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Leipheimer wins second straight Tour of California
- For the second year in a row, Levi Leipheimer hurtled to victory in the Amgen Tour of California, basking in the adoration of thousands of fans in Pasadena — and millions more around the world.
- For the second year in a row, Levi Leipheimer hurtled to victory in the Amgen Tour of California, basking in the adoration of thousands of fans in Pasadena — and millions more around the world.
Leipheimer maintains lead on long, rainy day
- With unrelenting rain, a bone-chilling headwind and a top cyclist knocked out of the race by hypothermia, Mother Nature proved herself the fiercest competitor in the Amgen Tour of California’s epic race from Seaside to San Luis Obispo on Thursday.
- With unrelenting rain, a bone-chilling headwind and a top cyclist knocked out of the race by hypothermia, Mother Nature proved herself the fiercest competitor in the Amgen Tour of California’s epic race from Seaside to San Luis Obispo on Thursday.
Farrar at home in rain
- It was the slick and treacherous roads from Santa Rosa to Sacramento that delivered a new leader in the Amgen Tour of California on Tuesday — and one that is decidedly unafraid of a little rain.
- It was the slick and treacherous roads from Santa Rosa to Sacramento that delivered a new leader in the Amgen Tour of California on Tuesday — and one that is decidedly unafraid of a little rain.
Riders get into gear early for Tour
- For many domestic riders, the Amgen Tour of California’s spot near the kickoff of the cycling season is a recipe for a heady mix of anticipation and uncertainty.
- For many domestic riders, the Amgen Tour of California’s spot near the kickoff of the cycling season is a recipe for a heady mix of anticipation and uncertainty.
Tour pedals away from S.F. in favor of Palo Alto
- The City’s streets will be left to local cyclists this Sunday.
Surprises in store for Tour of California riders
- Organizers of the three-year-old Amgen Tour of California say they are guarding against any waning excitement by dramatically changing portions of the course — a move that may shake up the order at the finish lines.
Race organizers try to stay ahead of performance enhancers
- Already with a clean slate in its first two years of existence, the Amgen Tour of California increased its drug-testing standards in a sport that has been smeared with controversy.
Tour of California gets tough on drugs
- All riders in next month’s Amgen Tour of California will have blood samples collected prior to the race and be tested for indications of blood manipulation, race organizers announced Tuesday.
Goal: Stay clean
- The route is set, the top cycling teams are being courted and the final on-course details are being attended to.
Tour of California won’t pedal through S.F. in 2008
- First, the 49ers. Now, San Francisco has been spurned by another sports franchise.
- First, the 49ers. Now, San Francisco has been spurned by another sports franchise.
Wire-to-wire win
- Most people might look askance at someone who wears the same shirt eight days in a row, but when that person is cyclist Levi Leipheimer and the shirt is the yellow leader’s jersey for the Amgen Tour of California, it might be possible to give him a break.
- Most people might look askance at someone who wears the same shirt eight days in a row, but when that person is cyclist Levi Leipheimer and the shirt is the yellow leader’s jersey for the Amgen Tour of California, it might be possible to give him a break.
Amgen Tour Daily Diary
- It was all about pressure and expectations today. Sitting at breakfast, I was asking myself how we were going to win Sunday’s race. There are some really fast guys at this year’s Tour. But then I thought about my own teammates Henk Vogels and Ivan Dominguez and how they can be the fastest guys in America on any given day.
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