Chris Horner News

As I've written, I'm coming back from a broken collar bone. I am right up against the Ride the Rockies, to start in Gunnison on June 9. I have put no long rides in since my encounter with the concrete drainage ditch in April.

Zabriskie, van Garderen and Danielson are just a few of the big-name riders who will race in Greenville this weekend.

The Amgen Tour of California hit the finish line in Los Angeles Sunday at LA Live/Staples Center.

For the first time since the Index 's inception, Philippe Gilbert has been knocked off the top spot by Joaquim Rodrguez , the current leader of the 2012 Giro d'Italia . However with only 126 points separating the top three positions, nothing is secure as the Giro heads into the Dolomites and Gilbert lines up for the Tour of Belgium a race he won in ... (more)

Conclusions to be drawn from last week's seven-day Amgen Tour of California, won by Robert Gesink of the Netherlands: a Gesink is as tough as he is talented.

Stage 7 was the last chance to win the Amgen Tour of California and no one left anything to chance.

PEZ's Darrell Parks captured all the action here... Batman & Robin let me shoot the 1st KOM from the roof of their Bat Mobile .

California - Dutchman Robert Gesink conquered the seventh stage of the Tour of California, holding off a fierce mountain challenge from Jhon Atapuma to grab the yellow jersey.

Chris Horner and Darwin Hurtado lead the Amgen Tour of California as they climb towards the KOM on Glendora Mountain Road during stage 7 of the bike tour Saturday, May 19, 2012.

You might think this sort of pre-stage confidence in Ontario on Saturday came from Tom Danielson , Chris Horner or Robert Gesink .

The stage is set and one thing is certain: the winner of the Amgen Tour of California will be exposed on the summit of Mount Baldy on Saturday.

L.A. Fire Dept. audit: Medical-response waits lengthen by 12 seconds citywide and as much as 20 seconds in the Valley Cyclists start Stage 6 of the 2012 the Amgen Tour of California at Marie Kerr Park in Palmdale on Friday, May 18.

After four days of bunch sprints, the general classification is finally starting to evolve in the 2012 edition of the Amgen Tour of California : the race lead has been assumed by time trial winner David Zabriskie but his 34 second lead over second placed Tejay van Garderen and even the 2:50 he has on last year's winner Chris Horner may not be a big ... (more)

Former Christchurch cyclist Josh Atkins is rubbing shoulders with the rock stars of cycling in the Tour of California and showing many of them how it's done.

If the Amgen Tour of California had a jersey for the most popular rider, it would likely go to RadioShack-Nissan 's Jens Voigt .

More than 80 national, local vendors . 10:30 a.m.: Course and road closures; spectators located on course will be there for duration of the race.

CLOVIS, Calif. - Slovakia's Peter Sagan of Slovakia raced to his event-opening fourth straight stage victory in the Tour of California on Wednesday to increase his overall lead to 16 seconds.

Halfway through the Amgen Tour of California , Chris Horner is happy because he's certain the eight-day race is about to begin.

Sagan swung wide to the right to edge Heinrich Haussler of Australia for the third day en route to claiming the 115.3-mile San Jose to Livermore road race in 4 hours, 50 minutes and 49 seconds.

With Thursday's stage 5 time trial looming on the horizon, followed by stage 6 into Big Bear and the stage 7 summit finish on Mount Baldy, RadioShack-Nissan is preparing for a GC battle at the Amgen Tour of California in defense of Chris Horner's 2011 title.