Mount Baldy News

Colombia Coldeportes is back training in Colombia following their stint in the United States for the Tour of California .

Tyler Armstrong is back. The seven-year-old blond boy with two missing front teeth, who made last year's headlines after becoming one of the youngest to climb Mount Whitney, is on to his next big obstacle, Mount Kilimanjaro.

Jhon Atapuma climbs a steep road during Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California on Saturday.

There are many ways to invoke a change of scenery, getting to a higher place doesn't have to involve lengthy driving or travel expense.

A few folks may know that I rode L'Etape due California a few weeks ago, an amateur sportive that traced the full route of the Tour of California Stage 7, the infamous Baldy summit at the ski lifts.

The Amgen Tour of California rides Glendora Mountain Road during stage 7 of the bike tour Saturday, May 19, 2012.

See the route, timetable and profile here . Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California will be the ultimate test of the rider's resolve to capture the Amgen Leader Jersey.

My recent day riding the L'Etape du California along the ATOC's 8th stage route produced more personal on-bike suffering than I care to remember, but was a weekend well worth the effort.

Workers prepare for Friday's Amgen Stage 6 finish line Thursday at Snow Summit in Big Bear Lake, Calif.

The Amgen Tour of California wasn't going to be won in Thursday's time trial. But it may have been lost.

Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour de California bicycle race will be make its way through Azusa and Glendora on Saturday en route to the finish line at Mount Baldy.

Despite the arrest of 2 men in connection with repeat vehicle burglaries on Mt. Baldy Road, near Evey Canyon, the burglaries continue.

May is Bike Month . It's a wonderful time to ride. The weather couldn't be better right now for a pedal anywhere in the Sacramento/Placer/El Dorado county areas.

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The Amgen Tour of California has yet to take shape in the general classification, but one team has begun to assert itself over the peloton, firing the opening salvos in a GC fight that will go all the way to the summit of Mount Baldy on Saturday.

The BMC Racing team came to the Amgen Tour of California with the goal of delivering American Tejay van Garderen to the overall victory, but the team's ride so far has been rocky.

The eight-stage bicycle tour, which brings together some of the most famous cyclists in the world, kicked off in Santa Rosa and made its way through San Francisco on Monday.

If you missed this year's Etape du Tour and its mega thousands of feet and suffering up Mt.

The second annual Etape du California presented by Specialized drew 1000 riders to tackle stage 7 of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California .