Peter Sagan

SANTA ROSA — Tejay van Garderen rode his bicycle into a hotel meeting room Sunday as if he were corralling a bucking bronco. He reared the cycle up on its back wheel and slammed it down during a well-earned and well-deserved celebration. Van...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. _ Tejay van Garderen rode his sleek, black BMC bicycle into a hotel conference room Sunday to meet reporters after winning the Amgen Tour of California. This guy is a man on the move. Van Garderen, 24, emerged as the biggest story...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Peter Sagan, a 23-year-old Slovakian who won five stages a year ago, won a sprint finish in the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday, sneaking past American Tyler Farrar of the Team Garmin-Sharp and Daniel Schorn...

After pedaling over three Southern California mountain ranges in searing heat, cyclists on the third leg of the Amgen Tour of California could have easily petered out Tuesday and hit the wall. Instead, some of the best bicyclists in the world whirled...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Lieuwe Westra, red-faced and shaking, was the winner of Sunday's first stage at the Amgen Tour of California, on a day when temperatures on the route were recorded as high as 105 degrees. James Stemper, of the 5-hour Energy/...

ESCONDIDO — The eighth Amgen Tour of California begins at 11:15 a.m. Sunday in Escondido, and for the first time the largest cycling stage race in the United States is traveling from south to north. The 750-mile trip will end May 19 in Santa Rosa....

The shadow of Lance Armstrong looms large as the Amgen Tour of California starts its weeklong run Sunday in Escondido. Cycling has reached a crossroads with its first big event in the United States since Armstrong acknowledged in January that he used...

The field for this year's Amgen Tour of California boasts 11 reigning national champions, seven world champions and one former winner of the Tour de France, race organizers announced Friday. But some of the cyclists who made it the biggest race in North...

Amgen Tour of California announced that 16 teams will participate in the 2013 race that will run from May 12-19. Returning for its sixth year is Belgium team Omega Pharama-Quick Step Cycling, whose roster includes popular sprinter Tom Boonen, whose...

LE CAP D'AGDE, France - Andre Greipel of Germany led a photo-finish sprint to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, while Britain's Bradley Wiggins retained the overall leader's yellow jersey as the race headed south to the Mediterranean....

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys at Sioux Falls New, 5 p.m. doubleheader AMATEUR BASEBALL Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar at Mobridge, 7 p.m. doubleheader Redfield Pheasants at Northville Merchants, 7 p.m. doubleheader GOLF SDGA Men's Match...

TODAY TEENER BASEBALL Aberdeen 15-16 Teeners vs. Watertown, Fossum Field, 5:30 p.m. doubleheader Aberdeen 13-14 Majors vs. Brookings, Fossum Field 2, 1 p.m. doubleheader LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys at Brandon Valley, 4 p.m. ALL-STAR GAMES...