The Amgen Tour of California is the top race in the United States and the only U.S. race to be part of the UCI World Tour. Next in line in the U.S. might be the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, which began in 2004 and finished on 12 August. Most of the top U.S. riders compete in this race, which is considered especially difficult because of the mountainous courses.
The seven-stage 14th edition was won by America Sepp Kuss (21:41:12), who finished a healthy 2:09 ahead of Ben Hermans (BEL) and 2:21 in front of Jack Haig (AUS). Other Americans in the top 10 included Brent Bookwalter (4th: -2:39), Joe Dombrowski (6th: -2:58), Keegan Swirbul (7th: -3:39) and Peter Stetina (10th: -5:50).
