Click here to view video of Stage 4-SONORA...our own backyard!! yipee!!
At 130 miles, Stage 4 is the longest stage of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California, and possibly the most difficult. This will be the race’s first visit to Sonora, a town that many consider to be the most preserved Gold Rush town in California.
As the riders head south towards Mariposa and Oakhurst (both Sprint cities), they will enjoy the incredible beauty and challenge of historic Highway 49. As they skirt Yosemite, they will encounter everything from numerous KOMs, twisty and technical descents, and raging rivers, but very few sections of flat roadway. Once through Mariposa, Highway 49 widens a bit, but two more KOMs will await the cyclists as they head to the final Sprint in Oakhurst. The riders will no doubt be fearless as they attack the final 40 miles into the return to Clovis, perhaps recalling the snow and ice along this same route in 2009.
Come on out and ride these roads with us. Get more info at GetOnYourMARK.com
Carpe Diem,
Coach Shelley
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 Course
Today the course for Stage 4 was announced with much enthusiasm! How exciting to know that the pro's are coming to ride on some of my favorite roads in the back country of Sonora, Jamestown, and Coulterville! So, here's part of the course...
The fourth leg will begin at Courthouse Park in downtown Sonora. Bicyclists will pedal down Washington Street, over Highway 108, to Lime Kiln Road before turning right onto Campo Seco.
South of Jamestown, the riders will travel down Jacksonville Road, over Don Pedro Reservoir and then turn left onto Highway 120 towards Moccasin Fish Hatchery.
Although the residents of Big Oak Flat and Groveland were hoping that the tour would travel up either Old Priest Grade or New Priest Grade, the route will go up neither.
Bummer! That would have been nice!
At the southern junction of highway 49 and 120, the pros will turn right and make their way up Highway 49 to Coulterville and then follow the highway as it winds through the towns of Mariposa and eventually Oakhurst.
On Highway 41, riders will travel out of the the Sierra foothills before ending this leg of the race in the Fresno suburb of Clovis.
I hope you all can come out to Sonora and the local country side to cheer the cyclists on!
Carpe Diem!
Coach Shelley
The fourth leg will begin at Courthouse Park in downtown Sonora. Bicyclists will pedal down Washington Street, over Highway 108, to Lime Kiln Road before turning right onto Campo Seco.
South of Jamestown, the riders will travel down Jacksonville Road, over Don Pedro Reservoir and then turn left onto Highway 120 towards Moccasin Fish Hatchery.
Although the residents of Big Oak Flat and Groveland were hoping that the tour would travel up either Old Priest Grade or New Priest Grade, the route will go up neither.
Bummer! That would have been nice!
At the southern junction of highway 49 and 120, the pros will turn right and make their way up Highway 49 to Coulterville and then follow the highway as it winds through the towns of Mariposa and eventually Oakhurst.
On Highway 41, riders will travel out of the the Sierra foothills before ending this leg of the race in the Fresno suburb of Clovis.
I hope you all can come out to Sonora and the local country side to cheer the cyclists on!
Carpe Diem!
Coach Shelley
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