SBS: Cycling Central

United States, 16 - 23 May 10

Attracting the biggest names and teams in Professional cycling the Tour of California is America's biggest and highest rated professional cycling race.

The ToC continues to grow to even greater levels in 2010 with new dates and tougher course.

With the return of Lance Armstrong and his new RadioShack team, European riders will be out to make their presence felt on a race that has always been dominated by American riders and teams.

Traveling almost the entire length of California, the race will begin in Nevada City and finishs in Thousand Oakes.

Scheduled over eight stages, the race will visit 16 host cities for official stage starts and finishes, with communities along the route getting the chance to see, firsthand, a lineup of some of the most elite, recognizable teams and athletes in the world.