Category: tour of california

Highway collapse no danger to Tour of California

Part of California Highway 1 in Big Sur collapsed south of Carmel-by-the-Sea near Rocky Creek Bridge, possibly endangering a portion of this year’s Amgen Tour of California but Caltrans tells Amgen Tour of California race organizers that repairs should be complete in time for the May bicycle race. Stage 5 from Seaside to Paso Robles will pass along this stretch of Highway 1 through Big Sur.

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Rain in Santa Rosa

The previous editions of the Amgen Tour of California have started on Presidents Day weekend in February. Rain and cold weather has been a problem for viewers, for the cyclists, and for the aircraft orbiting overhead that shoot video and relay radio traffic from the bike race to ground stations so the rest of the world can follow the world online.

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