Amgen tour hits Long Beach?
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420LaHaRR at 02.21.07 - 2:42 pm
Am I wrong, or does the tour reach Long Beach on Sunday?
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you are correct.
http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage7.html
spark02.21.07 - 3:01 pm
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I'm heading down to check it out. bluelining it. anyone else going?
Roadblock02.21.07 - 3:12 pm
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The Watts Happening ride goes right by the Blue Line.
Depends on the timing I guess.
Joe Borfo02.21.07 - 3:20 pm
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Don't forsake the Watts Happening ride for a flash of Lycra! Besides, if you need to get your Amgen on, Stage 6 comes from Santa Barbara and finishes up in Santa Clarita on Saturday mid-afternoon.
Agent Orange02.21.07 - 3:30 pm
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I was wondering if anyone was going to address the (apparent) conflict on Sunday. Shit, the Watts ride sounds awesome, but...
I disagree with Agent Orange -- I think your lycra-watching ducats would be way better spent in Long Beach. Watching circuit races is way more exciting than watching the end of a stage race. In Santa Clarita you'll just see the finish. In LB, if you chill in the middle of the dog-bone shaped course you get to see the peloton 20 times, and watch all the break aways, chase groups, crashes (?), and leadouts for the sprints at the end.
Plus the course is only 77 miles, flat, and it's the last stage, so the race will be a blistering pace.
I kinda disdain professional atheletes as a rule, but I was blown away last year. Feeling the asphalt shake as 140 of the fastest motherfuckers on earth go thundering by was pretty cool. So I'm gonna swallow my cynicism, put on my fan boy hat and be there.
City Hobgoblin02.21.07 - 4:05 pm
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Hey, you could concievably do both: join us at noon for the roll to the Watts Towers, then hop on the Blue Line (right around the corner from the Towers) and still get to Long Beach in plenty of time for the projected 3:45 finish. As it's been said before, "with the IAAL-MAF, everyone's a winner!" I'm even a little tempted myself . . .
mr rollers02.21.07 - 4:41 pm
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Thank You. That's what I was trying to explain, but was lacking in skillz to convey. That's why we need you Mr. Rollers!
Joe Borfo02.21.07 - 4:48 pm
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Bless you for your incisive inclusivity Mr. Rollers!
Agent Orange02.21.07 - 4:52 pm
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that one dude in the green shorts remonds me of the scene in breaking away with the italians... you know, he's all alone amongs their team...
FuzzBeast02.26.07 - 12:01 am
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can anyone share the starting point for this ride,please. i cant find it on the map.
spazzH50002.26.07 - 12:24 am
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I dodnt really know about this race but ...
I teach a photo class on sundays in norwalk. One of my students who was ahead on her work, asked for a pass to leave class and go shoot pictures of the bike race for the next assignment. She came back 2hrs later with some badass pix!
I'll post em up later when she turns her assignemnt in.
trickmilla02.26.07 - 9:51 am
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i tried to ride with them in ojai. i was going 35 down main st and they were going close to 45? ridiculous.
ruinedbyidiots02.26.07 - 10:54 am
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The peloton kind of made its own weather system, complete with precipitation. Look closely at the dude on the left...
Jeronimo02.27.07 - 3:16 pm
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funny that AMGEN makes doping drugs for cyclists. surreal actually hahah.
Roadblock02.27.07 - 3:21 pm
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Nice observation there, it's just a couple years too late.
Amgen makes EPO so that anemic cancer patients can get the red blood cells they need to survive.
It was made to be used by cheating athletes. That's just an unfortunate by product. Get your facts straight.
The folks at Amgen have said time and again that they'd gladly reformulate EPO with a "red flag" element if it wouldn't cost the hundred or so million dollars to get it reapproved by the FDA.
Aside from sponsoring the ToC, Amgen sponsors a lot of different cycling events.
chunk02.27.07 - 7:46 pm
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Was it me or were te color commentators at the start finish the worst? They shoulda had Bob Roll or even Al Trautwig.
sc_nomad02.27.07 - 8:12 pm
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Ridazz Roulette!
It was interesting.