Tour organizers shortened the stage for safety reasons, but three American riders, Ted King, Omer Kim and Ian Macgregor, crashed individually during the third-stage and abandoned the race.
Favorite Levi Leipheimer and other riders crashed after Leipheimer bumped wheels with Lance Armstrong.
"It was my fault," Leipheimer told the Associated Press. "I landed on my butt. It hurts, but nothing's broken."
Leipheimer recovered from the crash, and got back in the race to maintain his overall lead.
Thor Hushovd won the 101 mile stage from San Jose to Modesto with a time of 4 hours, 28 minutes and 12 seconds.
The Tour continues today with a 115.4 mile road race from Merced to Clovis.
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