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Amgen Tour Rolling Into Town

Here's a guide to help you check out the Amgen Tour of California when it zips through town on Tuesday.

Here's information provided by Livermore Downtown, Inc. to help you catch the pro cyclists zip through town for :

Stage 3 San Jose to Livermore, Tuesday, May 15
Total Distance: 115.3 mi/185.5 km

Stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California begins at 11:15 a.m. in San Jose.

The cyclists are expected to arrive into Livermore around noon and will spend approximately 40 minutes within the City limits as they pass through Livermore. There’s more! The cyclists will make their way back into Livermore and cross the finish line on First Street and M Street around 3:50 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please be aware that temporary road closures (excluding the downtown area) will occur when the cyclists are on the road. Streets will re-open as soon as the cyclists pass through.

Scheduled street closures:

Monday, May 14

First Street

  • Between L Street & M Street - close at 4 p.m.
  • Between M Street & N Street - close at 6 p.m.
  • Between N Street & P Street - close at 8 p.m.

South L Street

  • Between First Street & Second Street - close at 10 p.m.

Tuesday, May 15 (Race Day)

Downtown will close to vehicular traffic beginning at 8 a.m. for the following streets:

  • First Street (between P Street and McLeod Street) will re-open in the late evening after the festival and clean up has been completed
  • Second Street & Third Street (between P Street and South Livermore Ave) will re-open at 5 p.m.

The following perimeter streets are OPEN for through traffic:

  • Railroad Avenue
  • P Street
  • Fourth Street
  • Maple Street
  • McLeod Street

Want to participate in an Guiness World Record attempt? Here's how:

Livermore Downtown Inc. has partnered with and local band, Rock On Tap, to get the community together in hopes of setting a Guiness World Record. For what you ask? Most people dancing in the street to the Monkee's Theme Song! Why you ask? Why NOT!!! It will be a blast and with the loss of Monkee Davy Jones this past year, what a fun way to pay tribute and thank the Monkees for all the fun music they gave us in the 70s!

The Livermore School of Dance has choreographed a dance routine for us and has loaded a video on their website for you and your dance buddies to watch and learn. All you have to do is join us downtown at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on First Street between the Flag Pole Plaza and K Street after the Amgen Tour of California Finish. The moves are simple and easy for all ages to learn! Not a follower on the Dance Floor? Feel free to join us and dance in your own unique style.

Click Here to Watch Dance Video

For more information on the 2012 Amgen Tour of California coming to town, visit the Livermore Downtown, Inc. website.

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Californicated1 May 19, 2013 at 05:22 pm
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Californicated1 May 19, 2013 at 05:13 pm
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Annie May 19, 2013 at 01:18 pm
Seriously? AFGAHN food? Why can't we just get a Red Lobster or something?
Scanner guy May 18, 2013 at 02:05 pm
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Eric Plummer May 18, 2013 at 09:57 am
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chris fleckner May 15, 2013 at 08:50 am
Thank you D! We couldn't be happier to have a program like this in our community. We couldn't agreeRead More with you more that giving back is the whole purpose of the program; to make our community a stronger more musical one for our youth!
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Kevin and Chris are good guys. They genuinely want to give back and care about introducing as manyRead More kids (young and old) as possible to the incredibly rewarding world of music. I am fortunate enough to have had somebody similar to these guys motivate me to get involved in music when I was a kid. 31 years later, I am still beatin’ on my drums every day. Great job Kev and Chris. Keep it up!