Tour of California Stage 7

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http://photobucket.com/albums/a306/P...206%20and%207/

Here are more of my pictures (I hope I did it right; I'm a Photobucket newbie).

I'm no Graham Watson, I'm afraid, but I saw him! He was taking pictures from near my spot on Sunday. I saw his name tag and told him I loved his pictures. He was very nice. I also saw someone else come up to him and get his autograph - I bet that doesn't happen in Europe.

BC - I saw your pics. Absolutely amazing! I have spent all day looking at my pictures over and over, too. It still doesn't quite make it real, does it? I never did pick Levi out of the pack - I forgot to look for the red KOM jersey!

BG - I was flipping back and forth between Velonews.com, cyclingnews.com and the tour official website all week. I sure hope my company doesn't check my bandwith usage for the week! The official Tour website has lots of cool video clips from each stage.

Attendance - I think the >100,000 for Sunday was a bit optomistic, although I didn't see the start/finish area. It was pretty crowded just above me at the top of the hill, though. Everyone was in such a fantastic, party mood.

Media - if you're in the LA area, email bill.dwyre@latimes.com (the sports section editor) and ask him to provide better coverage next year.

tprev - signing up to volunteer couldn't have been easier. I just signed up at the official tour website for the stages I could work, and then I magically started getting emails from the volunteer coordinator for each stage.

Have I mentioned yet just how absolutely fun, amazing, crazy, exciting, fabulous this weekend was!!