Lake Tahoe is on the 2016 Amgen Tour of California route

The Amgen Tour of California travels nearly 800 miles through San Diego, South Pasadena, Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, Santa Barbara County (Gibraltar Road), Morro Bay, Monterey County at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway, Lodi, South Lake Tahoe, Santa Rosa, and Sacramento. The Lake Tahoe routes include:

Stage 5 Men’s — Lodi to South Lake Tahoe
Stage 5 will usher riders from the beautiful vineyards of Lodi to a long gradual ascent to an uphill finish in South Lake Tahoe, reaching a peak elevation of 8,600 feet – the highest in race history. The ride, essentially a 130-mile climb that gains in elevation from 50 feet to 6,650 at the finish, will showcase California’s diversity, from the rich soil of the Central Valley to the mighty peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Stage 1 Women’s — Lake Tahoe
Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM will complete a full clockwise 72-mile loop of Lake Tahoe, just like the first stage in 2015.

The high-altitude route will feature an early Queen of the Mountain climb at Emerald Bay on the West Shore before reaching North Lake Tahoe and the communities of Kings Beach and Incline Village. As the race traverses the hilly yet beautiful East Shore, teams will begin working to set up \ general classification contenders for the short but steep uphill finish to Heavenly Mountain Resort – a 1-mile climb at an approximately 7% average gradient.

Lake Tahoe is known for its natural wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts, so fans will likely be watching from boats, paddle boards and bikes throughout the loop.

—Amgen Tour of California

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