Tour of California

[bikerHen]

BH -- click on this link to sign up for Amgen's race newsletter: Amgen Tour of California. They'll send you summary recaps of the race every day and will soon start sending info about next year's TofC. It's a good way to stay on top of the planning aspect of it. When things start happening in terms of dates, cities, and team commitments, they'll send out an update. Pretty informative.

~BikeMomma

Thanks for the link BikeMomma. Great site! I got all signed up. DH asked last night if they will know next years dates by December when he picks vacation time for next year. Sounds like we may really get to GO! bikerHen

[Bluetree]

I just got back from the Solvang Time Trial stage and had a blast! Not only did I get to see some great racing, but I made some friends with the SRAM neutral support crew. The friendly guys let me take one of their team issue Orbeas for a little spin... 15 lbs. of carbon fiber beauty with Zipp wheels and all the trimmings! Here's a few pics... (I think the kleenex in Cancellara is especially attractive!)

[jobob]

I just got back from Solvang as well !

I have a ton of photos to wade through, but I had to post this one right away...



-jo "still giddy as a little schoolgirl" bob

[SadieKate]

-jo "still giddy as a little schoolgirl" bob

I've been hearing the bubbles wafting all on the breeze all day!

Please tell your funny story!

BTW, I also like the kleenex. I can empathize.

[slinkedog]

Wow, Jo! I'm very excited to hear your report from the day!! What a wonderful picture!

Bluetree... great photos and thanks for posting them!

[jobob]

Slinke, your photos are wonderful ! How on earth did you manage to get up so close? My podium photos are mostly a sea of backs of heads

And Bluetree, were you tempted to just keep going down the road with that Orbea? If you got a good head start ...

[crazycanuck]

Dumb q..Jobob..who's the gent on the left you're picured with??? Really..no clue

Another question, why did that gent have kleenex in his nose??

I'm not up on the roadie racing scene & have no idea....(names yes, faces..no)

Thank you..

Lost C

[Adventure Girl]

Would the guy in the middle be "Jensbob"?

[jobob]

But of course !!

gahhhhhhh

[maillotpois]

Jensbob!!

LOL!!! I love it AG!

[caligurl]

ahhhhhhh.... bc68.... you rode saturday... not sunday! i kept looking for you in the mavic cars as they passed on sunday..... THAT's why i didn't see you!

i hope you weren't with the driver that almost crashed on sunday! YIKES! (or hopefully he drove better on saturday!) he was driving soooooo freaking fast we all heard the screaching of the tires and looked to see the mavic car almost lose control! the worst part... it wasn't like it was his first time around the track... he knew that curve was there! it woulda been really ugly with the spectators if he has crashed.....

[Bluetree]

CC - My photos are of Ivan Basso, Paolo Bettini (world champion) and Fabian Cancellera (Time Trial World Champion).
It was extremely windy and the latter had kleenex up his nose because of either a cold or allergies. During his warm-up he was practically gushing, which made his fast time even more remarkable. I have some more pics of Hincapie, O'Grady, Danielson, etc, but right now there are just too many photos I have to go through.

Jobob - Yup, I was tempted The head mechanic showed me their "vault", which was a huge, security-locked conference room in the hotel basement... stocked with about 40-50 racing bikes... racing, TT, you name it. Next thing you know, he's slapping pedals on a bike and pushing me out the door. I thought I died and went to heaven!!! (P.S. Did I tell you he was cute, too? Sometimes, it's great to be a girl!!!)

[li10up]

I don't remember which one, either Phil or Paul, made a comment about Levi having cotton in his nose. They said it was to help him breath better. Levi was warming up for the TT at the time. I thougt it odd...how could cotton in your nostril help you breath. Then I thought maybe they put something on it to help him breath later on...like some sort of decongestant or something. Anybody have any insight on this? Or did they misspeak and it's just there to catch the ...well you know what.

[Trek420]

Took a walk at lunch, on my way back into the building one of my co-workers stops me and very seriously asks "Were you on that ride I saw on TV, they went up to Santa Rosa, now they head down to LA and ...."



"those are men, the top international pro racers. I ride 2 miles to work and back."

"But you did that ride this weekend too? "

"No"

[mimitabby]

Took a walk at lunch, on my way back into the building one of my co-workers stops me and very seriously asks "Were you on that ride I saw on TV, they went up to Santa Rosa, now they head down to LA and ...."



"those are men, the top international pro racers. I ride 2 miles to work and back."

"But you did that ride this weekend too? "

"No"

Cute, Trek.