KFDA - NewsChannel 10 / Amarillo, TX: newschannel10.comArmstrong to compete in 2010 Tour of California
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Associated Press - October 23, 2009 8:35 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lance Armstrong will compete in next year's Tour of California, which will feature route changes and be moved from February to May to avoid the rainy season.
Armstrong announced
The announcement for the May 16-23 race means Armstrong will not compete in the 2010 Giro d'Italia (JEER'-oh dee-TAHL'-yah), which also will be held in May. The Austin cycling great raced the Giro for the first time this year, finishing ninth, but Italian organizers had expected him to opt for the California race since his new team has an American sponsor.
The Giro route will be unveiled tomorrow.
The California race will begin with a road stage for the first time from Nevada City, California, to Sacramento. It'll pass through Davis, Santa Rosa, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Modesto, Visalia, Bakersfield, Pasadena, Big Bear Lake, Los Angeles and end in Thousand Oaks, home of title sponsor Amgen.
Stage 7 will be the individual time trial in downtown Los Angeles next to Staples Center.
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