Saturday, May 18, 2013

Harj at Tour of California TT

As we have no May event, I thought I'd blog about the Tour of California. Today, I rode out to Metcalf Road in San Jose, and took some snaps and videos. I was on the uphill final climb, about 700m from the finish line. It was a brutal climb. First up is a photo of Lieuwe Westra who finished 2nd on the day: 


For the climb, some riders chose to change their TT rigs to lighter road bikes at the foot of the final hill, as did Michael Rogers in the video here:

And here, all in green, is The Riddler*, Peter Sagan:

*ha ha, yes I mean the Batman villain - which may be why The Fuzz was out and about....

Julie Dibens, the only GB competitor in the elite women's event:

Cyclocross powerhouse Katie Compton gives it some wellie:

A more bouncy approach by Lauren Stephens, guest riding for Tibco:

Nathaniel English in his 5HR kit looked great on the bike:

And, I wondered if winner of the TT and race leader Tejay Van Garderen was so fast today because he was continuously fanned by the helicopter hovering above:

I hope you enjoyed these. I'll post some more when I get time.
Harj