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Race leader Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) gets more popular by the day at the 2012 Tour of California.  Here he is signing autographs before the Stage 4 start in Sonora.
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photo Copyright © 2012 Doug Pensinger

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The peloton rolls out from the start in Sonora
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Jens Voigt and Team RadioShack-Nissan lead the peloton on a climb as "antler guy" runs alongside
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photo Copyright © 2012 Ezra Shaw

The Peter Sagan Show continues as the young Liquigas star wins Stage 4 in Clovis.
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Another second place finish for Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Barracuda), left.
Michael Matthews of Rabobank was third.
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photo Copyright © 2012 Doug Pensinger