Saunier Duval - Prodir 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)

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

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

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

The Queen stage of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California may have crowned its new King, as Robert Gesink grabbed the stage win and the yellow jersey, with a crushing attack on a group of GC rivals on the final climb up Mount Baldy.

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.

More than 120 of the world's best riders, Americans David Zabriskie, Levi Leipheimer, and defending champion Chris Horner and are currently winding their way toward Los Angeles for the finish of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California, arguably the most prestigious pro race outside of Europe.

If he plays this weekend right, Robert Gesink could be the second rider in a row to miss the pre-race press conference and win the Amgen Tour overall.

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.

The top leaders behind the first two riders, turn the corner from Piedmont Road onto Calaveras Road, in Milpitas, during the first part of Stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California cycling race, on Tuesday, May 15, 2011.