Stage 1 of the Tour of California 2009 was a very cold and wet day, Spaniard Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) surprised the main group by attacking early and then staying free of the chasing favorites to win the first stage and claim the leader’s yellow jersey.

Stage 1 Results

*Times taken at beginning of first finishing circuit

1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 4.11.07 (41.383 km/h)
2 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 0.01
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
4 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 1.07
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
7 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana
9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
13 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia
15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
16 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana
18 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
19 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.30
20 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4.54
21 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5.0
22 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
23 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing
24 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home
25 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home
26 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
27 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam
28 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing
29 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
30 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam
31 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step
32 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
34 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad
35 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home
36 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam
38 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
39 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
41 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
42 Edward King (USA) Cervélo TestTeam
44 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
45 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team
46 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
47 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
48 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
49 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
50 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream
51 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam
52 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
53 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team
54 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
55 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
56 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
57 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
58 Phil Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia
59 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
60 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
61 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
62 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank
63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 13.38
64 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
65 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
66 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad
67 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
68 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad
69 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad
70 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
71 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
72 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream
73 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
75 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step
76 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank
77 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
78 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank
79 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
80 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
81 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas
82 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas
83 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas
84 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
85 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
86 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
87 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
88 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
89 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam
90 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam
91 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam
92 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
93 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team
94 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team
95 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
96 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
97 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
98 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented
99 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
100 John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
101 Kirk O’Bee (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
102 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
103 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
104 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
105 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1
106 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1
107 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
108 Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1
109 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
110 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita
111 Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Colavita /
112 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita /
113 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking
114 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking
115 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
116 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
117 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
118 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
119 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
120 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
121 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
122 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia
123 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia
124 Michael Grabinger (USA) Fly V Australia
125 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia
126 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia
127 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing
128 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing
129 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
130 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing
131 Scott Davis (Aus) Fly V Australia 18.42
132 David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia 20.06
133 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 20.42
134 Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1
DNF Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank
DNF Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale

General classification after stage 1

1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 4.15.46
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.02
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.03
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 1.05
6 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.09
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.13
8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.14
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.15
13 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
14 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1.16
15 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.17
16 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 1.18
18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1.20
19 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1.26
20 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented 1.45
21 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 5.03
22 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia
23 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
24 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 5.04
25 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
26 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.05
27 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 5.07
28 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam
29 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 5.08
30 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream