Photo by Ken Conley

The Santa Cruz was less decisive this year, but it did whittle the GC contenders down to the three who crossed the line first today. Zabriskie took the stage win, but Michael Rogers and Levi Leipheimer were there, and all are strong enough to put in a good show at the LA time trial.

I'm going to award today's DVD prize to AJ. The prediction is a bit late, but predicting late is a good gamble on a stage like today's.

As always, please check Road Bike Action and Steephill.tv for my galleries. Today's reel has shots from San Francisco, Tunitas, La Honda, and Santa Cruz.