Amgen Tour of California

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Tour of California
Local name	Tour of California
Title Sponsor	Amgen (since 2006)
Region	California, United States
Date	February (since 2006)
Type	Stage Race
UCI Rating	2.HC (2007); 2.1 (2006)
History
First Edition	2006
Number of Editions	2
First Winner	Floyd Landis ( United States),
Latest winner	Levi Leipheimer ( United States)
Most Wins	Floyd Landis ( United States) 1 time Levi Leipheimer ( United States) 1 time
Most Stage Wins	4 stages: Juan José Haedo ( Argentina)

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2007 Tour of California

The Amgen Tour of California is a professional cycling stage race on the UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that made its debut on February 19, 2006. Sponsored by the biotechnology company Amgen, the eight-day race covers between 650-700 mile. The race annually starts in San Francisco, then travels through the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast to finish in Los Angeles County. With eight to nine of the twenty UCI ProTour teams in attendance, the Tour of California has proven to be one of the largest cycling races in the United States along with the Tour de Georgia since the demise of the Coors Classic in 1988.

On November 28, 2006, the UCI upgraded the multi-day event from 2.1 (category 1) to 2.HC (French: Hors categorie; English: beyond categorization), which is the highest rating and makes it only the second 2.HC event in the United States along with the Tour de Georgia.

1 Jerseys of the Tour of California
2 External links

[edit] Jerseys of the Tour of California

[edit] General Classification

The current leader and overall winner by time after each stage and at the conclusion of the race is awarded the Golden Jersey. Gold is the chosen color due to the state's history in the California Gold Rush.

[edit] Winners

[edit] Most Days in Golden Jersey

Levi Leipheimer United States, 9 days (2007: 7 days; 2006: 2 days)
Floyd Landis United States, 5 days
George Hincapie United States, 1 day

[edit] Sprints Classification

The current leader and overall winner by points awarded by his placing in intermediate and final sprints is awarded the Green Jersey.

[edit] Winners

2006 : Olaf Pollack Germany, T-Mobile Team
2007 : Juan Jose Haedo Argentina Team CSC

[edit] Most Days in Green Jersey

Juan José Haedo Argentina, 6 days (2007: 4 days; 2006: 2 days)
George Hincapie United States, 3 days
Allan Davis Australia, 2 days
Olaf Pollack Germany, 1 day

[edit] Mountains Classification

The current leader and overall winner by points awarded by his placing in mountain climbs is awarded the Orange Jersey and is known as the race's King of the Mountains.

[edit] Winners

2006 : Levi Leipheimer United States, Gerolsteiner
2007 : Christophe Laurent France, Credit Agricole

[edit] Most Days in Orange Jersey

Christophe Laurent France, 4 days
Bernhard Kohl Austria, 4 days
Levi Leipheimer United States, 2 days
Thomas Peterson United States, 2 days

[edit] Best Young Rider Classification

The current leader and overall winner by time for riders under the age of 25 is awarded the Silver Jersey.

[edit] Winners

2006 : Thomas Peterson United States, Team TIAA-CREF
2007 : Robert Gesink Netherlands, Rabobank

[edit] Most Days in Silver Jersey

Thomas Peterson United States, 6 days
Robert Gesink Netherlands, 3 days
Matthew Lloyd Australia, 3 days
Zachary Grabowski United States, 2 days
Taylor Tolleson United States, 1 day

[edit] Most Aggressive Rider Classification

The Blue Jersey is given to the most aggressive rider at the end of each stage. An overall jersey at the end of the race is not awarded. It usually represents a rider who took an early breakaway or who attacks at key moments in the stage to press the action.