More than 4,500 volunteers are needed for the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.

Volunteer opportunities are posted online at www .amgentourofcalifornia.com. 

Considered cycling’s most important road race in the United States, some of America’s most accomplished cyclists, including Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Dave Zabriskie and George Hincapie, have already committed to participate.

The fifth annual race will travel to 16 host cities throughout the state from May 16 to 23, beginning in Nevada City and ending in Thousand Oaks.

The majority of volunteers are needed to serve as volunteer course marshals, providing support for the 75 professional course marshals that travel with the tour and support law enforcement authorities in each city. Course marshal volunteers have an opportunity to be on the race route, close to the cyclists, with responsibility for monitoring pedestrian traffic, barricades and road closures.

Other volunteer positions include the following:

Media: assist with distribution of media credentials, media hospitality, media operations press room management, media liaisons and press events.

Security: assist tour security staff with access-control, including on-course, hospitality, awards and special events.

Site decoration/restoration: Assist with installation and cleanup of banners.

Lifestyle Festival EXPO: Assist festival staff with EXPO coordination, guide vendors and exhibitors to their tents for setup, assist with festival logistics and assist with marketing activities.

Sweepstakes surveyors: ensure that festival guests are aware of the Tour Sweepstakes opportunities.

Volunteer check-in: assist with set-up, check-in/registration and deployment

Volunteers must be over the age of 18 or accompanied by an adult. 

Every attempt is made to match volunteers to their area of interest. Shortly after filling out the online form, volunteers will be contacted by the organizing committee for more information.