Tour of California (HC)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Tour of California was held in February for its first 4 years. The UCI changed it to May for 2010, which causes it to conflict with the Giro d'Italia.
The move to May allows the Tour of California to avoid the worst of the state's rainy season. With the Giro d'Italia now an exhausting race as difficult to complete as the Tour de France, the Tour of California has become attractive as a training race for Tour de France hopefuls.
Initially ranked as a 2.1 race, the Tour of California was upgraded to HC starting for the 2007 edition.
The Tour of California is currently (2011) an 8-day race and is sponsored by Amgen
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed
|
| 2006 | Floyd Landis 22hr 46min 46sec |
David Zabriskie @ 29sec |
Bobbly Julich @ 34sec |
959.6 km | 42.125 |
| 2007 | Levi Leipheimer 24hr 57min 24sec |
Jens Voigt @ 21sec |
Jason McCartney @ 54sec |
1031.7 km | 41.339 |
| 2008 | Levi Leipheimer 29hr 24min 32sec |
David Millar @ 49sec |
Christian Vande Velde @ 1min 8sec |
1072.5 km | 36.468 |
| 2009 | Levi Leipheimer 31hr 28min 21sec |
David Zabriskie @ 36sec |
Michael Rogers @ 45sec |
1256.7 km | 39.930 |
| 2010 | Michael Rogers 33hr 8min 30sec |
David Zabriskie @ 9sec |
Levi Leipheimer @ 25sec |
1303.8 km | 39.339 |
| 2011 | Christopher Horner 23hr 46min 41sec |
Levi Leipheimer @ 38sec |
Tom Danielson @ 2min 45sec |
945 km | 39.743 |