The battle for the general classification hit a fevered pitch on the road to Santa Cruz for the third stage of the Amgen Tour of California. The stage contained the Bonny Doon climb and was the point last year when the race’s champion Levi Leipheimer got his first gap on his closest rivals and took the race lead. David Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) pulled out a powerful stage win from a three-man general classification battle over Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) and defending champion Levi Leipheimer (Radioshack).

Andy didn’t have a good day and finished in 61st place with a lost of 16 minutes. He dropped down to place 50 in the overall classification.

Andy: "Congrats @dzabriskie nice win!!! I didn't feel good today, won't happen in the Tour!!!!"