Whole gallery of the tour is here (I had a press photographer pass, so I got really good access for photos):
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/f71455161
A sampling:
Lance on stage showing that Levi is "the man", at least for this tour:
Sprint finish - Cavendish starts celebrating well BEFORE the line - and the photo finish on TV showed that he won by less than 2 inches. Now THAT is a pro: knowing you've "got it" even when the margin is that small:
Levi on time trial stage in Solvang:
Michael Rogers, David Zabriskie, and Jens Voigt on time trial climb:
Taken on Sierra Road climb - brutal cold, windy, raining - these capture that even these world-best riders DO suffer, especially on climbs this steep in weather this bad (at the press conference, a reporter asked Levi what conditions were like. His answer: "go in your shower, turn it on as cold as it gets, and stand under it for 4 hours - that's what it was like"):
Another pack sprint finish, won by Thor Hushovd:
Oh, and one of the podium girls was incredibly cute and well-endowed (my son saw this photo and said, "she was lookin' right at ya"; I responded that she knew to smile for the camera):
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/f71455161
A sampling:
Lance on stage showing that Levi is "the man", at least for this tour:
Sprint finish - Cavendish starts celebrating well BEFORE the line - and the photo finish on TV showed that he won by less than 2 inches. Now THAT is a pro: knowing you've "got it" even when the margin is that small:
Levi on time trial stage in Solvang:
Michael Rogers, David Zabriskie, and Jens Voigt on time trial climb:
Taken on Sierra Road climb - brutal cold, windy, raining - these capture that even these world-best riders DO suffer, especially on climbs this steep in weather this bad (at the press conference, a reporter asked Levi what conditions were like. His answer: "go in your shower, turn it on as cold as it gets, and stand under it for 4 hours - that's what it was like"):
Another pack sprint finish, won by Thor Hushovd:
Oh, and one of the podium girls was incredibly cute and well-endowed (my son saw this photo and said, "she was lookin' right at ya"; I responded that she knew to smile for the camera):
