page_title: 2009 Tour of California
section_title: Stage 5
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 Tour of California / Stages / Stage 5
caption_attribution_description: Photo taken during the 2009 Tour of California of Rabobank team members cycling in Kings County in the San Joaquin Valley
context_page_description: The 2009 Amgen Tour of California was the 4th running of an annual cycling race contained within the state of California. The event was staged February 14–22 and began with a prologue in the state capital of Sacramento. The event was held as part of the schedule of both the UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour. The race was won by Levi Leipheimer for the third consecutive year.
context_section_description: Thursday, February 19
  Visalia to Paso Robles
  
  Start Time: 10:00 AM
  
  Miles: 134.3
  
  KM: 216.1
  
  End ETA: 3:00–4:22 PM
  This was a rather straightforward day of racing, on a course without even a single categorized climb. After five miles, a six-man breakaway formed, that was eventually whittled to four: Matthew Crane, Glen Chadwick, Pieter Weening, and Cameron Evans. Racing under clear blue skies for the first time in the Tour, the four were caught with about three miles to left to race, as the teams of the prominent sprinters ratcheted up the pace in the peloton to bring them back. The finish was contested in another mass sprint, won for the second day in a row by Mark Cavendish.
caption: Members of the Rabobank team cycling through the San Joaquin Valley southwest of Visalia
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