The Tour of California starts today in San Fran. Some big names are showing up state side and you can watch it on ESPN 2 at midnight tonight. The start list is impressive with bigtime Euro riders Salvodelli, Simoni, Voight, Evans and Cancellara. All the top US riders are over from europe as well, Jullich, Zibriske, Landis, Leiphiemer, Danielson and Hincapie. Iowa boy Jason McCartney is on the start list for Discovery and Omaha native Todd Heriott will be riding for Calovita Olive Oil.
I was checking out the stage profiles and Stage 6 hits some of the climbs I used to train on in California. From the coastal town of Carpenteria you climb up through the town of Ojai and over the highpoint little kicker before dropping into Santa Paula. It was one of my favorites rides and we'd always see the USPS team cars and riders training in the area early season.
Tonights Prologue TT revisits the traditional Coors Classic prologue by racing up telegraph hill to Coit tower in San Fran. Gnarly profile for a prologue, check it out
ESPN 2, MIDNIGHT!!!
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