For the first time in four years, the Amgen Tour of California will not be using Solvang as the host site for its Individual Time Trial in the 2010 race.
Solvang Local Organizing Committee Co-chairs Carol Petersen and Max Hanberg made the announcement Tuesday through a press release.
The new host city for the time trial will be officially announced on Thursday. The 2010 Tour will run from May 16-23.
“We are disappointed not to be selected again for the 2010 race, but understand that the organizers needed to change the schedule and routes—just like the Tour de France does every year,” said Petersen, “We will bid for the ATOC Individual Time Trial to return to Solvang for 2011; and again, we will invite the cycling teams to train here as well.”
The Tour of California passed through Santa Barbara during its first three years from 2006-08 before dropping the city in 2009.
