"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Pics from stage 7 incl Lance

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/BigGeorge.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/CSCTrain.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/Levi.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/Lance.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/George3.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/Winners.jpg

Dammn you got a sharp camera..!

No kidding. Very nice photos.

More! More!!

Fantastic shots

All right, I'll throw a few more up here.

Thanks!!!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/Landis.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/Salvodeli.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/GeorgeFloydLevipeleton.jpg

Final Sprint:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/finalsprintcrop.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/1st%20Tour%20of%20California/Olafstagewinner.jpg

double post. Oops!

fantastic shots! what camera & lens were you using?

Sweet pics! I like the CSC pic. Do you have any more?

fantastic shots! what camera & lens were you using?

Thanks! These pics are all with a Canon 70-300IS lens on a Canon 350D (XT) body.

-Mike

Sweet pics! I like the CSC pic. Do you have any more?

Yeah, I took about 200 pics throughout the day, but just haven't had the time to go through all of them. I'll try to get a few more up a little later.

Thanks!

-Mike

Nice photos...beautiful quality! Camera model numbers almost sound like bike components....:D

Nice pictures and good eye. Perfect vantage point.

Sorry I did not catch up with you guys on Saturday. Roman and I positioned ourselves in a different place for each of the last three laps. We finally ended up at the 500m marker just before the bunch sprint on the final lap.

There were lots and lots of good vantage points around the Amgen Campus with few spectators. In some areas, there were more volunteers than fans! But that was alright with me. I actually saw myself in the background of one of the Cyclingnews pictures!

I got some pics of my own but my digital camera is just plain aweful compared to yours.

I got some pics of my own but my digital camera is just plain aweful compared to yours.

Only a bad musician blames his instrument!! ;)

Yeah, being roughly 25 meters from the finish, my lens and arm made it into the ESPN broadcast!

Only a bad musician blames his instrument!! ;)

Yeah, being roughly 25 meters from the finish, my lens and arm made it into the ESPN broadcast!

Touche! ;)

If I don't complain about the equipment, then the budget is never adjusted.

Touche! ;)

If I don't complain about the equipment, then the budget is never adjusted.

That's great!!! :-)

Here's a story that photographers often recite:

Photographer get's onto an elevator with a journalist. Journalist says; "I saw your pictures yesterday, you must have a great camera."

Photographer replies; "I read your story yesterday, you must have a great typewriter."

Thats awesome you have a great cam. Has anyone ever rode a BMC bike?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/sirthx/Pro%20Tour/Lance.jpg


Lettin' himself go since the breakup eh? Is he hiding a Ben & Jerry's gut under that t-shirt? :p

Lettin' himself go since the breakup eh? Is he hiding a Ben & Jerry's gut under that t-shirt? :p

Hard to see the gut with the mass of people (including me) knocking themselves over to get to him. It was almost surreal. One girl was freaking because she reached out and touched his shoulder. She was almost in tears. "I TOUCHED HIM, I TOUCHED HIM!"

Lettin' himself go since the breakup eh? Is he hiding a Ben & Jerry's gut under that t-shirt? :p


He had the beard since before the breakup. Well before. Its not uncommon at all for pros in the off season.

He had the beard since before the breakup. Well before. Its not uncommon at all for pros in the off season.
Beard? What beard? That's scruff. :D

p.s. Very nice pics! Thanks for sharing!

p.s. Very nice pics! Thanks for sharing!

You bet! Thanks for looking!

-Mike

Great pics. It bothers me how much Pollack looks like Zabel.

man - what happened to the pics? Photbucket sayz the links not there any more?

man - what happened to the pics? Photbucket sayz the links not there any more?

yeah and i'd like to see them as well. from all the comments they sound like they're worth seeing.

yeah and i'd like to see them as well. from all the comments they sound like they're worth seeing.

The pics aren't visible to you guys?? The links haven't changed, so they should pop right up. Hmmmmm.

yeah - here's all I see (from 2 different computers - home and work)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/ravenmore/screenshot1.jpg

really funny thing is I used photobucket to host the pic of the screen shot. ;)

yeah - here's all I see (from 2 different computers - home and work)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/ravenmore/screenshot1.jpg

really funny thing is I used photobucket to host the pic of the screen shot. ;)

Interesting. They still come up for me, and a couple of them are posted on a photgraphy site....

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1031&thread=17371345

...using the same links and that works as well. If you go to that link, make sure you click the photo to expand it.

did you change the album name recently? need to relink them to reflect the change in the album.

did you change the album name recently? need to relink them to reflect the change in the album.

Done! Thanks!

-Mike

works now - great shots! Thanks!

works now - great shots! Thanks!

Sure, thanks for pointing it out.

Yeah, those are some awesome pics.

Yeah, those are some awesome pics.

Thanks!

-M

Can anybody identify the two riders on the left of the photo with Hincapie, Landis and Leipheimer? Last photo of original post. Thanks!!