USA Cycling Tours

Freddie Rodriguez eyeing his fourth victory at the US Pro Road Championships
bettor.com (blog)
While commenting on the coming race he told Cyclingnews, “I'm going into (nationals) with a very positive attitude coming out of the Tour of California”. Which was very good for me because the harder the racing is the better”. “The competition is going ...

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Timmy Duggan solos to USA professional road race title
VeloNation
Duggan was active in the Tour of California, pulling the peloton for numerous kilometers in support of team-mate Peter Sagan. He was a rock for Liquigas-Cannondale during that race, making today's result satisfying, but not surprising.

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Bright lights, big city
Oregon Business
To introduce its product to the state, 10 Speed served as the official coffee sponsor for the 2012 Amgen Tour of California bike race, which ended May 20 a few miles from its future location. “Whereas Portland is crawling with roasters and cafés, ...

Exergy Tour: The Man Behind Tour Tracker
Boise Weekly
In fact, it's been used in both the Amgen Tour of California and the Tour de France, but for many Idaho racing fans—and those who couldn't be in the Gem State to follow the race—the app was a blessing. The creator of that blessing is Allan Padgett, ...

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Tim Duggan solos to USA professional road race title
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Duggan was active in the Tour of California, pulling the peloton for numerous kilometers in support of team-mate Peter Sagan. He was a rock for Liquigas-Cannondale during that race, making today's result satisfying, but not surprising.

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A Straniero Giro: Organizers laud foreign appeal
velonews.competitor.com
They helped the Giro reach a global audience, reaching out to the US, even as the weeklong Amgen Tour of California ran. “The figures are positive,” Acquarone continued. “We broadcasted the Giro live around the world. EuroSport covered it live daily.

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Robbie McEwen's great career is over
The Roar
He chose the final stage of the Tour of California as his swan song, with his GreenEDGE team nicknaming the stage 'from sunrise to sunset [boulevard]'. The end was unremarkable, with one of the world's greatest sprinters failing to get in contention.

Freddie Rodriguez looking for fourth US Championship
Cyclingnews.com
He was the top American in the bunch sprint ending stage 1 of the Tour of California with a third-place finish, and he followed it with a respectable 29th-place result on the difficult Mt. Baldy stage as the first pure sprinter to make it up the climb.

Rogers wins Bayern Rundfahrt
SkySports
Team Sky kept a watching brief as a breakaway went clear early, soaking up the bonus seconds to allow Rogers, who held a 25-second advantage heading into the day, to claim his first stage race victory since the Tour of California in 2010.

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Dave Zabriskie nets seventh career US time trial championship
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All three riders, along with many of the 35 contenders in the field, were coming off of the Tour of California, completed last Sunday. Bookwalter spent his time there working for van Garderen, while Zabriskie held the yellow jersey until the ...

Zabriskie wins 7th US time trial cycling
MSN NZ News
Ten days earlier, he won the individual time trial stage of the Tour of California. Van Garderen was second in 40:47.90 and Brent Bookwalter third in 41:08.06. Zabriskie, 33, won his first national time trial title in 2004.

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Zabriskie wins seventh US pro Time Trial title
AFP
Ten days earlier, he won the individual time trial stage of the Tour of California. Van Garderen was second in 40:47.90 and Brent Bookwalter third in 41:08.06. Zabriskie, 33, won his first national time trial title in 2004.

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Finding a threshold for coverage
Washington Post
Last weekend, in a world-class display of fitness and championship potential, Marshall, Va., nativeJoe Dombrowski finished fourth on the steep climb up Mount Baldy in cycling's Tour of California. Without teammates to pull him along, this 20-year-old ...

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Golden Gate Bridge has served as stage for protests, events, stunts
Marin Independent-Journal
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Amgen Tour of California riders pedal across the Golden Gate Bridge on a soggy morning on February 16, 2009. The bridge has been the scene of many world-class sporting events. Shmuel Thaler photo/Santa Cruz A day ...

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Scenes From a Very Busy Sunday
LA Downtown News Online
The end result was huge crowds to watch the culmination of the Amgen Tour of California at LA Live, the fourth game of the NHL Western Conference Finals at noon at Staples Center (the Kings lost, but clinched the series two days later), ...

Amgen Tour through Mount Diablo
News in photos
Some of the world's top bicycle racers roared through Mount Diablo during the Amgen Tour of California Stage 3 recently. The event drew as many as 10000 fans to the state park on May 15. Crowds line the side of the road as the peloton climbs Mt. Diablo ...

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Amgen Power Analysis: Timmy Duggan
velonews.competitor.com
For Timmy Duggan of the Liquigas-Cannondale team, the 2012 Amgen Tour of California proved to be an outstanding race. Peter Sagan's five stage wins showed that the team had come to win, and they supported Sagan throughout the event.

Rathe quietly impressive for Garmin-Barracuda
Cyclingnews.com
Amid the dusty hustle and bustle in the team parking lot immediately following the 2012 Amgen Tour of California's closing sprint through downtown Los Angeles, Jacob Rathe, Garmin-Barracuda's barely 21-year-old neo-pro, was alternately speaking with ...

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U.S. Pro Championship Preview: Party Time in Greenville
Podium Cafe
Many American pros rode the Amgen Tour of California this year and so will be in Greenville. Missing are riders like Peter Stetina and Christian Vande Velde of Garmin-Barracuda. This year marks the final time that USPRO will be held in Greenville, ...

Spin City: A slice of paradise
Santa Cruz Sentinel
By Karen Kefauver Tour of California riders make the climb along Highway 1 out of Waddell Creek shortly after entering Santa Cruz County earlier this month. The return of the Amgen Tour of California, North America's premier road race, to Santa Cruz ...