Friday, February 27, 2009

Tour of California: Tim Z's & Tom B's - Pictures & Perspective

Tim Z and Tom B. did make it out to CA and watched stages 1-3. The weather was miserable, but it was worth it. Here's brief summary, perspective and a couple of pictures:

Stage 1:
Watched the finishing circuits in Santa Rosa so it was pretty cool to see the race leaders from Rock Racing, Liquigas and Quick-Step battle it out.

Stage 2:
Watched the first KOM climb and then saw them finish in Santa Cruz.

Stage 3:
Got to watch the start in San Jose, the first KOM climb and then the circuit finish in Modesto.

There were really a couple of impressions that we walked away with:

  • Lance is intimidating on the bike, when he’s pulling or climbing his facial expression is just nasty;
  • You have to spend a lot of time getting in position to see them ride by and in about 12 sec they are gone and it’s over; and
  • How accessible the riders, their bikes and equipment are to the general public.

    Here are a couple of pictures.

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