Team manager Michael Ball let the remaining five members of the Rock Racing team start in the first match, after initially threatening to pull out his tem completely. The prologue was won by CSC-rider Fabio Cansellara.Santiago Botero earlier was part of Phonak, but was expelled from that team after his name appeared on a list of cyclists who allegedly had undergone blood transfusions at Spanish doctor Fuentes.
Botero not welcome in California
