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Amgen Tour of California: Getting word that Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data) is already 12 minutes back. He'll have to finish within the hour to stay under the time limit today. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: Super domestique Peter Sagan has gone back to the team car to grab bottles for his teammates. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: With everyone all together, the pink squad continue to drive at the front. Meanwhile, Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data) is riding next to the broomwagon. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: Edward Anderson (Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team) has been reabsorbed and it's all together, what's left of the main group that is. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: Taylor Phinney (EF Education First) has been dropped after his efforts to up the tempo. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: The pace doesn't seem as frantic as it did moments ago. EF Education First seem to be okay to let off the gas just slightly. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: But Hernandez can't hold the pace and now it's Edward Anderson (Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team) who has set off alone. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: With 10 seconds separating the peloton from the break, Michael Hernandez (USA Cycling) makes a last ditch attack. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: Ballerini caught back on, however the gap is just 15 seconds. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: EF Education First is making quick work of bringing this breakaway back before they start the category 2 climb of Kirkwood Summit. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: The breakaway is splitting as the gap closes quickly. Davide Ballerini (Astana Pro Team) has been dropped and the gap is 45 seconds. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: There's a big difference in tempo as EF Education First changes the whole dynamic of the day. They've just passed 7000' elevation. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: The pace has dropped Bernhard Eisel (Team Dimension Data) and a few others. It's also brought the gap down to 1:25 very quickly. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: Did you know Taylor Phinney (EF Education First) is also quite the artist? You can check out his work here: https://t.co/Z7N4bgsl4a https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: Alex Howes (EF Education First) has taken over the front of the peloton and injected some speed into the situation. He's followed by Taylor Phinney (EF Education First). https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: And the road turns up yet again. The current speed of the leaders up this long drag is 18 kph. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: Another rider who knows these roads well is breakaway rider Evan Huffman (Rally UHC Cycling), who hails from Sacramento. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: As the altitude increases, so are the clouds and patches of snow. And we haven't even started the next KOM yet! https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: As the leaders start descending, the gap is sitting around one minute and 40 seconds for the eight leaders. https://t.co/NmCuvoqEKU

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Amgen Tour of California: Bernhard Eisel (Team Dimension Data) almost pulled Cav back up to the peloton, however the 30 time Tour de France stage winner couldn't quite make it and has dropped back again.