Amgen Tour of California
Something kind of cool happened today in our neighborhood. The Amgen Tour of California bike race concluded in Escondido. The finish line is about 3 km from our home. We drove by the downtown area after church and it was already packed! We decided to just enjoy our afternoon at home and walk down to El Norte around 3:00 to watch them ride past. It was fun hanging out with some of our neighbors and talking photography.
After the inital 2 leaders passed by around 3:40, there was a huge group of racers following about 2 minutes behind. I'm pretty sure Lance Armstrong was in that group. But I'm having a hard time identifying him in any of these photos.
The racers passed by like this: 2 leaders way out front, a huge group of racers together, followed by a lone rider, and then 8 minutes or so behind the leaders, the final group of racers passed by.
It was really cool to have all this international attention focused on our hometown!
2 comments:
Very cool that you got to see the end of the race like that! We almost went down to see the stage in Sacramento the other weekend -- next time we should time it with a visit to see you two.
Also so excited to hear the news about your job, Jon, and about Redbook plugging Jenetta's site. We know it's a blessing to experience God's provision in these tangible ways.
-Candace & Jim
So Cool. Glad you could experience it. I know how fast it all happens. Did you at least get some free jelly belly's? What a great team sponsor!
Lance is in your pic #5 on the far, far left.
In Pic #7 on the right is the overall winner of the Tour of California, Levi Leipheimer. Also in that shot: Floyd Landis (who failed the drug test and lost his Tour de France title). His two year suspension is now over. Yes, you get two years for 1 offense. Take that NFL/MLB! George Hincapie, Tom Danielson, Christian Van Velde are in there
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