Amgen Tour of California

Latest news from stage 3 of the Amgen Women's Tour of California, plus a chat with Megan Guarnier and check-in with Katerina Nash.

American Coryn Rivera (Sunweb) tops third stage at Amgen Women’s Tour of California after bunch sprint finish in Sacramento on Saturday.

Photographer Casey B. Gibson takes cycling fans into the snow-capped passes of stage 2 at the Amgen Women's Tour of California on Friday.

American Katie Hall beats Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen in stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California to take the GC lead.

After two years with Orica, Lizzie Williams had to stop and recover from depression. She found a new home at a small American team.

The Women's WorldTour peloton circles Lake Tahoe in stage 1. American Megan Guarnier won the day and took the overall lead.

The men's Amgen Tour of California starts Sunday in Sacramento and features both climbs and sprints along the way to the Pasadena finale.

American Megan Guarnier rides into the overall lead in stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California with victory in stage 1.

The Amgen Women's Tour of California presents a unique challenge to some of the world's top cyclists: high altitude.

After three tough runs at the Amgen Tour of California, Andrew Talansky found his groove in 2016. He's aiming for the overall this year.

The Amgen Women's Tour of California will offer five days of racing. American Megan Guarnier aims to defend her 2016 title.

Nacer Bouhanni will not race the Amgen Tour of California. He is still recovering from a concussion he suffered at the Tour de Yorkshire.

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Amgen Tour of California invites teams to the 2017 race. Eleven men's WorldTour teams will race in the May event, along with 16 women's teams.

With the Tour of California's inclusion to the WorldTour, most Continental teams are being shut out from a spot in the field.

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The men's and women's races are UCI WorldTour events this year, and both feature some familiar roads and host cities.

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Former Airgas-Safeway squad has revealed it will expand in 2017 with the addition of a women's UCI team.

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Amgen Tour of California announces its 2017 route, which features Mount Baldy stage and a time trial in Big Bear.

Will the Amgen Tour of California's new WorldTour status bar Continental teams from competing? Outlook is grim for grassroots outfits.

UCI expands its men's WorldTour calendar to include 10 new races, such as Tour of California, Strade Bianche, and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

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Following the Tour of California, Caleb Fairly hangs up his wheels. What's next? And what will he miss most about riding his bike for a living?

In 12 months, Chloe Dygert won world championships on road and track — and she just finished top-10 at the Amgen Tour of California.

Phil Gaimon reflects on the highlights from his Amgen Tour of California, from In N Out Burger to "Cookie Corner."

The Women's WorldTour serves up exciting racing in the Amgen Tour of California as Guarnier rides to an overall victory.

We pick our favorite five performances by domestic U.S. teams from the 2016 Amgen Tour of California.

Alexey Vermeulen, 21, is a neo-pro with hopes of being a GC contender someday — and his team supports that goal.

Mark Cavendish collects his 10th career Tour of California win as the race wraps up in Sacramento with overall victory for Alaphilippe.

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Mark Cavendish wins the Tour of California's closing stage in Sacramento, out-sprinting Peter Sagan.

Cavendish outsprints Sagan and Kristoff in the eighth and final stage of the Amgen Tour of California as Alaphilippe secures the overall victory

Kirsten Wild takes a sprint victory in the fourth and final stage of the Women's Amgen Tour of California as Megan Guarnier wraps up the overall win

Marianne Vos is finally finding herself winning races again after a frustrating 2015

John Degenkolb is trying to get used to shifting and breaking without using his left index finger — quite an adjustment in a hectic sprint

Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California spent some time along the Pacific Coast Highway before concluding with a photo finish in Santa Rosa

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Alexander Kristoff sprints to victory in Santa Rosa ahead of Peter Sagan, who was off the front all day long.

Alexander Kristoff just pips Peter Sagan to the line in Santa Rosa to take his first ever Amgen Tour of California stage victory

Marianne Vos takes her first victory on the new Women's WorldTour ahead of Coryn Rivera and Emma Johansson

Despite impressing at the Tour of California, Alaphilippe isn't so sure he wants to be France's next great hope for grand tours.

Scenes from the Amgen Tour of California's stage 6 time trial in Folsom

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Once a BMX racer, Allie Dragoo is in the midst of the best season of her blossoming pro road career.

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Rohan Dennis masters the Tour of California's Folsom time trial while Alaphilippe hangs onto yellow jersey.

Rohan Dennis wins Folsom time trial, but he isn't fast enough to seize the Amgen Tour of California overall lead from Julian Alaphilippe

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Twenty16 – Ridebiker upsets top European teams in Women's Amgen Tour of California team time trial; Guarnier keeps overall lead.

The Tour of California peloton climbed to South Lake Tahoe in the fifth stage.

Stage 1 of the Women's Amgen Tour of California faced windy conditions around Lake Tahoe and ended with a tough sprint finish.

Toms Skujins scores another big win at Amgen Tour of California, and Julian Alaphilippe defends the overall lead.

Much like he did last year, Toms Skujins wins stage 5 of the Amgen Tour of California, attacking out of a long-range breakaway.

Megan Guarnier wins a windswept first stage at the Women's Tour of California, attacking late to claim the overall race lead.

American Katie Hall has spent her entire pro career, which started in 2014, juggling school and racing. Now, racing is her focus.

A motorcycle driver on the Amgen Tour of California suffers a medical emergency and dies Wednesday during stage 4.

American Megan Guarnier spends much of her year in France and away from her family, but the sacrifices allow her to live out her dream.

Stage 4 at the Tour of California featured a coastal route and majestic views as the peloton made its way along Highway 1.

A year after finishing 3 seconds out of first, Julian Alaphilippe is leading the Tour of California by 22 seconds with four stages left.

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Julian Alaphilippe survived a tough succession of final climbs to hold the overall while Peter Sagan won his second stage of the week.

Peter Sagan guts out a tough, hilly finish at Laguna Seca to win a gritty sprint in stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California.

Peter Stetina wonders about what could have been on the slopes of Gibraltar but grateful to be back racing after traumatic 2015 injury.

The third stage at the Amgen Tour of California ended after a punishing ascent of Gibraltar Road.

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Julian Alaphilippe stuns the Amgen Tour peloton with a brilliant attack on the Gibraltar Road climb to claim the race's overall lead.

19-year-old Neilson Powless is taking on the biggest race of his young career this week in California

Julian Alaphilippe catches Peter Stetina just before the finish on Gibraltar Road to win stage 3 and claim the overall lead in Amgen Tour.

Ben King's Strava file shows how hard he worked to win his first career Amgen Tour of California stage and take the yellow jersey.