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Amgen Tour of California 2011: Awesome route!

"We will try to do a good Tour of California" - Kim Andersen, Leopard-Trek "For Rabobank it's an important race" - Lars Boom, Rabobank "It’s like the Tour de France" - Carlos Sastre, Geox-TMC "I would say it is at the level of a Grand Tour, comparable to the Giro d'Italia." - Roberto...

Keep dreaming. Colombia had 0 riders in Tour de France last year. Btw. it's amazing how much people talk about Tour of California these days...

He is on his bike.

The big stars are always in the big movies, so it's no coincidence that big stars prefer California.

They have invited Team NetApp in order to promote Tour of California in Germany, and make the event more international. Cancellera, Schlecks, Armstrong, Leipheimer, Basso, Cavendish... will all ride in California this year

Numbers don't lie. Tour of California is bigger than Paris-Nice and many other stage races on the World Tour. For example you can view on the front page of CyclingNews: "Team NetApp to ride Amgen Tour of California". Only the Giro and Tour get as much attention. The poll also confirms I have...

How can one of the most important american cycling experts, Phil Ligget be a moron? "The race organization (Tour of California) is equal to or better than the Tour de France." - Phil Ligget "The prologue we have for the Tour of California is as good as the prologue for the Tour de France"...

Well, you have watched your last cycling race then :) Tour of California, or the "4th Grand Tour" is already more significant than the Giro and Vuelta. These quotes speak for themselves: "I might even take it a step further by saying it’s second only to the Tour de France.” - Lance...

He is just saying what I've been saying all the time - Tour of California is the future. "The Amgen Tour of California is one of the best races in the world for cycling fans" - CyclingNews CyclingNews has just been announced as official media partner for ToC :) = less Giro coverage, more...

Paul Sherwen, a cycling expert: "The Tour of California has drawn massive crowds," he says. "If you look at the roads in the Vuelta, there's very few people."

Vuelta is decreasing every year. Declining television audiences, low interest from public and sponsors pulling out. Perhaps Tour of California can replace it as USA TODAY has suggested? American cycling is booming. In 2011 there will be 16 (!) American UCI-registered teams, while Spain is...

ProTeams 2011: AG2R Garmin-Cervélo Katusha Lampre-ISD Omega Pharma-Lotto Quick Step Cycling Team Rabobank Cycling Team Saxo Bank SunGard Sky ProCycling Team RadioShack BMC Racing Team Euskaltel-Euskadi HTC-Highroad Liquigas-Cannondale Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project...

Journalists and magazines? I can find hundreds of experts who all think that Tour of California is a Grand Tour, or "mini Grand Tour". Even CyclingNews.com are starting to have more articles related to the Tour of California than the Giro + Vuelta combined.