[AEG] – With inclement weather making it impossible to hold the Friday, May 15 Amgen Tour of California Time Trial Presented by Lexus as planned at Big Bear Lake, a new course is being primed in Valencia and Santa Clarita for the Men’s and Women’s Individual Time Trial events.
The course for the Stage 6 Time Trial presented by Lexus is expected to be blistering fast. One by one, the world-class cyclists will leave the start house in the Six Flags Magic Mountain parking lot and race 6.6 miles out and back. The riders will have to navigate a series of quick turns as they head out on The Old Road, revisiting roads used in past editions of the race. With no real elevation gain to contend with, this will be a quick, exciting course with plenty of chances for a surprise victor.
As of day five of [the eight days of] racing, with just :22 separating first and second place, and the top-25 race leaders separated by less than one minute, the time trial course is ripe to cause a shake-up to the standings. Expect contenders for the overall win like Team Sky’s Peter Kennaugh and Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, Lawson Craddock (Team Giant-Alpecin), Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home) and former race champion Robert Gesink (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) to do battle, using the time trial to try to put some time distance between themselves and overall contenders including Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish.
The time trial winner will gain a significant amount of time to increase his gap over the competition, so expect riders to go all-out to improve their standings leading into a very tough race day that ends at the top of Mt. Baldy on Saturday. This includes the tight competition for the SRAM Best Young Rider Jersey, where the top-5 riders are separated by only :03.
“Everything about this course is primed to deliver fast, exciting racing,” said race director Jim Birrell. “This is the day when the riders will be trying their best to shore up their positions, and where every second matters. On this fairly short course, the result is really anyone’s guess because there is room for a specialty rider to take the cake from the big hitters in the general classification. Either way, we anticipate a very aggressive attempt for the win.”
The UCI sanctioned Amgen Tour of California Women’s Invitational Time Trial empowered with SRAM, will precede the men’s Individual Time Trial (Stage 6). Twenty-three of the best women time trialists including Olympic Gold Medal winner Kristin Armstrong will compete in the invitational event on the same route. The women begin at 11:00 a.m., with the men following at 12:47 p.m. The 6.6-mile race is ranked 1.1 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the highest race classification behind a World Cup.
Jackie Crowell, an Amgen Tour of California Ambassador, will be competing under the Breakaway from Cancer® banner in her first professional race since she was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2013. Breakaway from Cancer® is Amgen’s initiative to raise awareness of the important resources available to people affected by cancer.
“This ability to relocate Friday’s Time Trial would never have happened had it not been for the incredible cooperation of agencies and organizations such as the County of Los Angeles, CalTrans, the California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Sheriff, the Cities of Santa Clarita and Valencia and Six Flags Magic Mountain,” said Kristin Bachochin Klein, Executive Director, Amgen Tour of California. “We also thank the Big Bear Lake Local Organizing Committee for all their hard work in preparing for the time trial and appreciate their cooperation in moving Stage 6 due to weather and road conditions.”
About the Amgen Tour of California
The Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race created and presented by AEG that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding course that traverses hundreds of miles of California’s iconic highways, byways and coastlines each spring. The teams chosen to participate have included Olympic medalists, Tour de France contenders and World Champions. Amgen Tour of California is listed on the international professional cycling calendar (2 HC, meaning “beyond category”), awarding important, world-ranking points to the top finishers. More information is available at www.amgentourofcalifornia.com.
This year, the men’s course will traverse more than 700 miles and wind through 12 host cities, including Sacramento, Nevada City, Lodi, San Jose, Pismo Beach, Avila Beach, Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita, Ontario, Mt. Baldy, L.A. LIVE (Downtown Los Angeles) and Pasadena. The women’s three-day stage race traveled more than 150 miles through South Lake Tahoe and Sacramento, followed by a 6.6 mile Invitational Time Trial in the Santa Clarita vacinity.
About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
About AEG
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Anschutz Company, owns or controls a collection of companies including facilities such as STAPLES Center, StubHub Center, Sprint Center, The O2, Mercedes-Benz Arena, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE and Best Buy Theater Times Square; sports franchises including the LA Kings (NHL), two Major League Soccer franchises, two hockey franchises operated in Europe, management of privately held shares of the Los Angeles Lakers; the Amgen Tour of California cycling road race; AEG Live, the organization’s live-entertainment division, is a collection of companies dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring and a variety of programming and multi-media production. For more information, visit AEG today at www.aegworldwide.com.
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45 Comments
Yes and it is Hell to drive around! Had a group of bikers turn right in front of me and I had to slam on my brakes to not hit them and behind me was another group that almost ran into me because of the first group and I was the one that got yelled at and flipped off and threatened! It was a very WTF moment! Just be careful out there people!
As if traffic in this valley is bad enough…now add dozens of rude bike riders to the mix. BAD PLANNING SCV!!!
As drivers we’re so often reminded to “share the road”, but there are plenty of cyclists who are indeed rude and ride in a manner that is dangerous. Can’t say I’m happy to read this tour will be here yet anothet day. One day is enough!
This is a professional cycling event. Not sure why “rude cyclists” is applicable here?
Because it bring packs of cycling enthusiasts on their bikes as well, who aren’t regulated like the pros. So it’s just a bigger traffic mess with RUDE cyclists to boot.
Nooooooo
Sick of this valley closing all the roads for events! 2 weeks ago my daughter couldn’t get to work on time because every road was closed for the jive live runners event:/
Sorry, it’s been posted but maybe not on your phone.
It doesn’t matter if it was posted or not… This valley needs to stop closing roads for events all the time! Once in awhile it’s ok but SCV does it all the time
They had rolling closures of 30-45 minutes. Pretty easy to plan around.
They have eveyroad closed. WHO IS ALLOWING THIS???? It took me 1 hour to travel 7 miles. NOT OK!!!
Rick Baran
Leave earlier!!! It’s been posted everywhere about the road closures!
Some folks have jobs and commitments that don’t allow them to leave earlier.
I believe a NEW route was posted because Big Bear was out of the picture. I only saw this post so far. Aside from the original plans.
Omg not bikers!! It’s the end of the world. I hope they don’t move into any of the new construction!
I think the changes were made today & not much info. I just happened to see it on a friends post.
pathetic.
Complainers! It’s been posted everywhere, plan ahead!
Right? Info has only been out for months and signs out for the past few days. Not too hard to plan around.
Hate it, ALWAYS messes up our traffic!!! Hope it POURS RAIN & HAIL TOMORROW! !!
I’m hoping ng my son will be able to get to gymnastics on time tmrw. He trains daily at a gym in Van Nuys from 4:00-8:00. We usually leave his school ( AEA high school on Kelly Johnston Parkway) by 3:00. But tmrw he has to be there till 3:25. Daily we obviously take Rye Canyon to the Old Road, make a right on the Old Road and hop on the five south by the Shell Station. Normally an easy commute. I sure hope he gets there on time tomorrow but realistically, it doesn’t seem like he will be. As it is he is having to leave school 25 minutes later than usual and if there is any of the same traffic tomorrow as there was today in the area…
Check the road closures for tomorrow. A portion of The Old Road will be closed most of the day, so you might need an alternate route after school.
Ok thx. Ugh. Found out they only will be practicing till 6:00 tmrw as the gym is setting up for a meet. It may not even pay, by the time I get him there to bring him!
Take Newhall ranch to the 5. The real problem will be the freeway. It was awful today. My child also goes to a gym in van nuys
Do they go to Gymnastics Olympica?? They have been around since 1974 and my son has been training there for seven years. Thanks for the good advice. I always forget to take Newhall Ranch to the five.
No she is at paramount elite
Oh ok. PEG. Sarah Korngold used to coach at our gym.
Go around it another way…
Good lord, you all must be pleasant people to be around.
Really? Most of you are complaining about a last-minute plan that they had to change because of the WEATHER. Forecasts only get you so far. I doubt anyone saw it coming that Big Bear would get hit that hard. What, do you want the bikers to go there and freeze to death? With the reception they get here, I doubt they want to be here any more than you want them to be.
You know I was kinda shocked they held this on a week day as usually they it on weekends to minimize traffic issues
I hope it POURS, HAIL, STREETS BECOME FLOODED! HATE the Amgen bike race. Pray for a HUGE DOWNPOUR!!!!!
This happens every year.if you guys don’t like it take a Vacation. And if you are driving…be carefully.
Santa Clarita did an amazing job hosting the the Amgen Tour. Professional cyclists from all over the world came through our city. Stay classy SCV the World is watching…The race was Grand even in the storm.
Calvin Olbes read all of comments from the ignorant a-holes who hate cyclists
These events bring a lot of money to this town. Small amount of inconvenience in my opinion.
This race is fantastic! Good work Santa Clarita for bringing this to our community. It is a blast to watch the segments live and who cares if the commute takes a few more minutes. It’s one (or in this case, two) day out of the year.
This race is fantastic! Good work Santa Clarita for bringing this to our community. It is a blast to watch the segments live and who cares if the commute takes a few more minutes. It’s one (or in this case, two) day out of the year.
Take a breathe and go with the flow.
It’s not good to take things so serious. You’re going to have a stroke.
It’s an honor to open our backyard to such an event. Open your hearts and enjoy :)
Susana Uribe-Cambia
OH My G
Did you get this memo Christopher Kontogiannis and Holly Estes?
Wow Karen who knew your post would cause such a commotion. Hope all is well need to do lunch soon :)
Awesome Town? I think not. We are a town full of spoiled brats. Most of your posts prove it. Selfish whiners. You should be looking beyond the few extra moments you have to be in your car. I had no idea tourism dollars were so offensive to you.
Maybe suggest ending this before everyone gets off of work this is ridculous.