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Oct 30, 2019

Tour of California won’t be held in 2020

The Tour of California 2020 will not be held, the organisers have announced (Pictures: Getty Images) The Tour of California will not be held in 2020, the race organiser has announced.

May 18, 2019

Record-breaker Tadej Pogačar wins Tour of California after Cees Bol wins stage seven

Cees Bol wins the 2019 Nokere Koerse (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates) became the youngest ever winner of a WorldTour stage race as he defended the yellow jersey on the seventh and final day of the Tour of California. The 20-year-old Slovenian finished safely in the peloton as Cees Bol (Team Sunweb) was fastest in the bunch sprint in Pasadena. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) […]

May 18, 2019

Elisa Balsamo wins frantic stage three as Anna van der Breggen wraps up Tour of California GC

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - MAY 18: Podium / Celebration / Arrival / Celebration / Elisa Balsamo of Italy riding for Team Valcar Cylance Cycling / during the Amgen Tour of California Women's Race 2019, Stage 3 a 126km stage from Santa Clarita to Pasadena / #AmgenTOCWomen / @AmgenTOC / on May 18, 2019 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)Anna van der Breggen (Boels-Dolmans) rode superbly to stem off repeated attacks to ensure that she won the Tour of California. On the third and final stage of the Women’s WorldTour race, Elisa Balsamo (Valcar Cylance) was the fastest in a reduced bunch sprint, beating Arlenis Sierra (Astana) and Leigh Ann Ganzar (Hagens Berman-Supermint). It […]

May 18, 2019

Brilliant Tadej Pogačar rides into Tour of California lead after thrilling stage six win

VENTURA, CALIFORNIA - MAY 16: Podium / Celebration / Tag Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE - Team Emirates / during the 14th Amgen Tour of California 2019, Stage 5 a 219,5km stage from Pismo Beach to Ventura / #AmgenTOC / @AmgenTOC / on May 16, 2019 in Ventura, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)UAE-Team Emirates Tadej Pogačar belied his age and experience to win stage six of the Tour of California and with it ceased control of the race. In a thrilling denouement to a sensational stage that finished atop a misty Mt. Baldy, the 20-year-old caught Sergio Higuita (EF-Education First) inside the final kilometre and beat the […]

May 17, 2019

Dominant Boels-Dolman score one-two as Anna van der Breggen closes in on Women's Tour of California victory

VENTURA, CALIFORNIA - MAY 16: / Arrival / Celebration / Anna Van Der Breggen of The Netherlands and Boels Dolmans Cycling Team / Katharine Hall of The United States and Boels Dolmans Cycling Team / celebrate after the Amgen Tour Of California Women's Race 2019, Stage 1 a 96,5km stage from Ventura to Ventura / #AmgenTOCWomen / @AmgenTOC / on May 16, 2019 in Ventura, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)Anna van der Breggen moved a step closer to winning the Women’s Tour of California for a second time, after her Boels-Dolmans team-mate Katie Hall won stage two atop Mount Baldy. American Hall, the 2018 winner, crossed the line just ahead of stage one winner Van der Breggen who...