Hi Pedalers!

The Amgen Tour of California race starts Sunday and will be broadcast on the
Versus Network (Dish TV channel 151). These are the dates/times I pulled
from their web site. You might check to make sure they are correct.

In its second year, the race has already received an upgraded rating from
the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the international governing body of
cycling, to a 2. Hors Classe (2.HC), the highest rating a professional stage
race outside of Europe can receive. This ought to be good and get us
excited to start riding outside again! :)


-- Jim

Amgen Tour of California
Channel: 151 VS
February 18: 2:00PM, 9:00PM
February 19: 7:00PM
February 20: 7:00PM
February 21: 8:00PM
February 22: 8:00PM
February 23: 8:00PM
February 24: 2:00PM, 9:00PM
February 25: 2:00PM, 9:00PM


>
> WORLD-CLASS FIELD ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2007 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL
> CYCLING ROAD RACE
> BEGINS THIS SUNDAY IN SAN FRANCISCO
> The world-class roster of teams and cyclists -
> considered to be the finest collection of talent to compete in a U.S. stage
> race - entered in the 2007 Amgen Tour of California, an internationally
> sanctioned professional cycling road race that will host 18 teams and 144
> riders racing throughout California February 18-25, 2007, has been announced
> by race presenters AEG.
>
> In its second year, the race has already received an upgraded rating from the
> Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the international governing body of
> cycling, to a 2. Hors Classe (2.HC), the highest rating a professional stage
> race outside of Europe can receive.
>
> The race will bring the top cycling talent in the world to compete across 650
> miles of California roadway from San Francisco to Long Beach. Attracting an
> unprecedented field of riders from 28 countries, cyclists hail from countries
> as far away as Trinidad and Tobago, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Cuba, South Africa,
> Belarus, Luxembourg and Kazakhstan.
>
> The collection of riders, considered the strongest field of participants ever
> to race in the United States, will include Discovery Channel Pro Cycling,
> T-Mobile, Predictor-Lotto, HealthNet and Team CSC, which returns to defend the
> title as the overall classification winner of the 2006 Amgen Tour of
> California.
>
> For more information and list of the field, visit:
> www.amgentourofcalifornia.com