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Tour of California

Boonen cancels participation in Tour of California due to ongoing injury

Tour of Belgium provisional date for his return to competition Forced to withdraw from his defence of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix due to a crash in the former, Tom Boonen has also had to take the difficult decision […]

Author: VeloNation Press Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Boonen cancels participation in Tour of California due to ongoing injury

Tour of Belgium provisional date for his return to competition Forced to withdraw from his defence of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix due to a crash in the former, Tom Boonen has also had to take the difficult decision […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Horner forced to scrap Tour of California participation

RadioShack Leopard rider blames knee problem for withdrawal from lineup The 2011 race winner Chris Horner has been forced to abandon his planned participation in the upcoming Tour of California, which begins on May 12th. The American rider started suffering […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Tour of California announces names for Women’s Invitational Time Trial

US champion Amber Neben and Worlds silver medalist Evie Stevens head 15-rider list The organiser of the Amgen Tour of California, AEG Sports, has announced the list of riders that have been selected to ride this year’s third edition of […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Rodriguez unequalled on final climb, wins stage five of Tirreno-Adriatico

Froome takes over race lead from Kwiatkowski as Polish rider loses time in finale Powering ahead inside the final kilometre and a half and proving once again that he is one of the very best riders in cycling on short, […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling|Race Reports and Results, Tour of California,

Gilbert, Boonen, Sagan, van Garderen plus eight WorldTour teams confirmed for 2013 Amgen Tour of California

Strong lineup announced for prestigious American race Confirming the planned participation of some of the sport’s top riders including current and past world champions Philippe Gilbert and Tom Boonen, two of the sport’s most promising young riders in Peter Sagan […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Video and stage details: Tough Amgen Tour of California 2013 route revealed

Mount Diablo summit finish, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway climb and individual time trial to shape race Heading South to North for the first time and taking in beaches, deserts and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge plus some very tough mountain […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California, Video,

Amgen Tour of California battle to climax with San Jose TT and Mt. Diablo uphill finish

Details released of eight edition of top US event Heading south to north for the first time in its history and peaking with a penultimate-day finish atop Mount Diablo, the eighth Amgen Tour of California has been unveiled by the […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Gesink takes Tour of California while Sagan scoops fifth stage win

Aggressive racing on final stage doesn’t prevent bunch sprint Robert Gesink completed his comeback from a bad leg fracture suffered last September when he rounded out as final overall winner in the Tour of California. The Rabobank rider had grabbed […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of California,

Tour of California: Robert Gesink grabs yellow jersey on Mt. Baldy

American race likely to have second non-American winner after Gesink takes stage and overall lead Robert Gesink (Rabobank) marked his return to good form with a sparkling performance on the steep summit finish on Mount Baldy.  The Dutchman took stage […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of California,

Georges celebrates biggest career win while Velits looks forward

D-day today in Tour of California Ag2r La Mondiale rider Sylvain Georges has described his stage win on yesterday’s sixth stage of the Amgen Tour of California as his most important achievement thus far in the sport, and sees it […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Tour of California: Sylvain Georges escapes to grueling win in stage six

With no wins yet in 2012, Ag2R-La Mondiale breaks through to get two in a day No one in the western United States knew his name when stage six of the Tour of California got underway, but no one is […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of California,

Van Garderen gunning for Amgen Tour of California victory

BMC Racing Team rider set for all out battle on Mt. Baldy stage Having jumped up to second overall in the race after his strong third place in yesterday’s time trial, Tejay Van Garderen has identified the main obstacles to […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Tour of California: Zabriskie to fight to keep yellow ‘until he’s almost dying’

Time trial winner ready to fight on upcoming climbs Grabbing the yellow jersey after his dominant win in yesterday’s time trial and heading into the race’s two mountain stages with a buffer over the other GC riders, Dave Zabriskie has […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Voigt turns back the clock to take second in Tour of California TT

Superb ride for veteran RadioShack Nissan rider While he remains one of the strongest riders at dragging a bunch along, as well as the one of the most exciting to watch, it’s been quite some time since Jens Voigt won […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Kristin Armstrong wins Amgen Tour of California Women’s Time Trial

Olympic champion beats mainly domestic field as bid for London qualification continues Kristin Armstrong (Exergy-TWENTY12) scorched to victory in the second edition of the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Time Trial, on the same 29.7km Bakersfield course that would be […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of California,

Tour of California: Sagan dominating, but doesn’t believe he’ll keep yellow today

Slovakian plays down time trial chances Peter Sagan has kept a perfect record to date in the Amgen Tour of California, with the Slovakian clocking up his fourth consecutive stage win yesterday in Clovis, but he believes that his winning […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of California,

Tour of California: Zabriskie grabs TT stage win and yellow jersey

Voigt, Van Garderen second and third; highlights video added USA champion Dave ‘Captain America’ Zabriskie grabbed both the stage win and the overall lead in the Amgen Tour of California, dominating the stage five time trial with a superb performance. […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of California,

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