Team headed by three-time winner Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer of the RadioShack team has won the Amgen Tour of California three times in his career (2007-2009) and wants to add a fourth title to his palmarès. The American squad is […]
Four categorised climbs lie in wait for riders What was laid out as being a stunning coastal stage from Seaside to Paso Robles has had to be rerouted at this year’s Tour of California, although the organisers have assured that […]
Talented 22 year old American aiming high As the Amgen Tour of California approaches, prodigiously talented HTC Highroad rider Tejay Van Garderen has laid out a clear target for himself: the top step of the podium in the country’s most […]
Lars Boom, Oscar Freire and Michael Matthews all expected to shine With an entirely Dutch line up being sent to the Giro d’Italia, to largely concentrate on supporting the sprint talent of Theo Bos, the orange and blue team is […]
Playing support role in Liège-Bastogne-Liège today Garmin-Cervélo’s Tom Danielson has a clear set of targets in the month ahead, with his first big aim being a strong performance in the Tour of California. “I am not going to downplay it. […]
Women’s invitation race to be run on the same course and the same day as the men’s stage Amgen Tour of California organiser AEG has announced details of the inaugural Amgen Tour of California Women’s International Time Trial Challenge, presented […]
Impressive lineup for 2011 edition What looks like the strongest-ever lineup for the Amgen Tour of California has been announced, with a total of nine UCI ProTeams being confirmed for the May 15 -22 WorldTour race. Some of North America’s […]
4,500 positions available to be filled Cycling fans who want to get closer to the Amgen Tour of California have the chance to be part of the event, following a call by the race organisers for volunteers to contact them […]
Details and video profiles of final two stages released Following two waves of information about this year’s race, the organisers of the Amgen Tour of California has concluded its drip-feeding of this year’s route, releasing details of the final two […]
Stages four to six released, video clips included here Following yesterday’s announcement of the first three stages of the Amgen Tour of California, details of the next three legs of the race have today been released. They will again reinforce […]
Video summaries of opening days Marking out from the outset that this year’s Amgen Tour of California will be the toughest yet, the first of three stages unveiled today will immediately thrust the riders into the high mountains. The event […]
Efimkin, Reijnen and Southerland talk targets With details of the first three stages of the Amgen Tour of California being released today, the Team Type 1 sanofi-aventis squad has said that it is psyched about its participation in this year’s […]
Lance Armstrong’s participation possible thanks to USADA’s rules regarding investigations The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) will handle anti-doping testing for its country’s top race, the Tour of California in May. The decision is meant to strengthen controls of cyclists […]
Solvang time trial returns in race that kicks off in Lake Tahoe The sixth running of the Tour of California will take place from May 15-22, 2011, covering eight stages from Lake Tahoe in the Northeast down to Thousand Oaks, […]
As most of the riders head back to their respective homes following the hardest Tour of California in its still rather young history, one incident will mar the memory for at least 26 riders. On the final day of the […]
Australian fights off attacks in final stage Garmin-Transitions’ Ryder Hesjedal won the eighth and final stage of the Tour of California today, beating George Hincapie (BMC Racing) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) in the sprint out of a five-man break. […]
Team looks towards overall victory on Sunday The HTC Columbia team is putting on a very good performance in the Tour of California. The American team protected team leader and yellow jersey Michael Rogers very well in the mountains towards […]
Australian heads with nine-second lead over Zabriskie to final stage Michael Rogers only had to succumb to his HTC Columbia teammate Tony Martin in the 33.6km time trial in the Tour of California. Martin was more than a minute faster […]
