Today is the start of the Tour of Missouri in St. Louis with a ~75 mile circuit race. I spend most of the midday baking in the sun waiting around the buses to meet some of the racers and meet them I did. I figured Columbia HTC would give me the most 'bang for my buck' in terms of seeing my cycling heroes, so I spent a lot of time hanging around their trailer. There was a mob of people who descended upon each racer as they arrived from the hotel but once they went into the trailer most people left. I stuck around and as the guys came out to get saddled up, I was able to greet George Hincapie, Mark Cavendish and Bernie Eisel. They also let me hold Thor Hushovd's bike (the same bike he rode in the TDF when he wasn't on the green bike).
Everyone around was really approachable-- the mechanics, the racers, the coaches. The Astana mechanic told me that each biker gets at least 5 different bikes per season. Lance had 8 different bike for the TDF alone
Me holding Thor's bike! (all 6.2 kg of it!)
The Cav!
George! (the best picture I could manage)
The race was exciting, but I'm not going to lie. It was more exciting to shake the hands of these guys!
Additionally, I got a sweet Columbia Omni-Shade hat for ten bucks and a warm up fleece for $30 too 8') They're selling last year's stuff apparently.
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09-07-2009, 03:23 PM #1
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Tour of Missouri news and pictures!
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09-07-2009, 04:52 PM #2
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Wow. You like, got to put your hand on Thor's saddle!
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09-07-2009, 08:29 PM #3
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ohmygosh! how cool is that picture of Cav??!!
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09-08-2009, 03:43 AM #4
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Some more pics
Mick Rogers kept giving the fans the slip...
but he looked great on the road:
The turn out was awesome! I parked myself in a quieter spot to take better pictures, but it was nutso around the finish. People have come from all over the country to watch! Here's the view toward the finish:
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09-08-2009, 05:00 PM #5
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I'm working at it tomorrow when they finish in Rolla. I'm doing the Economic Surveys. Pyannyplayer...you gonna be there? Maybe I'll get some great pics also!
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09-08-2009, 05:03 PM #6
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Make sure to go hang out by the buses/trailers! 8') I've been thinking about driving to St. Joe's for the start of the final stage, but it's a long drive out and a long drive home.
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09-13-2009, 02:49 PM #7
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I've been a bit discombobulated of late and when I first responded, I was so glad to be able to give you the link, but I didn't realize it was actually 7PM, so not much help to you for Saturday. Then I was all - at least I'm helping you out for the rest of the tour - then I realized that was only one day. Oh well. :-) At least it gave you the link for Sunday!
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09-14-2009, 03:57 AM #8
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At what point will it no longer be a spoiler to cheer for the winner of the TdM? Has everyone seen the results at this point? He's one of my favorite cyclists and it's so exciting to see him on the podium...
Sorry, I can't help it...
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09-14-2009, 06:05 PM #9
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So none of the other DZ fans on the forum are following this thread...?
"How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
David Desautels, in a letter to velonews.com
Random babblings and some stuff to look at.
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09-14-2009, 06:10 PM #10
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I was sorry I missed the podium, I read he planted one on Christian Vande Velde.
This was CVV twitter comment:
Had the honor of giving DZ Nutz his wine on the podium today at the tour of Missouri......he kissed me podium girl style.You too can help me fight cancer, and get a lovely cookbook for your very own! My team's cookbook is for sale Click here to order. Proceeds go to our team's fundraising for the Philly Livestrong Challenge!
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09-14-2009, 06:12 PM #11
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I didn't keep up much with the TOM since it wasn't on Versus (and we don't even *get* Versus on DirecTV at the moment...grrrrrr!), but I was happy that Dave Z. won it!
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09-14-2009, 06:25 PM #12
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Haha, I wish I could've seen that, as well! Velonews neglected to mention that in their report
Originally Posted by Possegal
I was sorry I missed the podium, I read he planted one on Christian Vande Velde.
This was CVV twitter comment:
Had the honor of giving DZ Nutz his wine on the podium today at the tour of Missouri......he kissed me podium girl style.
"How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
David Desautels, in a letter to velonews.com
Random babblings and some stuff to look at.
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09-15-2009, 08:32 AM #13
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Aw geeze, I forgot to record that stage!!! Originally Posted by Possegal
I was sorry I missed the podium, I read he planted one on Christian Vande Velde.
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