As expected, Chris Horner made a move Saturday during Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California. It was almost from the start and Horner along with 16 other riders pulled away from the field. At one point during the race, Horner was the overall leader by one minute. However, as the climbs continued to mount, riders started to drop off the lead group, and Horner and a hand full of others were the only ones left. At that point Chris Horner started leading the group and that may have been what cost him. He continued to widen the gap to the peloton, but he would eventually tire as only one rider was with him and riders caught him on the ascent of Mt. Baldy. It was a great effort however, the great winner of the day was Robert Gesink and the peloton was detroyed going up the last climb and he went on the win the race and take the overall lead. Levi Leipheimer did surprisingly well, but Horner for all his efforts only gained 1 second on the lead.
Robert Gesink went into today with a 46 second lead over David Zabriskie and pretty much had the event wrapped up barring a catastrophe. The Tour ended in Los Angeles and was a city course without any climbs. Gesink stayed with the peloton and break aways were not able to get much ahead today. In the end it would be Peter Sagan again winning his 5th stage of the event in a sprint to the end, but Robert Gesink enjoyed the overall victory of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California. It was a great race to watch over the past week and I believe it was very educational too. If you didn't have a chance to catch it, be sure to watch the Tour De France coming up at the end of June.
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