Rogers wins Tour of California, Hesjedal takes final stage

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Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) used a late race attack to bridge to the breakaway and steal the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California from a group which included perennial crowd favourite George Hincapie (BMC Racing). Behind the stage hunters, Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) covered numerous attacks by both Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) to hold onto the gold jersey and win the overall title.

The day's final stage was anything but ceremonial. The riders covered four laps of a 21-mile circuit and while the first half of each lap was flat or slightly downhill, the second half looked like the readout from an ECG. It was here, on the last lap that any race-changing moves would be launched.

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