AMGEN Tour of California Stage 7 - My Photos

Here's a slideshow of all of my pictures from Stage 7 of the tour of California.



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AMGEN Tour of California Stage 7 - Sprint

After enjoying the start festivities I headed over to Glendora so I could catch the sprint. The riders came through Glendora about 2pm after being up Glendora Ridge road and coming down the 39.

I took a few pics and vids of them as they came through.

It was a great day watching the race. After this we headed home to catch the TV coverage, spotted us in the highlights of the sprint on TV too!

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.

AMGEN Tour of California Stage 7

I'm currently following the AMGEN Tour of California. I'm excited that it is coming to Claremont as that's not too far for me to go and check it out.

As it's my first time seeing it I am planning on heading to the start area to see all the festivities at the start and watch them loop around downtown Claremont to begin with. I will then head over to Glendora to watch them again as they pass through on the way up to Glendora Mountain Road.

Check out the Stage 7 website here

For a map of the planned route click here

For a log of the route with ETA at each point click here

Hope to see y'all out there!