The 2nd stage the Tour of California was a wet and miserable affair. Australia's Brett Lancaster seized the overall lead of the Amgen Tour of California through a soggy victory on the line in Santa Rosa on stage two. The Cervelo TestTeam rider managed to hold off a surging Peter Sagan (Liquigas) at the finish line, while Rabobank's Lars Boom took third place from Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis).

The three were part of a leading group of 26 riders which included race favourites Andy Schleck, Lance Armstrong and defending champion Levi Leipheimer amongst others. The group managed to stay clear of the peloton. Lancaster now leads the general classification.

Andy finished in 26th place and in the overall classification he is in place 23.

Andy: "second stage done in ATOC wet cold!feel ok finish in the first group of 26 riders tomorrow the sun should return looking forward to that".