Tour of California: Stage 3

Distance: 100.04 mi	Points: 1288	Calories: none
Total Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

#	Distance	Instruction	Distance to next
1	0.00 mi	Turn left at E Taylor St	Then go 0.87 mi
2	0.87 mi	Continue straight onto Mabury Rd	Then go 0.14 mi
3	1.01 mi	Slight right to stay on Mabury Rd	Then go 2.23 mi
4	3.24 mi	Turn left at N White Rd	Then go 0.49 mi
5	3.72 mi	Continue on Piedmont Rd	Then go 0.66 mi
6	4.39 mi	Slight right to stay on Piedmont Rd	Then go 0.05 mi
7	4.44 mi	Turn right at Sierra Rd	Then go 0.60 mi
8	5.04 mi	Turn left to stay on Sierra Rd	Then go 5.06 mi
9	10.10 mi	Slight left at Felter Rd	Then go 4.20 mi
10	14.30 mi	Turn right at Calaveras Rd	Then go 14.13 mi
11	28.44 mi	Turn Right - CA-84 NOTE: Riders cannot follow this route!	Then go 1.58 mi
12	30.02 mi	Slight left to stay on CA-84/Vallecitos Rd	Then go 3.57 mi
13	33.59 mi	Slight left to stay on CA-84/Vallecitos Rd Continue to follow CA-84	Then go 1.87 mi
14	35.46 mi	Slight right at CA-84/Isabel Ave	Then go 0.37 mi
15	35.83 mi	Turn right at Concannon Blvd	Then go 3.03 mi
16	38.86 mi	Slight right to stay on Concannon Blvd	Then go 0.03 mi
17	38.89 mi	Continue straight onto Wente St	Then go 0.45 mi
18	39.33 mi	Turn right at J2/S Livermore Ave	Then go 3.81 mi
19	43.15 mi	Turn left at Cross Rd	Then go 2.22 mi
20	45.37 mi	Turn right at Patterson Pass Rd	Then go 6.60 mi
21	51.97 mi	Turn left at Midway Rd	Then go 0.05 mi
22	52.02 mi	Turn left to stay on Midway Rd	Then go 2.76 mi
23	54.78 mi	Turn right at W Grant Line Rd	Then go 4.84 mi
24	59.63 mi	Slight right at W Byron Rd/J4	Then go 1.11 mi
25	60.74 mi	Turn right at S Lammers Rd	Then go 0.59 mi
26	61.33 mi	Slight left to stay on S Lammers Rd	Then go 2.07 mi
27	63.40 mi	Turn left at W Valpico Rd	Then go 1.29 mi
28	64.69 mi	Turn right at S Corral Hollow Rd/J2	Then go 1.02 mi
29	65.71 mi	Turn left at W Linne Rd	Then go 5.00 mi
30	70.71 mi	Turn left at S Bird Rd	Then go 0.12 mi
31	70.83 mi	Sharp right at S Ahern Rd	Then go 0.19 mi
32	71.02 mi	Turn left at W Linne Rd	Then go 3.35 mi
33	74.37 mi	Turn right at J4/Kasson Rd	Then go 2.17 mi
34	76.54 mi	Turn left at E Durham Ferry Rd	Then go 0.19 mi
35	76.73 mi	Turn right at J3/Kasson Rd	Then go 1.78 mi
36	78.51 mi	Continue on S River Rd	Then go 0.97 mi
37	79.48 mi	Turn left at CA-132	Then go 4.95 mi
38	84.43 mi	Turn left at N Gates Rd	Then go 2.01 mi
39	86.44 mi	Turn right at Shoemake Ave	Then go 5.01 mi
40	91.45 mi	Turn right at N Dakota Ave	Then go 1.50 mi
41	92.95 mi	Turn left at Kansas Ave	Then go 3.04 mi
42	95.99 mi	Turn right at N Franklin St	Then go 0.08 mi
43	96.06 mi	Turn left at Kansas Opas	Then go 0.30 mi
44	96.36 mi	Slight right at Needham St	Then go 0.61 mi
45	96.97 mi	Turn right at 16th St	Then go 0.17 mi
46	97.14 mi	Turn right at I St	Then go 0.36 mi
47	97.50 mi	Turn right at 11th St	Then go 0.53 mi
48	98.03 mi	Turn left at Needham St	Then go 0.10 mi
49	98.13 mi	Turn right at College Ave	Then go 0.51 mi
50	98.64 mi	Turn right at Coldwell Ave	Then go 0.53 mi
51	99.17 mi	Turn right at Sycamore Ave	Then go 0.49 mi
52	99.66 mi	Turn left at CA-108/Needham St	Then go 0.11 mi
53	99.78 mi	Turn right at 16th St	Then go 0.17 mi
54	99.95 mi	Turn right at I St

Neutral Start

Distance: 3.15 mi	Points: 48	Calories: none
Total Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Official Start

Location: 37.354893, -121.887646
The race goes live here.

Approaching Sierra's Summit

Location: 37.409165, -121.804733
Unlike previous years, the 2009 Tour of California route heads up Sierra Road (an average 9% grade over 3.6 miles) at the beginning of the stage. This might make for an unpleasant warm-up if a spry group of climbers decides to use Sierra as a spring-board for an early break. © Rapha

Top of Sierra

Location: 37.408755, -121.799755
Sierra may not play a deciding role in this stage, but it's still one of the best roadside stretches of the entire Tour for spectators. If you're watching the race from San Jose, you can ride up Sierra, catch the race at the summit and then opt to loop back down to San Jose or follow the race route a bit further north to Calaveras Reservoir.

Diablo Views

Location: 37.432511, -121.804175
On the backside of the Sierra summit (on Felter Road), the snow-capped peaks of the Diablo Range are intermittently visible. © Steve Rosefield

The Calaveras Turnoff

Location: 37.442734, -121.836834
Felter Road bombs around the corner to this sharp right turn onto Calaveras Road. From here, the road (often narrow) winds down a twisting descent around many blind corners. There's not much traffic on the road, but use caution all the same (especially if you've never ridden it before).

Calaveras Reservoir

Location: 37.494814, -121.831083
The descent of Calaveras Road follows a ridgeline contour right alongside the sparkling waters of Calaveras Reservoir. © Steve Rosefield

KOM's Past

Location: 37.502713, -121.832671
In previous Tours of California, Calaveras Road has had its own KOM point (when the stage travels north-to-south). © Steve Rosefield

Tesla Road

Location: 37.665138, -121.729374
The peloton will have a chance to get organized before the climb up to Patterson Pass.

Base of Patterson Pass

Location: 37.665070, -121.679592
© Rapha

Climbing Patterson

Location: 37.686673, -121.645947
The day's second KOM spot is a bit more mellow than Sierra, biting at an approximate 6% grade for 1.8 miles. © Rapha

Patterson Pass

Location: 37.686402, -121.628780
A bit isolated from the start and finish towns, Patterson Pass may not be an ideal spectator spot for stage 3. © Rapha

Central Valley Overlook

Location: 37.686537, -121.629639
The top of Patterson Pass affords expansive views of the Central Valley, (where the 2009 Tour will spend its next two days). © Rapha

Byron Road

Location: 37.754701, -121.485958
There's plenty of open sky on the latter half of this route.

Lammers Paceline

Location: 37.736003, -121.476774
Wide-open, flat, and straight: it's the theme of the Tour of California for much of stage 3 (and almost all of stage 5).

An Ascending Paceline

Location: 37.663712, -121.159630
© Rapha

Winter Orchards

Location: 37.667380, -121.077232
Bare orchards are a common sight along the Tour of California landscape in February. © Rapha

Finish Area

Location: 37.642952, -120.994577
The peloton will do two circuits in Modesto.