ATOC Time Trials to be Relocated to Santa Clarita Due to Weather
Due to the forecast of snow and low temperatures, the Amgen Tour of California organizers have determined that race day conditions will not be safe for riders, teams, partners, fans or staff participating or attending the Individual Time Trial events scheduled for Friday, May 15 at Big Bear Lake. In order to preserve the important …
Report & Photo Gallery: ATOC – Skujins Wins on Mountain Stage and Takes GC Lead
In what might come to be the greatest escape of the 10th anniversary Amgen Tour of California, 23-year-old Toms Skujins (LAT) of the Hincapie Racing Team suffered through the mountainous 107.6-mile stage to claim a solo victory by more than a minute along with the coveted Amgen Race Leader Jersey. Stage 3, presented by SRAM, …
Report & Photo Gallery: ATOC – Sprinter Battle Re-Ignites for Second Consecutive Day
It was another day for the sprinters and no shortage of virtual fireworks for the 10th anniversary Amgen Tour of California as Etixx – Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team’s Mark Cavendish (GBR) blasted over the finish line to his second stage win in the first two days of racing. At the Nevada City start of Stage …
Report & Photo Gallery: ATOC – Cavendish and Kirchman Win In Sacramento
The 10th anniversary of the Amgen Tour of California began big, with the longest ride of this year’s 8-stage race (126.2 miles) beginning and ending at the California State Capitol building in Sacramento where Etixx – Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team’s Mark Cavendish (GBR) rocketed to his 10th stage win of the 2015 season. A site …
Kirchman Wins Stage 2 of Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race
The Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM continued in South Lake Tahoe today with Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies’ Leah Kirchmann (CAN) besting the other 70 cyclists after two laps of a 25-mile circuit (49.7 miles total). Lauren Komanski (Winston-Salem, NC), riding for Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air, began the day in third place …
Katie Hall Wins Stage One of Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race
It was a chilly day (39 degrees) in South Lake Tahoe as 82 elite women road cyclists began the first UCI-sanctioned Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM, but the peloton brought the heat, blazing around the lake at speeds averaging 23+ mph on the undulating 74.5-mile course. As the 82 cyclists racing …
