Photo by Ken Conley

This year's Davis-Santa Rosa stage was another wet and wild one. Brett Lancaster of Cervelo took the sprint and looked more relieved that finishing first met that his suffering was over first. Little did he know that winning meant that he would get the yellow and green jerseys. The podium ceremonies were cut short as Lancaster began to strongly shiver and was escorted to warmer abodes.

The rain wasn't as frequent as last year, but the crashes and GC consequences were much worse. Radioshack and Garmin were well represented in the group of 26 that crossed the line first. Fans of Cancellara and Hincapie will likely have to cross those riders off the GC contenders list. Paul Mach of Bissell continues to ride well on his home turf and finished with the first group.

As before, look for my galleries on Steephill.tv and Road Bike Action. Many thanks to Renis and Rebecca Harvey. Renis was a "human" PocketWizard for some of the shots I took today at the Stevenson Bridge in Davis.

There's no winner for today's DVD giveaway, but there will be plenty more opportunities.