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Tour of California
The Tour of California (Amgen Tour of California) is an annual professional cycling stage race on the UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour. It was first held in 2006. The eight-day race covers 650–700 miles (1,045–1,126 km) through the U.S. state of California. A typical edition might begin in Nevada City, travel through the redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast, and finish in a southern California city such as Escondido. The 2009 race crossed the Central Valley from Merced to Fresno, with an excursion through the Sierra Nevada foothills, before crossing over to the coast. The tour is sponsored by Amgen, a large California-based biotech company.
With eight or nine of the 20 UCI ProTour teams (known as ProTeams) usually racing, the Tour of California is one of the most important cycling races in the United States, along with the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. On November 28, 2006, the UCI upgraded it from 2.1 (category 1) to 2.HC ((フランス語:Hors categorie); English: ''beyond category''), the highest rating for races on the UCI Continental Circuits and one of only four such stage races in the United States. The USA Pro Cycling Challenge and the Tour of Utah are the only other current 2.HC being raced as of 2015.
The race was originally staged in February but, the 2010 Tour of California was moved to May, the same time that the Giro d'Italia is held.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling )〕 At the time of the move it was considered likely that the number of Americans in the Giro and Italians in the Tour of California would decrease.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=California tour moves to May next year - VeloNews.com )〕 Tour of California organizers sought to make the race a preparatory event for the Tour de France, believing few riders who seek a serious position in the Tour would ride the Giro. Since the change in schedule, the race has continued to be held in May.
== General Classification Results ==
The leader and overall winner by time after each stage and at the conclusion of the race wears a ''Yellow Jersey''. Originally the leader's jersey was gold, a reference to the California Gold Rush, but in 2009 the jersey color was changed to yellow.
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