Nathan O'Neill's ride came to an unexpected halt after he hit the barriers with 100-metres to go..!

The pocket-sized South African, Robert Hunter, placed 13th at 14-seconds from the fastest man...

Cadel Evans was Davitamon-Lotto's best-placed rider in 12th position - he lost 12 seconds to the winner

Tom Danielson looks good this early in the season - he took 11th place, 12 seconds back...

Paolo Savoldelli looks strained as he rides to 10th-place in San Francisco today - he was 11-seconds slower than the winner...

Vladimir Gussev, Discovery's new signing from Russia, showed his enormous potential by taking 9th place today - 11 seconds down

Hayden Roulston, a Discovery rider in 2005, placed a brilliant 8th place for his 2006 team, Health Net...

Jason McCartney clocked another fine ride for Discovery by taking 7th-place in San Francisco...

Fabian Cancellara posted fastest time early-on, but had to settle for 6th-place, 09.76-seconds down...

David Zabriskie took 5th place today but might have won if his chain had not come off at the start of the finish climb...he lost nine seconds on the stage!

Floyd Landis looked slow and gentle, but he was fast enough to take 4th-place, having led the stage for a while...

George Hincapie took 3rd-place today, proving he is the Discovery team's main hope for overall victory in California...he lost just 6-seconds

Bobby Julich rode smoothly and seriously to take 2nd place - he lost by just 5-seconds!

Levi Leipheimer won the Prologue today, setting himself up for a crack at the overall title one week from now...

Levi Leipheimer wears the race-leader's jersey in San Francisco - the first-ever leader of a Tour of California