Tour of California

[li10up]

Snap - I saw this in Velo News but all broadcasts are Pacific time.....and I'm on the other coast...

One word - VCR.

Ok, that's not really a word.

[Bluetree]

Some of the names...

Thor Hushovd
Jens Voigt
Michael Rasmussen
Michael Rogers
Ivan Basso
Paolo Bettini
Fabian Cancellara
Dave Zabriskie
George Hincapie
Bobby Julich
Stuart O'Grady
Chris Horner
Luca Paolini
Levi Leipheimer

Full field:
http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com...er-roster.html

[Deanna]

I'll of course be in Santa Rosa for Stage 1 & 2. I've got two "bike race" newbies I will be turning into fans. One of them, my sister, is already half way there. I took her to the Team BMC launch party and she's already picked out her favorite --she mentioned something about having him autograph a body part. We'll also be handing bikes back at the valet bike parking on Monday. I may make it down for stage 3, but that's iffy at this point.


Edited to ask: Has anybody seen a roster with bib numbers yet?

[Running Mommy]

Sorry girls, I've been sick... It's been a week!
Anyway, we are flying up late tonight. I wanted to go to the prologue but also need to see my ailing great aunt. She is a treasure to me (and the town of sonoma as well) and I know we won't have much more time with her.
I would like to go out to coleman valley rd, but I know my husband will want to be in Santa Rosa to cruise around the booths and such.
We have to hit the road by 3:30 for the airport, so we'll pretty much watch them finish and run for the car.
Anyhoo, ya'll know what I look like. I'll be sure to wear my IMAZ finishers hat so you could recognize me by that.
Can't wait to get some good cycling mojo!! After the week I had I NEED it!!!

[SadieKate]

[DrBadger]

OK SadieKate-
We must have been standing right next to eachother at the CSC tent, sorry I didn't see you. Your photo is much better than mine! I will get some of my photos posted later today. Spent a little bit of time down at the start, and then my friends and I climbed the Filbert St. steps to the top of Telegraph hill, so I have quite a few photos from just before the 100m mark. Most of them have very blurry riders going past, but I got a nice one of DZ walking down the steps after racing. Sigh....

It was a ton of fun, that is for sure, and man those guys can climb!

Will post photos later.
E.

[jobob]

OK SadieKate-
We must have been standing right next to eachother at the CSC tent, sorry I didn't see you. Your photo is much better than mine!

I was there too, in my oh-so-subtle blazing red Amici Veloci jacket.

[snapdragen]

I was there too, in my oh-so-subtle blazing red Amici Veloci jacket.

Damn! Did you at least try to throw yourself in front of a TV camera? AV needs publicity!

[maillotpois]

Great DZ picture!! We got a beauty of Paolo Bettini signing in - and a buch of super close up ones of folks at the 150m to go at Coit Tower.

Now sun and wind burned from being on Coleman Valley most of the day. Saw aka Kim as we were driving back! That AV jacket stands out! I was wearing my buff as an earwarmer! It was cold up there.

What a great crowd on Coleman - and it was just great to see these super stars climbing one of my local roads!!!

Meeting a friend tomorrow to carpool up to Trinity Grade. It will be fun to see this. Haven't yet done that climb, but we are incorporating it into our team's Death Ride training so it will be good to at least drive it. (Can't ride any of this because school's out for the week and the PP isn't up to the climbs quite yet...)

[aka_kim]

Because we need a DZ pic on every page!

Who was that woman he was talking to?

Edited to add - Oh yeah, he was telling the mystery woman he was nervous.

[SadieKate]

The women heard me tell Jo that I wanted a picture of Zabriskie for the forum. She said, "You want a picture? Here. Come with me." She then greeted him and asked about his mom and a couple other things. They definitely knew each other, but that's all I know. Nice of her to step up to help. I just stood behind her and took the photos. I'm pretty sure he knew what she was doing because he kept his head down unless someone he knew started talking to him.

[snapdragen]

There was a snippet on the news that he got hurt today and might not ride tomorrow! Anyone else heard anything?

Did anyone hear the reporter on Channel 5 massacre Levi Leipheimer's name? (Not sure I spelled it right....)

[Fredwina]

There was a snippet on the news that he got hurt today and might not ride tomorrow! Anyone else heard anything?

cyclingnews.com has DZ listed as a DNF with wrist problems,

[IFjane]

One word - VCR.

Ok, that's not really a word.

Doesn't matter - I don't have one....old technology, you know

Oh well....I'll find out via Velonews....

[DrBadger]

If you go to the official site (www.amgentourofcalifornia.com) they have live tracking. You can watch it on a map, watch live video, or listen to live audio. YOu might still be able to get away with the live audio at work I think that versus will have video highlights on their web site after the broadcast too.

Good luck getting your fix :-)