California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute

The 2010 Amgen Tour of California begins on Sunday and will travel to 16 host
cities throughout the state over the course of eight days from May 16-23.

After four years of being positioned in February, the date change will allow
the Tour de France-style road race to visit locations that wouldn’t have been
possible in February, including the very first mountain-top finish in race history.
“For the 2010 Amgen Tour of California we had the unique opportunity to move our
race to part of the year when we are almost guaranteed great weather in California,”
said Andrew Messick, president of AEG Sports, the promoter for the race. “This time
of year will help us to better showcase the beautiful features the state of
California has to offer, while allowing us to travel to parts of the state that
just weren’t feasible in previous years.”

The race will cover more than 750 miles across the state beginning with the first
ever visit to Nevada City, which will also be celebrating the 50th anniversary of
the Nevada City Classic, in which many notable riders got their start. The 16
official stage start and finish locations that have been selected for the 2010
race include four new cities – Nevada City, Bakersfield, Big Bear Lake and Los
Angeles will join the previous host cities of Sacramento, Davis, Santa Rosa,
San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Modesto, Visalia and Pasadena with the overall
finish taking place in title-sponsor Amgen’s hometown community of Thousand Oaks.

This year’s race will venture into the Sierras and the Sequoia National Forest,
for the first time and will include the first-ever mountaintop finish at Big Bear
Lake, which will give fans the opportunity to see each and every cyclist in a
grueling battle to the Stage 6 finish line. And in concert with this, the race
will travel through the city of Los Angeles. Stage 7, the individual time trial,
a significant stage in the race, will take place in the heart of downtown Los
Angeles. The stage will both begin and end at L.A. LIVE, the new sports and
entertainment district that is home to STAPLES Center, Nokia Theatre and L.A. LIVE.

In previous years, the race has drawn some of the world's most renowned and respected
riders, such as top Tour de France competitors, World Champions and Olympic medalists
that include Lance Armstrong, Tom Boonen, Oscar Freire, Paolo Bettini, Fabian
Cancellara, Carlos Sastre, George Hincapie, Mark Cavendish and Andy Schleck.

The race continues to set attendance records as the single largest sporting event
in the state of California, as well as any cycling event ever held in the nation
with an estimated 2 million spectators in 2009.

Stages for the 2010 Amgen Tour of California:
• Stage 1: Sunday, May 16 – Nevada City to Sacramento
• Stage 2: Monday, May 17 – Davis to Santa Rosa
• Stage 3: Tuesday, May 18 – San Francisco to Santa Cruz
• Stage 4: Wednesday, May 19 – San Jose to Modesto
• Stage 5: Thursday, May 20 – Visalia to Bakersfield
• Stage 6: Friday, May 21 – Pasadena to Big Bear Lake
• Stage 7: Saturday, May 22 – Los Angeles (individual time trial)
• Stage 8: Sunday, May 23 – Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village/Agoura Hills

For further information on the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, visit
www.amgentourofcalifornia.com.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.