I’m starting this discussion so we can follow Team Team 1 cycling team to the finish!..if you are along the route and cheering them on!..taking pictures!..please post in this thread!
Click here to find out more about the route and to see a map! Amgen website
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“The Tour of California (advertised as Amgen Tour of California) is an annual professional cycling stage race on the UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour.”
“The eight-day race covers 650–700 miles (1,045 - 1,126 km) through California — beginning in Nevada City, traveling through the redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast, finishing in Escondido. The 2009 race crossed the Central Valley from Merced to Fresno, with an excursion through the Sierra Nevada foothills, before crossing to the coast.”
“The eight-day 2011 Tour of California, in its sixth year, starts May 15 at the California-Nevada state line on Lake Tahoe’s south shore.”
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I’m going to try to make it out in the Claremont area on May 21st if anyone is interested in meeting up!
2011 Rider list:
TEAM TYPE 1 - sanofi-aventis (USA)
Rubens Bertogliati (SUI)
Laszlo Bodrogi (FRA)
William Dugan (USA)
Alexander Efimkin (RUS)
Hopefully this year is successful like last years Tour. Plan on watching all the stages on my DVR, hopefully the motivation bug will finally bite me to get on my bikes now that I started on the pump this week.
Side note, I went and checked thier store out again, and unfortunately no hooded sweatshirts are available still, I purchased a jersey and t-shirt last summer and periodically check for the sweatshirt and haven’t had any in my size in over a year now, kinda disappointing.
I love following along…extra boost of motivation for me too…I’ll see if I can pass along the info about the sweatshirt!
Update from Team Type 1 (just in)...
SACRAMENTO, May 16 - Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis rider Laszlo Bodrogi rode in the breakaway for most of stage one at the Amgen Tour of California on Monday, putting a gap of four minutes into the peloton with three other riders until arriving at the finishing circuits around the state capitol.
After snow and ice forced the cancellation of Sunday's first stage of the race, riders were eager to get started on Monday in cloudy but mostly dry weather, and with a shortened stage that began in Nevada City, Bodrogi and three other riders quickly escaped into a breakaway after just 10km of racing in the 122km day.
"I followed the first move, and looked back to see that we were all riding well together. After a while a fourth rider joined us and the break was set. The gap was good, but our group had no real chance because this stage was very much for sprinters, and the other teams picked up speed just as the headwind hit us in the valley," said Bodrogi.
Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis General Manager Vassili Davidenko said Bodrogi in the first breakaway of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California was a positive sign for the squad.
"The guys came here to race, and it was a source of frustration to sit in a hotel room and wait as the weather played its hand. With Laszlo in the break today Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis could sit in the pack and wait for the sprint at the end, and keep our powder dry for later in the week as well," Davidenko said.
Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis rider Aldo Ino Ilesic was the highest placed rider on the day, finishing 22nd in a wet sprint in downtown Sacramento.
"The rain came down for a bit right at the end of the race. It wasn't especially slippery, but the effect of so many guys trying to ride fast and brake carefully at the same time stretched the pack out like elastic. It wasn't easy to follow the wheels and the rhythm of the sprint was jumpy," Ino Ilesic said.
Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis rider Javier Megias, who has type 1 diabetes and must monitor his blood glucose continuously and periodically take insulin to control the disease, said he started Monday's stage with a BG around 200.
"It wasn't bad today, but wasn't good either. All day I held around 240, 250, and at the end I was around 280. Normally a good day of racing is 140-160," Megias said.
Megias is a professional athlete with type 1 diabetes, a chronic disease of the autoimmune system where the pancreas stops producing the hormone insulin.
Based in Atlanta, GA, Team Type 1 is an organization of more than 120 athletes on seven squads, competing at the elite, amateur and professional level in cycling, triathlon and ultramarathon events and sharing a message of hope for people affected by diabetes.
Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis is the men's professional cycling branch of Team Type 1, and five of the 19 riders on the squad have type 1 diabetes.
With the right technology, proper nutrition and plenty of exercise, Team Type 1 strives to bring a message of hope that people with diabetes can lead normal and even extraordinary lives.
--TT1--
Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis is following the Amgen Tour of California on its website
And on Facebook
And on Twitter @teamtype1 using hashtag #ATOC
Thanks for the links and updates!