Saturday, May 21, 2011

AMGEN Tour of California Stage 7 - Start

Today was stage 7 of the Amgen tour of California. The start kicked off in Claremont, a city not too far away from me. I've never been to a pro race before so I decided to check out the start festivities.

I got into town early so I could get a nice spot to park then heading toward the start festival to check it out. They had various booths around but nothing too special. I picked up a t-shirt from the merchandise store. I was hoping to get a cycling cap but all they had were baseball caps. They did not have many t-shirts left and didn't have the one I really wanted.

About 10am the team cars and trailers started filling in. I took plenty of pictures of them. Below are just a select few.






It was cool to see all the bikes close up and see the top of the line gear on them and the difference between all the bikes. As a brit I had to go check out Team Sky as the British team. It was cool to hear some familiar accents! I was lucky enough to get a picture with Ben Swift.









I checked out Team Radioshack too and got a really nice free t-shirt! I love their bikes. There are some awesome details on them. I like the bears on the frame.




I also spotted them filming a quick little ad for the awesome Road ID!



After all that I went to pick out a spot on the road. I decided to watch on College Ave as I would be able to see them come by twice and then just a short walk up to see them head north towards Foothill Blvd. Apologies for these pics, I forgot to change the camera speed but I did catch some video too!










After that I head back to the car to pick up the wife so we could head over to Glendora to watch the sprint up Glendora Ave.

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