Sierra Rd is a pretty grueling climb for most of us mere mortals
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weather today much warmer than yesterday at Tunitas Creek Road
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CHP escort... action soon to follow!
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helicopter providing shots from the air as well as uplink for live feed
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breakaway group had formed immediately out of neutral start zone
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Juergen Van der Walle (Quickstep), Lars Boom (Rabobank) and Rob Britton (Bissell) lead an 8 person break
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Boom and Van der Walle fought hard to keep the breakaway alive till about 12km from finish
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every time I see this kit I think "vacuum cleaner" ;)
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Team Type 1 rider Davide Frattini
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main peloton stretched out across the road
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Levi Leipheimer (Team RadioShack), 3 time winner of the ToC.
Check out his shoe straps!
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Jose Rubiera pointing out some debris
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and in a flash they all pass by
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Cervelo rider hustles to catch back up to the peloton after dropping back to the team car
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