May 17, 2012 (Bakersfield, CA) – For a second consecutive day in California, torrid temperatures played a significant role at the Tour of California. Riders remained hydrated throughout the day, and some chose to ride with ice packs to lower their body temperatures.

Stage 5 featured the time trial race on a 29.6-kilometre course, a race that significantly shuffled the general classification which had remained mostly unchanged with the first four bunch sprint stages.

Riding on their revamped Argon18 E118 time trial bike, the team relied on Brian Vandborg, a time trial specialist who finished fourth at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships to post a fast result and position the team in contention for the general classification.

Vandborg posted a time of 37:42, in 41st position of the stage, and still leads Team SpiderTech in the general classification, in 30th place. Canadian U23 Champion Hugo Houle was the fastest of the day for the Canadian team, posting a time of 37:31.

David Zabriskie of Garmin-Barracuda was the fastest of the day, posting an excellent time of 35:59. With the win, Zabriski grabs the lead of the general classification, taking the jersey from Peter Sagan after four straight wins at the opening stages of the 2012 Tour of California.

Tomorrow, four more King of the Mountains sprints are on the menu, including the bold climb at Big Bear Lake to finish the race. The next two stages will decide the winner of the King of the Mountains jersey, a fight contested mainly between Sebastien Salas of Optum-Kelly Benefit and Team SpiderTech’s David Boily.

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Results

1. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  0:35:59
2. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan  0:23
3. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team  0:34
4. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  0:39
5. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  0:48
6. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  0:49
7. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  0:52
8. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  1:01
9. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  1:07
10. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  1:10
11. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  1:26
12. Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  1:30
13. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
14. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan  1:33
15. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano  1:37
16. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team  1:40
17. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  1:44
18. Nathan Brown (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  1:49
19. Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
20. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  1:52
21. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  2:00
22. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  2:01
23. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team  2:05
24. Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  2:07
25. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda
26. Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan
27. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  2:08
28. Marc De Maar (Aho) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  2:10
29. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  2:11
30. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy  2:13
31. Thomas Zirbel (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  2:14
32. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale  2:21
33. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
34. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  2:22
35. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  2:23
36. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
37. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  2:25
38. Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10  2:32
39. Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan  2:38
40. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling  2:39
41. Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10  2:43
42. Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan  2:50
43. Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  2:52
44. Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  2:54
45. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  3:01
46. Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team  3:02
47. Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  3:03
48. George Bennett (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan  3:11
49. Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  3:19
50. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  3:20
51. Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  3:27
52. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
53. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale  3:29
54. Jason McCartney (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  3:32
55. Joseph Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  3:35
56. David Boily (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10  3:36
57. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale  3:37
58. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  3:39
59. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team  3:40
60. Andrés Díaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy  3:49
61. Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  3:52
62. Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy  3:53
63. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  3:55
64. Ian Boswell (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  3:57
65. Raymond Kunzli (Sui) Spidertech Powered By C10  4:08
66. Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
67. Josh Atkins (Nzl) Bontrager Livestrong Team  4:14
68. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling  4:15
69. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale  4:19
70. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  4:20
71. Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  4:22
72. Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team  4:25
73. Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda  4:27
74. Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  4:31
75. Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano  4:37
76. Ryan Anderson (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10  4:43
77. Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy  4:54
78. Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy  5:05
79. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  5:07
80. Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling  5:17
81. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  5:18
82. Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  5:21
83. Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies
84. Grégory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan  5:25
85. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  5:26
86. Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  5:27
87. Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling
88. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
89. Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  5:32
90. Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10  5:33
91. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  5:37
92. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  5:38
93. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Bontrager Livestrong Team
94. Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Argos-Shimano  5:41
95. Guillaume Boivin (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10  5:51
96. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  5:55
97. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team  5:59
98. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  6:19
99. Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes
100. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  6:24
101. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos-Shimano  6:27
102. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  6:37
103. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling  6:39
104. Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-Shimano  6:44
105. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  6:47
106. Sébastian Salas (Can) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  6:48
107. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano  6:52
108. Ken Hanson (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  6:56
109. Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  7:00
110. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10  7:11
111. Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  7:16
112. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  7:17
113. Logan Loader (USA) Team Exergy  7:24
114. Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos-Shimano  7:48
115. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  7:50
116. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  7:51
117. Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  7:53
118. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano  8:14

GC after Stage 5

1. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  20:29:31
2. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team  0:34
3. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  0:39
4. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  0:48
5. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  0:49
6. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  1:01
7. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  1:07
8. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  1:10
9. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  1:26
10. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan  1:29
11. Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  1:30
12. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
13. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano  1:37
14. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team  1:40
15. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda  1:43
16. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  1:44
17. Nathan Brown (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  1:49
18. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  1:52
19. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  2:01
20. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team  2:05
21. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  2:06
22. Marc De Maar (Aho) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  2:07
23. Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
24. Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan
25. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy  2:09
26. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team  2:21
27. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  2:22
28. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  2:23
29. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling  2:35
30. Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10  2:43
31. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale  2:47
32. Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan  2:50
33. Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  2:52
34. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale  3:05
35. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  3:24
36. Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan  3:25
37. George Bennett (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan  3:35
38. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale  3:37
39. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team  3:40
40. Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  3:46
41. Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy  3:53
42. Ian Boswell (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  3:57
43. Andrés Díaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy  3:59
44. Joseph Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
45. Raymond Kunzli (Sui) Spidertech Powered By C10  4:08
46. Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
47. Josh Atkins (Nzl) Bontrager Livestrong Team  4:13
48. Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team  4:25
49. Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  4:26
50. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling  4:37
51. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  5:07
52. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  5:37
53. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  5:55
54. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team  5:59
55. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  6:41
56. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  6:47
57. Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan  7:19
58. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  7:27
59. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  8:55
60. Hugo Houle (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10  9:48
61. Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  0:10:55
62. Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano  0:11:33
63. Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  0:12:17
64. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Bontrager Livestrong Team  0:12:34
65. Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Argos-Shimano  0:12:37
66. Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  0:12:38
67. Lucas Euser (USA) SpiderTech Powered By C10  0:13:18
68. Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-Shimano  0:13:40
69. Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling  0:14:06
70. Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  0:15:57
71. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  0:16:51
72. Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  0:16:56
73. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  0:17:21
74. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano  0:17:25
75. Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team  0:17:43
76. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale  0:18:18
77. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  0:19:07
78. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  0:20:49
79. Thomas Zirbel (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  0:20:53
80. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  0:21:47
81. Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team  0:23:15
82. Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan  0:23:31
83. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  0:24:16
84. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  0:25:08
85. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  0:25:15
86. Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  0:25:25
87. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale  0:26:26
88. Ryan Anderson (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10  0:26:29
89. Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  0:26:43
90. Grégory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan  0:27:23
91. Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy  0:27:24
92. David Boily (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10  0:29:10
93. Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos-Shimano  0:29:29
94. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  0:31:24
95. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling  0:32:28
96. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  0:32:58
97. Sébastian Salas (Can) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  0:33:16
98. Guillaume Boivin (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10  0:33:35
99. Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  0:35:04
100. Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda  0:37:54
101. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos-Shimano  0:38:07
102. Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  0:39:29
103. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  0:39:52
104. Ken Hanson (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  0:41:03
105. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  0:41:24
106. Jason McCartney (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  0:42:16
107. Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy  0:44:45
108. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  0:46:08
109. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  0:46:25
110. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  0:47:48
111. Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling  0:49:43
112. Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  0:50:13
113. Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  0:51:18
114. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10  0:52:36
115. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano  0:55:29
116. Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  0:55:37
117. Logan Loader (USA) Team Exergy  0:56:01
118. Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  0:56:58

Mountain Classification

1. Sébastian Salas (Can) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  40  pts
2. David Boily (Can) SpiderTech Powered By C10  32
3. Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  16
4. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling  16
5. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano  14
6. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10  12
7. Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  11
8. Josh Atkins (Nzl) Bontrager Livestrong Team  10
9. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  9
10. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  9
11. Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  8
12. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling  8
13. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team  8
14. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  7
15. Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan  7
16. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  7
17. Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  7
18. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  6
19. Michael Rodriguez Galindo (Col) Colombia-Coldeportes  6
20. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  6
21. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  6
22. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  6
23. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  6
24. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team  5
25. George Bennett (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan  5
26. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale  5
27. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan  4
28. Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team  4
29. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale  4
30. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies  4
31. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  3
32. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale  3
33. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team  3
34. Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10  3
35. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team  3
36. Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10  2
37. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep  2
38. Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda  1