AMGEN Tour of California, 2009

America's most successful cycling race, the Amgen Tour of California, is an eight-day “rolling festival” through California that has in its first two years already become one of the nation’s largest and most recognized annual sports events. This international, world-class cycling road race features eliteprofessional teams and athletes from around the world competing for the highest prize purse of any cycling race in North America. The Amgen Tour of California will bring the drama and excitement of a professional cycling stage race to the California coast for a fourth year in 2009, along with complementary events and festivals planned in each of the host cities along the route.