May 14, 2016 – AEG, presenter of the Amgen Tour of California, May 15-22, has announced the rosters for the eleventh annual stage race. One of the most important races on the international calendar, the event attracts some of the brightest cycling stars in the world to the golden state each May. This year’s field includes 11 World Champions, five Olympic medalists and Rio Olympic hopefuls – an all-star lineup that includes Peter Sagan (SVK), Bradley Wiggins (GBR), Mark Cavendish (GBR), John Degenkolb (GER), Alexander Kristoff (NOR) and Julian Alaphilippe (FRA).
Canada is represented by Rob Britton, Adam De Vos, Pierrick Naud and Will Routley racing for Rally Cycling while Ryan Anderson and Antoine Duchesne are on the start line for Direct Energie, and Jordan Cheyne will be in Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis colours.
The Amgen Tour of California is known for epic sprinter shootouts, and the 2016 edition will pit reigning World Champion and UCI’s top-ranked rider Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), also the California defending champion and Sprint record holder, against rivals Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka), who came away with the green jersey last year, John Degenkolb (Team Giant-Alpecin) and Alexander Kristoff (Team KATUSHA).
In addition to Sagan, general classification hopefuls include 2014 race champion Bradley Wiggins, back with his development squad (Team WIGGINS), French sensation Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx – Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team), who placed second by seconds last year, Laurens ten Dam (Team Giant-Alpecin), Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team), Andrew Talansky (Cannondale Pro Cycling Team) and Lawson Craddock (Cannondale Pro Cycling Team), two-time Best Young Rider at the Amgen Tour of California.
With 144 cyclists (18 teams), and the most ever WorldTour teams, preparing to face-off over a 782-mile course from Southern to Northern California May 15-22, some of the favorites in the most popular categories include:
Amgen Tour of California 2016 Men’s Rosters
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Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team (USA)
Tao Geoghegan-Hart GBR
William Barta USA
Geoffrey Curran USA
Gregory Daniel USA
Ruben Guerreiro POR
Krists Neilands LAT
Logan Owen USA
Neilson Powless USA
Colin Joyce USA
Phil O’Donnell USA
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka (RSA)
Mark Cavendish GBR
Matthew Brammeier IRL
Bernhard Eisel AUT
Tyler Farrar USA
Nathan Haas FRA
Jacques Janse van Rensburg RSA
Mark Renshaw AUS
Daniel Teklehaimanot ERI
Nicolas Dougall RSA
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg RSA
Team Giant – Alpecin (GER)
John Degenkolb GER
Soren Kragh Andersen DEN
Roy Curvers NED
Koen De Kort NED
Caleb Fairly USA
Ramon Sinkeldam NED
Sindre Skjoestad Lunke NOR
Laurens Ten Dam NED
Carter Jones USA
Zico Waeytens BEL
Team KATUSHA (RUS)
Alexander Kristoff NOR
Jacopo Guarnieri ITA
Marco Haller AUT
Vladimir Isaychev RUS
Tiago Machado POR
Michael Morkov DEN
Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia COL
Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL
Nils Politt GER
Angel Vicioso ESP
Rally Cycling (USA)
Jesse Anthony USA
Rob Britton CAN
Adam De Vos CAN
Evan Huffman USA
Emerson Oronte USA
Danny Pate USA
Thomas Soladay USA
Tom Zirbel USA
Bradley Huff USA
Pierrick Naud CAN
Trek-Segafredo (USA)
Peter Stetina USA
Julian Arredondo COL
Julien Bernard FRA
Niccolo Bonifazio ITA
Markel Irizar ESP
Kiel Reijnen USA
Jasper Stuyven BEL
Haimar Zubeldia ESP
Frank Schleck LUX
Edward Theuns BEL
BMC Racing Team (USA)
Rohan Dennis AUS
Brent Bookwalter USA
Jean-Pierre Drucker LUX
Taylor Phinney USA
Samuel Sanchez ESP
Michael Schär SUI
Greg Van Avermaet BEL
Danilo Wyss SUI
Tom Bohli SUI
Floris Gerts NED
Direct Energie (FRA)
Bryan Coquard FRA
Ryan Anderson CAN
Antoine Duchesne CAN
Fabrice Jeandesboz FRA
Brian Nauleau FRA
Adrien Petit FRA
Romain Sicard FRA
Angelo Tulik FRA
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Team (USA)
Miguel Bryon USA
Robin Carpenter USA
Oscar Clark USA
Andzs Flaksis LAT
Andrei Krasilnikau BLR
Joseph Lewis AUS
Travis MacCabe USA
Rob Squire USA
MacKenzie Brennan USA
John Hornbeck USA
Lotto NL – Jumbo (NED)
Dylan Groenewegen NED
George Bennett NZL
Timo Roosen NED
Mike Teunissen NED
Dennis van Widen NED
Alexey Vermeulen USA
Robert Wagner GER
Maarten Wynants BEL
Paul Martens GER
Sep Vanmarcke BEL
Team Sky (GBR)
Peter Kennaugh GBR
Andrew Fenn GBR
Gianni Moscon ITA
Lars-Petter Nordhaug NOR
Alex Peters GBR
Danny Van Poppel NED
Xabier Zandio ESP
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling (USA)
Janez Brajkovic SLO
Marco Canola ITA
Jonathan Clarke AUS
Daniel Eaton USA
Daniel Alexander Jaramillo COL
Christopher Jones USA
John Murphy USA
Tanner Putt USA
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar COL
Matthew Busche USA
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (USA)
Andrew Talansky USA
Patrick Bevin NZL
Lawson Craddock USA
Phillip Gaimon USA
Benjamin King USA
Alan Marangoni ITA
Toms Skujins LAT
Wouter Wippert NED
Alex Howes USA
Ruben Zepuntke GER
Etixx – Quick-Step (BEL)
Julian Alphilippe FRA
Tom Boonen BEL
Maxime Bouet FRA
Nikolas Maes BEL
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze ARG
Zdenek Stybar CZE
Petr Vakoc CZE
Martin Velits SVK
Laurens de Plus BEL
Davide Martinelli ITA
Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis (USA)
Jordan Cheyne CAN
Angus Morton AUS
Lachlan David Morton AUS
Chris Putt USA
Jacob Rathe USA
Michael Sheehan USA
Taylor Sheldon USA
Ben Wolfe USA
Joshua Berry USA
Alexandr Braico MDA
Team Novo Nordisk (USA)
Stephen Clancy IRL
Joonas Henttala FIN
David Lozano ESP
Javier Megias Leal ESP
Andréa Peron ITA
Charles Planet FRA
Martijn Verschoor NED
Christopher Williams AUS
Brian Kamstra NED
Nicolas Lefrancois FRA
Tinkoff (RUS)
Peter Sagan SVK
Erik Baska SVK
Adam Blythe GBR
Oscar Gatto ITA
Michael Gogl AUT
Michael Kolar SVK
Juraj Sagan SVK
Nikolay Trusov RUS
Maciej Bodnar POL
Team WIGGINS (GBR)
Bradley Wiggins GBR
Mark Christian GBR
Jonathan Dibben GBR
Owain Doull GBR
Samuel Harrison GBR
Liam Holohan GBR
Christopher Latham GBR
Andrew Tennant GBR
Scott Davies GBR
Jake Kelly GBR