Tour of California Stage 8: Goss sprints to win, Horner takes overall

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.

On the last day of the Tour of California, during a stage that was destined to end in a bunch sprint, Chris Horner’s top podium spot was in no danger, but his team did not just sit back- they worked on the front for much of race. Their work contributed to the break being pulled back and the inevitable bunch sprint. While Sky started out the perfect lead out for their sprinter, Greg Henderson, Leigh Howard of HTC-Highroad was able to start his lead out for Matt Goss in front of them, and slow them down enough to allow Goss an uncontested sprint to the line. Check out Fitzalan’s recap!

Top 5 Stage results

1. Matt Goss AUS (HTC-Highroad)
2. Peter Sagan SVK (Liquigas-Cannondale)
3. Greg Henderson NZL (Sky)
4. Oscar Freire SPA (Rabobank)
5. Kevin Lacombe CAN (Team Spidertech)

Top 5 Final GC

1. Chris Horner USA (RadioShack)
2. Levi Leipheimer USA (RadioShack) at 38 sec
3. Tom Danielson USA (Garmin-Cervelo) at 2:45
4. Christian Vande Velde USA (Garmin-Cervelo) at 3:18
5. Tejay Van Garderen USA (HTC-Highroad) at 3:23

Top 5 Final Points Classification (Sprint jersey)

1. Peter Sagan
2. Greg Henderson NZL (Sky)
3. Ben Swift GBR (Sky)
4. Matt Goss AUS (HTC-Highroad)
5. Juan Jose Haedo ARG (Saxo Bank Sungard)

Top 5 Mountains Classification (King of the Mountain jersey)

1. Pat McCarty USA (Spidertech)
2. Levi Leipheimer USA (RadioShack)
3. Chris Horner USA (RadioShack)
4. Tom Danielson USA (Garmin-Cervelo)
5. Andy Schleck LUX (Leopard Trek)

Top 5 Final Best Young Rider

1. Tejay Van Garderen USA (HTC-Highroad)
2. Andrew Talansky USA (Garmin-Cervelo)
3. Rafal Majka POL (Saxo Bank Sungard)
4. Peter Sagan
5. Timothy Roe AUS (BMC)

Top 5 Final Best Teams

1. Garmin-Cervelo
2. RadioShack
3. BMC
4. Rabobank
5. UnitedHealthcare

Photo: Cyclingweekly.co.uk/Will Swetnam

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