Cervelo) at 1:22

Top 5 GC

1. Chris Horner
2. Levi Leipheimer at 1:15
3. Tom Danielson at 1:22
4. Christian Vande Velde USA (Garmin-Cervelo) at 1:29
5. Rory Sutherland at 1:30

Photo: Casey B. Gibson/VeloNews.com

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Posted by TheBloomingCyclist on May 19, 2011

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