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Tour of California stages and top competitors

LOS ANGELES, Feb 15, 2008 (AFP) - Race route and principal competitors of the Tour of California cycle race that starts Sunday in Palo Alto:

Stages
Feb 17: prologue individual time-trial, 3.4 km at Palo Alto
Feb 18: 1st stage Sausalito - Santa Rosa (156 km)
Feb 19: 2nd stage Santa Rosa - Sacramento (186 km)
Feb 20: 3rd stage Modesto - San Jose (165 km)
Feb 21: 4th stage Seaside - San Luis Obispo (135.3 km)
Feb 22: 5th stage individual time trial at Solvang (24 km)
Feb 23: 6th stage Santa Barbara - Santa Clarita (169.6 km)
Feb 24: 7th stage Santa Clarita - Pasadena (150 km)

Main competitors: Paolo Bettini (ITA/Quick Step), Tom Boonen (BEL/Quick Step), Stuart O’Grady (AUS/CSC), Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC), Oscar Freire (ESP/Rabobank), George Hincapie (USA/High Road), Bobby Julich (USA/CSC), Levi Leipheimer (USA/Astana), David Millar (GBR/Slipstream), Patrice Halgand (FRA/Credit Agricole), Thomas Voeckler (FRA/Bouygues Telecom)