OT: tour of california

[A Canfield]

Go to "Amgen Tour of California" and checkout the live stream......
Should be coming throught Davis on the their way to Sac around 2:00ish

 

[WarrenG]

So you don't miss it, the schedule has them going through Davis near 1:00-1:15pm.

 

[bored4long]

I spent the weekend in Santa Clarita (where the tour ends). The town is making a HUGE deal of this event and my family that lives there is very excited about it. They will all be at the finish line.

 

[Twisted]

That isn't a tour of California, they didn't even come up here to see the beauty of nature side of the state....

That is more of a "Tour of southern California"

 

[WarrenG]

Maybe you didn't notice the locale for the first half of the race. Palo Alto, Sausalito, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Modesto, San Jose, Seaside...

They would like to do some of the Sierras but snow would be a problem this time of year.

 

[JJ4417]

I got a great spot on 9 and N this year. It was raining so it slowed them down enough to get a decent look at a few of the guys. I think I saw Cancellara out front on the final lap before the sprinters moved up. Amazing what these guys can do...

 

[Twisted]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11890776#post11890776 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WarrenG
Maybe you didn't notice the locale for the first half of the race. Palo Alto, Sausalito, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Modesto, San Jose, Seaside...

They would like to do some of the Sierras but snow would be a problem this time of year.

Snow isn't too bad up here this year as long as they started around Mt. Shasta and went south.
Mt. Shasta has quite a bit of snow, but the roads are pretty clear.
If it was an afternoon start they probablly wouldn't even have to worry about ice

 

[funman1]

My HAM repeater hosts the race officals for communications.
Pretty cool to listen in