This has to be the most exciting time of the cycling year. Sure the Classics are great. The Tour is epic. However, there is something special about the excitement that comes with the beginning of the cycling season. The die hard fans are glued to Versus or Cycling.Tv analyzing every move their favorite pro makes in the first few races.
Things kicked off with a hot Tour Down Under. Lance made his return to the peloton, and the media circus was on. Lost in the craziness was Allen Davis and his triumphant return to winning races in his home country.
A few races in countries we can't even pronounce, and now we find ourselves in the good ol' USA! The Tour of California is represented by one of the deepest fields ever assembled in North America. It has the feel of the Tour de France.
Was anyone surprised to see Fabian dominate the prologue? Macebo tried to steal some glory with his Gladiator effort on stage 1. He picked up a well deserved win, but paid for it the next day when Levi looked over at Popo and said "fire it up". The young argyle lad Peterson took the stage win with Levi going into yellow. I will continue blogging about the Tour of California, but it's pretty safe to say that it's Levi's race to lose. When I had a chance to ride with Levi back in October 2008, he was talking about the Tour of California. He wants it bad. Prelude to France?
Stage 3 came down to the sprint most were hoping for. Cav missed the train, and Thor took the win. Where was Boonan?
Well tomorrow I begin my trip to California for a live look at the race. I am picking up the race in Solvang for the time trial and will be following till the end in San Diego.
Still living the dream...
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