Amgen excitement building for South Lake Tahoe races

Stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California is in the books, and now it's time for 180 of the best in men's cycling and 108 of elite women's racers to head to South Lake Tahoe.

Peter Sagan won Wednesday's race at the Laguna Seca racetrack. BMC's Greg Van Avermaet challenged Sagan, but it wasn't enough and the Tinkoff rider easily won and now wears the green jersey of the sprint competition leader. Dimension Data’s Nathan Haas was third after leading out the sprint.

Stage 4, top 10

1. Peter SAGAN, TINKOFF, in 5:16:33
2. Greg VAN AVERMAET, BMC RACING TEAM, at :00
3. Nathan HAAS, DIMENSION DATA, at :00
4. Brent BOOKWALTER, BMC RACING TEAM, at :00
5. Tao GEOGHEGAN HART, AXEON – HAGENS BERMAN, at :00
6. Neilson POWLESS, AXEON – HAGENS BERMAN, at :00
7. Rohan DENNIS, BMC RACING TEAM, at :00
8. Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK, TEAM KATUSHA, at :00
9. Rob BRITTON, RALLY CYCLING, at :00
10. Julian ALAPHILIPPE, ETIXX – QUICK STEP, at :00

General classification
1. Julian ALAPHILIPPE, ETIXX – QUICK STEP, in 18:06:17
2. Peter STETINA, TREK – SEGAFREDO, at :22
3. George BENNETT, TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO, at :37
4. Brent BOOKWALTER, BMC RACING TEAM, at :40
5. Neilson POWLESS, AXEON – HAGENS BERMAN, at :43
6. Laurens TEN DAM, TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN, at :49
7. Rohan DENNIS, BMC RACING TEAM, at 1:01
8. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, BMC RACING TEAM, at 1:01
9. Rob BRITTON, RALLY CYCLING, at 1:12
10. Haimar ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, TREK – SEGAFREDO, at 1:15

The men will leave Lodi Thursday morning, and climb to 8600', the highest ever in the history of the Amgen Tour of California. The women will race around Lake Tahoe as their tour gets underway.

This will be the first time South Lake Tahoe will host both the men's and the women's races at the same time. The premier cyclists, many of them headed to this summer's Olympics, will thrill fans from a plethora of viewing spots throughout the South Shore.

The backdrop of Lake Tahoe will become an international postcard as television and other media coverage of the events will spread the photos across the world.

A free Lifestyle Fair will be at the Heavenly California Lodge from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thursday. The public can buy souvenirs, visit vendors, listen to music and watch the women's race begin, and both the women's and men's races finish line.