Amgen Tour of California

Amgen Tour of California

As America’s biggest stage race, Amgen Tour of California attracts top riders from around the world for the seven-day Tour in mid-May, which also includes a Women’s WorldTour event.

As America’s biggest stage race, Amgen Tour of California attracts top riders from around the world for the seven-day Tour in mid-May, which also includes a Women’s WorldTour event.

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ATOC stage 8: Anything possible on tough circuits

When Amgen Tour of California organizers designed this year’s route, they specifically wanted a final stage difficult enough to upend the general classification. AEG Sports president Andrew Messick had a hand in utilizing his local ride just north of Los Angeles, the Rock Store Loop, while also incorporating the corporate headquarters of title sponsor Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks.

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Floyd Landis visits Amgen Tour, reportedly apologizes to Greg LeMond

Two days after shocking the bike world by admitting that he doped and accusing a long list of star cyclists of doing the same, Floyd Landis appeared at the Amgen Tour of California time trial in Los Angeles Saturday. And ESPN.com reports Landis called Greg LeMond Friday to apologize for an incident at his 2007 doping hearing.

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Amgen Tour stage 7: The race of truth in Los Angeles

The stage is set for a battle royale among the heavy hitters of this year’s Amgen Tour of California on the streets of Los Angeles Saturday. And just as it has been for the past four years, the TT stage is predicted to decide the overall winner. The race’s top three GC favorites — race leader Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia), stage 3 winner Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) and three-time champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) — are all within 14 seconds of each other.

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The Lance Armstrong Tour of California crash, in detail

At 10:54 Thursday morning, the peloton was rolling full tilt through orange groves on the way out of Visalia for the fifth stage of the Amgen Tour of California. Two minutes later, two dozen riders were on the ground, race leader Dave Zabriskie was caught behind the resulting split in the field. And Lance Armstrong’s left check was covered in blood.

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A healthy Renshaw brings backbone to HTC-Columbia

Australian Mark Renshaw of HTC-Columbia, was fiercely proud of a performance that helped propel team leader Michael Rogers into the race lead. “I think today I can announce that I’m 100 percent back after Epstein-Barr virus,” Renshaw told VeloNews

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Amgen Tour of California stage 5 preview: Tough finish circuits could shake up GC

The Amgen Tour of California returns to Visalia for the start of stage 5, a stage that will take the riders through the heart of the San Joaquin Valley and into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It’s a stage that Andrew Messick, president of race owner AEG Sports, predicted could have an impact on the general classification should an overall favorite attack on the 10-percent China Grade climb during the finishing circuits.

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Ryan Anderson trades white jersey aspirations for KOM

Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benefit Strategies) jumped into a long breakaway in stage 3 at the Amgen Tour of California hoping he could put time into his best young rider rivals at the finish in Santa Cruz. He didn't get the white jersey he was chasing, but a day later, the 22-year-old pulled on the climber’s frock on the podium in Modesto.

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Behind the Scenes with Garmin-Transitions, day 2: A day with Steven Cozza

Photographer Lucas Gilman is embedded with the Garmin-Transitions team for the entire Amgen Tour of California. Each day he is presenting VeloNews.com readers with a distinct view behind the scenes with the team. In this second gallery, Gilman spent the day — from breakfast to post-race massage — shadowing the team's Steven Cozza.

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Sagan and Stetina rise to the top in California

Three weeks ago, Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) was at the Tour of Romandie, building for a projected start at the Giro d’Italia. Tuesday he defended his lead in the best young rider competition at the Amgen Tour of California. Peter Stetina (Garmin-Transitions) is the riders closest to him in the white jersey competition.

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Race Rewind: Garmin-Transitions’ Tom Peterson recounts his 2009 Amgen Tour of California win

Garmin-Transitions’ Tom Peterson took the start Tuesday morning at the Amgen Tour of California field with fond memories. Last year, Peterson won a similar stage in Santa Cruz after ended up off the front with Levi Leipheimer. In the 2010 edition, stage 3 starts in San Francisco and again heads south along the coast, taking riders up and over the Bonny Doon climb that proved decisive in 2009.

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In the big ring: HTC’s Van Garderen

American Tejay Van Garderen is racing the 2010 Amgen Tour of California for HTC-Columbia in support of Michael Rogers. It is a vastly different experience than the last time he did the race — in 2007 with the U.S. national team.

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Crashed riders litter Amgen Tour of California stage 2 descents

The only thing falling harder than rain on the roads of Napa and Sonoma Counties Monday afternoon were the bodies of riders as they crashed on the technical descents of the Oakville and Trinity Grades. The technical stage 2 route of the Amgen Tour of California claimed more than 30 victims on the day, including Andrew Pinfold (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis), who abandoned after his second touch down in two stages.

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Mach takes King of the Dream jersey

In 2005, former All-American 800-meter runner Paul Mach showed up to his first group ride in Davis, California. Five years later, he returns to City Park Monday morning wearing the red and yellow King of the Mountains jersey at the Amgen Tour of California.

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Tour of California ready to roll: Stage 1 preview

After all the pre-race pomp and circumstance, the fifth edition of the Amgen Tour of California rolls out of gold-mining town Nevada City at 11:45 a.m. Sunday morning, finishing in Sacramento roughly four hours later. Here is a look at the course.

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Leipheimer confident in quest for fourth California title

Flanked by compatriots Lance Armstrong and Dave Zabriskie, RadioShack’s three-time Amgen Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer sat front and center at a pre-race press conference Friday afternoon in Sacramento, stating that he was prepared to defend his title against a world-class field competing in America’s biggest race.

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Road paint threatens Tour of California permits

The Amgen Tour of California is two days from its start in Nevada City, Calif. and race organizers have pleaded for cooperation from fans in keeping the roads paint-free. According to technical director Chuck Hodge, the tour risks permit losses going forward if the traditional practice of road painting continues.

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Hincapie looking for stage wins in California

American-based BMC Racing is aiming to bring world champion Cadel Evans overall victory at the Giro d’Italia this month, but the country’s only Pro Continental team will also be sending a powerful squad to the Amgen Tour of California in search of stage wins. Leading that team will be U.S. national champion George Hincapie.

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