Watch from a VIP Tent at the Finish Line!

Enjoy the Amgen Tour of California Stage 2 in a comfortable VIP tent right at the finish line where you’ll see all the cyclists up close as they race to the finish. You can make a difference in someone’s life with a $250 tax deductible donation to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society that will also get you a pass to the tent where you’ll enjoy hors d’ouevres, wine, beer and and the whole race on big screens in the tent. Go to www.rrmginc.com/amgentoc.html today to register and you’ll also be entered into a drawing to dine with the cyclists that evening. The tent is locally sponsored by Redwood Regional Medical Group.

Watching the Tour from Home?

Check out the times each stage will be on Versus TV Network. Stage 2, Davis to Santa Rosa, will be live on Versus on Monday, May 17th starting at 2pm.  Find your channel here.

Downtown Race Viewing:

•  Finish Line – 3rd Street and Santa Rosa Avenue
An obvious choice, of course. Not only is it the finish line, where the announcer’s and awards stages are located, it’s also where the Tour’s Lifestyle Festival starts, extending down Santa Rosa Avenue to Fifth Street. Since the jumbotron is also located here–which provides continuous coverage from the Davis start to the Santa Rosa finish–you won’t miss a thing.

•  3rd Street Between D & E Streets
A second jumbotron will be placed in this second festival area. It’s actually an extension of the core Lifestyle Festival on Santa Rosa Avenue, but with a slightly different atmosphere. There will be a big beer tent and an entertainment stage with local band Baby Seal Club playing. Add to that food and vendor booths, bouncy houses for the kids and visibility of the peloton race up 2nd Street and back down 4th Street (if you stand at Third and E Streets), and you’ve got yourself a most excellent race experience.

•  4th Street Between B & E Streets
There will be a third jumbotron located on Fourth and D Streets. Additionally, the bars and restaurants along this stretch (and even some enthusiastic merchants) tune their TVs to the Versus TV coverage. You can enjoy some fine cuisine and local brews while watching those crazy fit men speed by you all lean and sinewy in their wind-efficient spandex. You might feel like a glutton, but you’ll be well sated as you enjoy the festivities. If you park yourself right at Fourth and D, you’ll be ideally situated to roll right into the evening activities with the Bike Monkey crew and their Gold Springs shenanigans. There will be a DJ, stationery sprint races and some local booths.

•  Railroad Square – Wilson Street between 3rd & 6th Streets
If you’re looking for an area that’s a little quieter and more charming than the thick of the Courthouse Square festival areas, Railroad Square is your place. There’s no jumbotron, but some of the city’s finest hanging out can be had in this location. Two great coffee shops are on the route–one at Fourth and Wilson and the other at Fifth and Wilson. If you want to hang at a pub before dashing out to meet the race, you can do that on Fifth Street. Wine tasting? That’s on Fourth. Food? There’s plenty of it. Eat, drink, be merry, get over to Wilson Street to watch the race, then eat, drink and be merrier. The bonus shot in this area is at Wilson and Third Streets. That’s the final corner for the straightaway sprint to the finish line at Third and Santa Rosa Avenue. There are no circuits this year, so the riders will be taking this corner hard if they want to win. And who doesn’t want to win?