Tour of CA 08

This year the Tour of CA will be starting in Palo Alto on Sunday Feb. 17th continuing on to Santa Rosa is Stage #1(96 miles) . Stage #2(115 miles) will be on Tuesday Feb. 19th set with a finish in my home town Sacramento, CA at approximately 2:30 pm in downtown Sac.

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The riders will face one of the toughest vertical challenges in the Amgen Tour of California only a dozen miles after departing Santa Rosa: the ascent of Trinity Grande. En route to the climb, the peloton will pass through several idyllic Sonoma County wineries, but they won’t have time to partake in the vino during Stage 2, sponsored by Union Bank of California. The Trinity Road climb and technical descent leading into Napa Valley wineries proved to be one of the most difficult sections in last year’s race so the racers will have to be attentive or risk getting gapped.

The pack will roll east past Lake Berryessa and spin through the cities of Winters and Davis, the latter of which was recently named the best cycling town by Bicycling Magazine. After turning north, the route will float adjacent to the Sacramento River and across the Tower Bridge before arriving at the Capitol Mall in Sacramento. There the cyclists will whip up the speed when they engage in a final three-lap showdown through downtown before drag racing to the finish line in front of the state’s Capitol building, a monumental location to catch the action.

More updates and pictures to come ....