Australian Brett Lancaster plowed across rain-slicked streets in front of a 26-man breakaway group to win Stage 2 and take the overall lead at the Amgen Tour of California on Monday.

That group of two dozen cyclists included some of the pre-race favorites, who now have nearly a minute-and-a-half lead over the rest of the peloton after only the second stage.

Among them are Levi Leipheimer and Lance Armstrong of Team RadioShack, Michael Rogers of HTC-Columbia, Andy Schleck of Saxo Bank, and David Zabriskie and Tom Danielson of Garmin-Transitions.

Commentators believed the breakaway was set up by five members of Team RadioShack on the Trinity Grade, the last of three steep climbs on the 110-mile bike race from Davis to Santa Rosa ...   more »

One of the coolest things about the Amgen Tour of California is how the real-time video coverage and other bike race information is streamed online at the website.

Since its inception in 2006, bike race organizers have offered Tour Tracker by Adobe at the website so those without access to TV can watch the entire bike race.

Tour Tracker has returned to the Tour of California this year so that desk jockeys can follow the action of the bicycling road warriors through the race.

Coverage was spotty and not always a pretty sight during the race's inaugural year in 2006. Since then, the Adobe team ...   more »