2009 Tour of California to cross Golden Gate Bridge Amgen Tour of California race organizer AEG announced the 16 start and finish cities for the 2009 edition of the Tour of California today. Eight new locations have been added to the list of host cities. The new cities -- Davis, Santa Cruz, Merced, Clovis...

Ken scooped me on this : Palo Alto is angling to host a stage finish of the 2009 Tour of California. A proposed stage would start "north of San Francisco" (in Marin County, probably?), wind across San Francisco into the coast range then drop out of the Santa Cruz Mountains into downtown Palo...

Another nasty day of cold rain punished the peloton as they rode from Santa Clarita to Pasadena in Stage 7 today in the 2008 Amgen Tour of California. In the end, a five man breakaway battled it out in the final kilometer, with George Hincapie winning Team High Road's first stage win in this final...

What an incredible sprint finish! As the 6th stage of the Amgen Tour of California wound down in Santa Clarita, several cyclists went on the attack. David Millar (Slipstream Chipotle) bridged up from the peloton to the break when Team Astana took notice and attacked to catch the breakaway and prevent...

Levi Leipheimer in Solvang - Photo courtesy Ken Conley The weather for Stage 5 in the Amgen Tour of California was a big improvement over yesterday, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 50s. Some of the cyclists encountered light sprinkles of rain, and the wet roads -- including a flooded...

The Seaside to SLO leg follows the scenic California Central Coast, but the riders in stage 4 of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California enjoyed none of the views as they slogged through dreary, cold rain and constant headwinds, keeping the pace under 20 mph for much of today's long stage. The racers finally...

It was an exciting mano y mano in the final 20 miles of today's stage as Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank) battled it out in a two man breakaway, with a chase group led by David Zabriskie (CSC) and Fabian Cancellara (CSC) fought to catch up to keep the yellow jersey away from...

The new Specialized Angel made her debut appearance during the 2008 Amgen Tour of California. Please feel free to comment. Photo by Ken Conley Here are some more photos of the Specialized Angel -- click on the image to view large. If you like this post, please share it using one of the buttons below...

So who in the world is Scott Nydam? This 30 year old cyclist for Team BMC took the limelight for much of Stage 2 when he held the lead for almost the entire race. Nydam broke away from the field and rode solo after only 10 miles, gaining a lead that grew to as much as 15 minutes. Nydam, who calls Santa...

It's a rainy and cold day in northern California for the 3rd Stage from Santa Rosa to Sacramento. In spite of the wet conditions, there were good crowds in Santa Rosa, along the mountain roads, the bike friendly college town of Davis and at the finish line in Sacramento. Scott Nydam (BMC) broke away...