Peter Sagan extended his overall lead in the Tour of California when he won Tuesday’s third stage in a sprint finish, completing a rare hat-trick of stage wins in North America’s most prestigious cycling event.
The Slovakian, who also won the first two stages of the eight-day race, made it a perfect 3-for-3 when he surged clear of the pack approaching the finish line to win the 115-mile trek from San Jose to Livermore in four hours, 50 minutes and 49 seconds.
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Fans of all sizes made their way to Marina Green on Monday morning for Stage 2 of the Tour of California, the nation’s biggest professional cycling event. There were young children dutifully following their parents on their two-wheelers and serious-looking cyclists cruising around with state-of-the-art equipment.
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Another day, another flat, another victory for Peter Sagan. A day after hurdling a punctured tire to win Stage 1 of the Tour of California, Sagan (Team Liquigas-Cannondale) retained the leader’s jersey by nabbing Stage 2 in Santa Cruz County on Monday; this time, overcoming a flat tire and a 10-man crash.
“Today was very hard,” Sagan said.
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What awaits the competitors of the Tour of California is 733.5 miles of paved riding hell.
Tejay van Garderen is one of those riders, and he’s looking forward to it.
“I want to try and get on the podium this year and I think that’s possible,” said van Garderen, a member of BMC Racing. “We’re bringing a strong team with us, especially with guys like George Hincapie and Brent Bookwalter, who know the race well.”
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The Amgen Tour of California will revisit its birthplace in 2012, returning to San Francisco after a one-year hiatus.Stage 2 of the eight-day race, the largest and most prestigious American professional cycling race, will start in San Francisco near the Golden Gate Bridge and venture south along the coast to Santa Cruz.The race will run from May 13 through May 20, returning to The City on May 14.
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Residents will be celebrating all things bicycle-related in downtown Livermore on Tuesday to kick off stage four of the Amgen Tour of California.The bike tour started in Nevada City on Monday and is scheduled to end in Thousand Oaks on May 22.Stage four of the tour is set to start in Livermore at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday. The athletes will bike 81 miles to San Jose, covering three grueling climbs along the way, according to the tour’s website.
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Snow delayed the start of the 6th annual Amgen Tour of California for the first time in its history, according to race officials.
The race, which was scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday and would lead racers around Lake Tahoe, was delayed 2.5 hours until race officials called off the first stage due to weather.
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The start of the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California has been delayed because of unsafe weather conditions in the Lake Tahoe area, according to race organizers.The first stage of the race, which was scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, will not start until 1:15 p.m., according to a statement from the race posted to its website.
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As renowned professional cyclists from all across the globe gear up for the 2011 Amgen Tour of California, tour officials announced the details of the opening three stages of the annual race Wednesday.
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In just its fifth year of existence, the Amgen Tour of California has already established its place as one of the elite cycling events on the globe.By moving the race to May — historically the time of the much more established Giro d’Italia — race officials have made a confident claim that the Amgen Tour can be the most important preparation race for cycling’s most famous competition — the Tour de France.
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