February 18, 2007 (San Francisco, CA) – At 1 p.m. today (4 pm EST) riders will kick off the 2007 Amgen Tour of California with a short, but intense 3.06km (1.9 miles) Prologue through the streets of San Francisco. With 144 riders participating – see Start List below – the stage is set for some great racing.

Stay tuned to pedalmag.com for daily live updates and reports for each stage.

Prologue Start List (all times PST)

1. 1:00 PM Jean Marc Marino (FRA) C.A
2. 1:01 PM Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) PHB
3. 1:02 PM Veleriy Kobzarenko (UKR) NIC
4. 1:03 PM Dalto Mauro Da (ITA) LIQ
5. 1:04 PM Leonardo Scarselli (ITA) QSI
6. 1:05 PM Kyle Gritters (USA) HNM
7. 1:06 PM Jason Donald (USA) TSL
8. 1:07 PM Robert Förster (GER) GST
9. 1:08 PM Allan Davis (AUS) DSC
10. 1:09 PM Davide Frattini (ITA) COL
11. 1:10 PM Juan José Haedo (ARG) CSC
12. 1:11 PM Chris Wherry (USA) TUP
13. 1:12 PM Nic Ingels (BEL) PRL
14. 1:13 PM Brice Jones (USA) JBC
15. 1:14 PM Grischa Jan Niermann (GER) RAB
16. 1:15 PM Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC
17. 1:16 PM Adam Hansen (AUS) TMO
18. 1:17 PM Caleb Fairly (USA) USA
19. 1:18 PM Christophe Kern (FRA) C.A
20. 1:19 PM Omer Kem (USA) PHB
21. 1:20 PM Hilton Clarke (AUS) NIC
22. 1:21 PM Charly Wegelius (GBR) LIQ
23. 1:22 PM Mauro Facci (ITA) QSI
24. 1:23 PM Rory Sutherland (AUS) HNM
25. 1:24 PM Lucas Euser (USA) TSL
26. 1:25 PM Oliver Zaugg (SUI) GST
27. 1:26 PM Ivan Basso (ITA) DSC
28. 1:27 PM Alejandro Acton (ARG) COL
29. 1:28 PM Jens Voigt (GER) CSC
30. 1:29 PM Henk Vogels (AUS) TUP
31. 1:30 PM Nicolas Gates (AUS) PRL
32. 1:31 PM Michael Jones (USA) JBC
33. 1:32 PM Mathew Hayman (AUS) RAB
34. 1:33 PM David Vitoria (SUI) BMC
35. 1:34 PM Aaron Olsen (USA) TMO
36. 1:35 PM Garderen Tejay Van (USA) USA
37. 1:36 PM Mads Kaggestad (NOR) C.A
38. 1:37 PM Garrett Peltonen (USA) PHB
39. 1:38 PM Philip Zajicek (USA) NIC
40. 1:39 PM Frederik Willems (BEL) LIQ
41. 1:40 PM Geert Verheyen (BEL) QSI
42. 1:41 PM Timothy Johnson (USA) HNM
43. 1:42 PM Taylor Tolleson (USA) TSL
44. 1:43 PM Peter Wrolich (AUT) GST
45. 1:44 PM Antonio Cruz (USA) DSC
46. 1:45 PM Tyler Wren (USA) COL
47. 1:46 PM Stuart O’Grady (AUS) CSC
48. 1:47 PM Ivan Dominguez (CUB) TUP
49. 1:48 PM Bart Dockx (BEL) PRL
50. 1:49 PM Brian Dziewa (USA) JBC
51. 1:50 PM Groot Bram De (NED) RAB
52. 1:51 PM Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC
53. 1:52 PM Jakob Piil (DEN) TMO
54. 1:53 PM Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA
55. 1:54 PM Sébastien Hinault (FRA) C.A
56. 1:55 PM Brian Sheedy (USA) PHB
57. 1:56 PM Glen Alan Chadwick (AUS) NIC
58. 1:57 PM Kjell Carlström (FIN) LIQ
59. 1:58 PM Bram Tankink (NED) QSI
60. 1:59 PM Russell Downing (GBR) HNM
61. 2:00 PM Carty Jonathan Patrick Mc (USA) TSL
62. 2:01 PM Bernhard Kohl (AUT) GST
63. 2:02 PM Thomas Danielson (USA) DSC
64. 2:03 PM Anthony Colby (USA) COL
65. 2:04 PM David Zabriskie (USA) CSC
66. 2:05 PM Caleb Manion (USA) TUP
67. 2:06 PM Matthew Lloyd (AUS) PRL
68. 2:07 PM Andrew Bajadali (USA) JBC
69. 2:08 PM Michael Rasmussen (DEN) RAB
70. 2:09 PM Ken Hanson (USA) BMC
71. 2:10 PM Greg Henderson (NZL) TMO
72. 2:11 PM Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA
73. 2:12 PM Cyril Lemoine (FRA) C.A
74. 2:13 PM Emile Abraham (TRI) PHB
75. 2:14 PM Viktar Rapinski (BLR) NIC
76. 2:15 PM Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) LIQ
77. 2:16 PM Giovanni Visconti (ITA) QSI
78. 2:17 PM Kirk O’Bee (USA) HNM
79. 2:18 PM William Frischkorn (USA) TSL
80. 2:19 PM Volker Ordowski (GER) GST
81. 2:20 PM Brian Vandborg (DEN) DSC
82. 2:21 PM Gustavo Artacho (ARG) COL
83. 2:22 PM Karsten Kroon (NED) CSC
84. 2:23 PM Heath Blackgrove (NZL) TUP
85. 2:24 PM Mario Aerts (BEL) PRL
86. 2:25 PM Nicolar Reistad (USA) JBC
87. 2:26 PM Cano Mauricio Alberto Ardila (COL) RAB
88. 2:27 PM Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC
89. 2:28 PM Gerald Ciolek (GER) TMO
90. 2:29 PM Scott Stewart (USA) USA
91. 2:30 PM Dimitri Fofonov (KAZ) C.A
92. 2:31 PM Edward King (USA) PHB
93. 2:32 PM Darren Lill (RSA) NIC
94. 2:33 PM Luca Paolini (ITA) LIQ
95. 2:34 PM De Walle Jurgen Van (BEL) QSI
96. 2:35 PM Karl Menzies (AUS) HNM
97. 2:36 PM Steven Cozza (USA) TSL
98. 2:37 PM Torsten Hiekmann (GER) GST
99. 2:38 PM George Hincapie (USA) DSC
100. 2:39 PM Charles Dionne (CAN) COL
101. 2:40 PM Fabian Cancellara (SUI) CSC
102. 2:41 PM Justin England (USA) TUP
103. 2:42 PM Christopher Horner (USA) PRL
104. 2:43 PM Alexander Candelario (USA) JBC
105. 2:44 PM Theo Eltink (NED) RAB
106. 2:45 PM Alexandre Moos (SUI) BMC
107. 2:46 PM Kim Kirchen (LUX) TMO
108. 2:47 PM Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA
109. 2:48 PM Christophe Laurent (FRA) C.A
110. 2:49 PM Scott Zwizanski (USA) PHB
111. 2:50 PM Ben Day (AUS) NIC
112. 2:51 PM Manuel Quinziato (ITA) LIQ
113. 2:52 PM Matteo Tosatto (ITA) QSI
114. 2:53 PM Shawn Milne (USA) HNM
115. 2:54 PM Thomas Peterson (USA) TSL
116. 2:55 PM Sven Krauss (GER) GST
117. 2:56 PM Jason Mccartney (USA) DSC
118. 2:57 PM Peter Hatton (AUS) COL
119. 2:58 PM Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC
120. 2:59 PM Sean Sullivan (AUS) TUP
121. 3:00 PM Pou Josep Jufre (ESP) PRL
122. 3:01 PM Bryce Mead (USA) JBC
123. 3:02 PM Graeme Brown (AUS) RAB
124. 3:03 PM Michael Sayers (USA) BMC
125. 3:04 PM Michael Barry (CAN) TMO
126. 3:05 PM Chad Beyer (USA) USA
127. 3:06 PM Thor Hushovd (NOR) C.A
128. 3:07 PM Tom Zirbel (USA) PHB
129. 3:08 PM Sergey Lagutin (UZB) NIC
130. 3:09 PM Franco Pellizotti (ITA) LIQ
131. 3:10 PM Paolo Bettini (ITA) QSI
132. 3:11 PM Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) HNM
133. 3:12 PM Danny Pate (USA) TSL
134. 3:13 PM Fabian Wegmann (GER) GST
135. 3:14 PM John Devine (USA) USA
136. 3:15 PM Jeremy Powers (USA) JBC
137. 3:16 PM David Mccann (IRL) COL
138. 3:17 PM Scott Nydam (USA) BMC
139. 3:18 PM Christopher Baldwin (USA) TUP
140. 3:19 PM Fred Rodriguez (USA) PRL
141. 3:20 PM Bobby Julich (USA) CSC
142. 3:21 PM Robert Gesink (NED) RAB
143. 3:22 PM Michael Rogers (AUS) TMO
144. 3:23 PM Levi Leipheimer (USA) DSC