A morning at the start of Stage 8 - Santa Clarita, CA
Roaming from bus to bus at a stage start results in all sorts of surprises ...
all Photos by PedalDancer.com please click any to enlarge
all Photos by PedalDancer.com please click any to enlarge
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| Starting the morning off with Leopard Trek and a good healthy breakfast |
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| Chris Horner (GC leader) enjoying another interview |
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| Chris Horner (Radio Shack) signing more autographs |
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| Tejay van Garderen (HTC) giving a lot of thought to his interview answers |
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| Dario Mariuzzo Directeur Sportif (Diretorre Sportivo) (Liquigas-Cannondale) Italy |
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| Allan Peiper Directeur Sportif ( HTC Highroad) Australia, nice guy |
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| Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) Australia |
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| I am assuming he is an American, this BMC fan was at a number of the stages |
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| Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank) Nederlands |
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| Oscar Freire (Rabobank) Spain |
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| Johan Vansummeren (Garmin Cervelo) Belgium |
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| Matthew Busche (Radio Shack) USA |
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| Matthew Hayman (Team Sky) Australia |
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| Amaël Moinard (BMC) France |
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| Chris Horner rolls to sign-in |
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| The scene at the sign-in stage |
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| Svein Tuft, Andy Schleck, Jeffry Louder, and others |
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| George signing autographs at the Sign-in area |
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| Taylor Phinney |
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| George Hincapie |
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| Christian Van deVelde |
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| Steve Morabito (BMC) Switzerland |
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| Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) Luxembourg |
And the final call up for the last stage of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California
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| Chris Horner rolls to the final start line |
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| The riders waiting for the start |
Another great day as a fan of pro cycling!
Read about the finish of the start at Final Stage of 2011 Amgen Tour of California Tuesday, May 24, 2011. I also met another fan mentioned in this blog post who blogs at Men in Spandex.
Read about the finish of the start at Final Stage of 2011 Amgen Tour of California Tuesday, May 24, 2011. I also met another fan mentioned in this blog post who blogs at Men in Spandex.