Four jerseys. Four Americans. Although the Amgen Tour of California bike race comprises an international field of cyclists, riders from the US are in all the top positions.

Here's how the jersey competition stacks up after Stage 6, an 89-mile race from Santa Barbara to Thousand Oaks that was won by T-Mobile's Olaf Pollack.

General classification jersey: Floyd Landis, left, has held the overall lead by 29 seconds ...   more »

Who says bicycle racing is dead in America without Lance Armstrong?

The crowds that have been flocking to the Amgen Tour of California, and those following the race on the internet have been treated to plenty of excitement. How about today's breakaway that included Jens Voight of Team CSC and Viatcheslav Ekimov of Discovery Channel.

There was the suspense of  whether they would be caught (they were), followed by the action of Discovery driving a freight train down the main drag of sunny Santa Barbara to deliver George Hincapie to his second Tour stage victory. ...    more »

Intellectual Lint is a blog chronicling the trials and tribulations of the Amgen Tour of California webcasters.

The Tour of California website offers a live video feed, pictures and an RSS feed. You should be checking out the webcast; the whole operation has been getting a lot better the past few days.

What goes into putting together a daily webcast ...   more »

American Floyd Landis retained the golden jersey in the Amgen Tour of California today, thanks to his Phonak team keeping the breakaways on the line.

But it was Juan José Haedo who once again surprised the sprinters and raced out front at the finish in San Luis Obispo. It's cool to see a virtual unknown racer beat the accomplished ...   more »

Cyclist Floyd Landis beat the next fastest finisher by nearly 26 seconds to win the Amgen Tour of California time trial in San Jose on Wednesday.

The US leader of the Swiss Phonak squad also gains the tour leader's golden jersey for his efforts. Discovery's George Hincapie, who achieved the leader's jersey Tuesday, finished the day in fourth, about a minute slower than Landis.

The 17-mile time trial course ...   more »

I've seen some pretty unique inventions for the bicycle come from across the pond. First there was the three-way Danish bicycle, then the sideways bicycle from Ireland.

Now a Swiss inventor has built a Bike Tree that stows bicycles out of the reach of passersby and under cover of an umbrella-like affair.

Installed in Geneva, the Bike Trees lift the ...   more »

Discovery's George Hincapie won the final sprint into San Jose, taking the stage and the overall leader's golden jersey in the Tour of California.

The long-time Lance Armstrong lieutenant stayed with a chase group that powered over the steepest mountain on the course -- Sierra Road -- then had enough energy left to beat two other former Armstrong aides de camp: Levi Leipheimer and Floyd Landis (Phonak).

At the finish, it was Hincapie beating Chris Horner and Josep Jufre Pou, both of Davitamon Lotto. Hincapie trailed Leipheimer by 6 seconds coming into this stage; the 10-second time bonus for winning the sprint put Hincapie in the overall lead..

Argentinian sprinter Juan José Haedo of the freshman Toyota-United Pro team won the first stage of the Tour of California in a sprint finish in Santa Rosa on Monday, as hometown boy Levi Leipheimer held onto the leader's golden jersey.

With Davitamon-Lotto, HealthNet, and Phonak controlling the front of the peloton for their sprinters, it's interesting to see a sprinter win it from another team. Actually, the win could certainly help the career of Haedo as directors from major Euro pro cycling teams witnessed this 25-year-old take a sprint from their teams. ...   more »

The Cascade Bicycle Club throws a huge reunion for all the cyclists in the Pacific Northwest as winter draws to a close. It's called the Seattle Bike Expo, and it was held at Hangar 27 at Magnuson Park again this year.

Thousands showed up on bikes and in cars to check out the offerings of 150 exhibitors over the weekend. ...   more »