Fifty Plus (50+) - Yahoo! Tour of California kicks off this Sunday

with the Prologue in San Francisco.
And yours truly will be a volunteer course marshall... I am excited.

Anyone going (or at least watching it on Vehhhh -sis)?

I'd better go check the Vs. schedule. I'll definitely be watching. Are they doing stage by stage coverage or weekly summaries or what?

With all the drug allegations flying around last year, I swore I wouldn't watch any more pro cycling, but of course, I'll be tuning in.

It looks like Vs. will be showing highlights daily... this Sunday they're running from 5-7PM (PST? EST?) but I'd swear the TT starts at 1PM. The rest of the schedule looks like they're 1 hour each until NEXT Sunday which is another 3 hour segment... Man, Vs must have about the worst web site ever.

The Tour Of California is starting, and pitchers and catchers are also reporting.

Any questions???? :)

Is that some kind of San Fran reference?

Do you mean, am I happy the Giants signed Barry Zito???:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

who?

Ah, a thread turn onto my favorite sport - baseball. And even my fav team.

There is a channel named "Vs"?

This is off topic now, and belongs in FOO. :eek:

No fair! Guys!!!!!! (wait! am I allowed to say that? I can't remember)

So, who is going to be racing?

2007 Amgen Tour of California Teams (http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Peloton/teams.html)

Good selection of teams. I hope they'll post a roster soon. I don't really feel like searching each team's website to see who they are sending. I did look at a few. Disco had no info. CSC is sending a strong team. DZ, Bobby J, Jens etc. Thor Hushov will be there for Credit Agricole.

You mean it's not on OLN this year? What the heck is Vs? I've never heard of it.

There is a channel named "Vs"?
The channel formerly know as Outdoor Network, or Outdoor Life, or Outdoor Life Network, or something...

Thanks. I didn't know that. Haven't watched it since the Tour de France.

Good selection of teams. I hope they'll post a roster soon. I don't really feel like searching each team's website to see who they are sending. I did look at a few. Disco had no info. CSC is sending a strong team. DZ, Bobby J, Jens etc. Thor Hushov will be there for Credit Agricole.

Gee, I'm sorry. I thought that link did include the rosters... guess i didn't dig deeply enough
I got the rosters with my Volunteer packet, I just *assumed* they have that stuff on their site, too.

Hm.

I'm gonna be there! And on my bike, no less. With a "tour" group which will ride portions of the race course before the peloton roars through. My guess is that the crowds will already be gathering when we come through so this ought to be pretty exciting. It's a 4 day ride and I will have daily options of going anywhere from 30 to 70 miles.

I have no doubt I will be the oldest guy in this bunch. I'll try to carry the flag for us 50+ ers.

I'll be at the finish in Sacramento. I'll be meeting up with a couple of my bike friends from here (Quincy), too.

Carry that flag, Stevie47, carry it proudly and high.

Sadly there will be no peloton that day... it is a Time Trial.
That's exciting enough but I'm a little sorry not to see a peloton in action.

I don't know where I'll be, so I can't say "keep an eye out for me".
Still, you're going to have to come through there pretty early I imagine before they close it off... I probably won't be on the course yet.

You mean it's not on OLN this year? What the heck is Vs? I've never heard of it.
"OLN" turned in "Versus." Different name, same programing except for also being the exclusive network of NHL hockey - kinda hard to call pro hoickey played exclusively in indoor arenas an "otdoor" sport.

It still features more bull riding than human being could possibly want to watch, IMHO.

"OLN" turned in "Versus." Different name, same programing except for also being the exclusive network of NHL hockey - kinda hard to call pro hoickey played exclusively in indoor arenas an "otdoor" sport.

It still features more bull riding than human being could possibly want to watch, IMHO.

Thanks, I'm glad it's not some new channel that I can't get. Like someone said above ^, I haven't watched it since the TDF last year.

I wonder how many of the bull riding crowd is happy to see bicycle racing on their bull riding channel? :D

...and how about Phil Liggett doing the on-air promos for Bull Riding during the TDF??? Hilarious!

...and how about Phil Liggett doing the on-air promos for Bull Riding during the TDF??? Hilarious!


:eek: Now something like that could throw the earth off of it's axis.

You California guys, take a day or two off next week and go see some of the race. You'll love it. I'm sure going to do that in April when the Tour de Georgia happens.
Best views are along steep sections of climbs. Best access to racers is at stage starts. Come early and hang around and you'll get plenty of chances to meet the riders and team staff. Bring a kid if you want to create a bicycling fanatic.

Cool, I'll need to root for Colavita/Sutter Home. One of the guys from my club back in Maine rides for them now.

Last year many of our club members road out to see the steppest climb of stage 6 ( Balcom Canyon)
Most of us had to resort to getting off our bikes and walking up this wall. When the racers finally came through they were amazingly fast, like it was just a little bump in the road. I'll be there again this year,
I can hardly wait.

http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/

TV Schedule - Versus (formerly OLN)
Prologue - Sun., Feb. 18th 2pm-4pm PST (5pm-7pm EST)
Stage 1 - Mon., Feb. 19th 8pm-9pm PST (11pm-12am EST)
Stage 2 - Tue., Feb. 20th 8pm-9pm PST (11pm-12am EST)
Stage 3 - Wed., Feb. 21st 8pm-9pm PST (11pm-12am EST)
Stage 4 - Thur., Feb. 22nd 8pm-9pm PST (11pm-12am EST)
Stage 5 - Fri., Feb. 23rd 8pm-9pm PST (11pm-12am EST)
Stage 6 - Sat., Feb. 24th 8pm-9pm PST (11pm-12am EST)
Stage 7 -Sun., Feb. 25th 2pm-4pm PST (5pm-7pm EST)

Roster:
*Team rosters are subject to change:

1.) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (USA)
Ivan Basso (ITA)
Antonio "Tony" Cruz (USA)
Tom Danielson (USA)
George Hincapie (USA)
Levi Leipheimer (USA)
Jason McCartney (USA)
Tomas Vaitkus (LIT)
Brian Vandborg (DEN)

2.) Team CSC (DEN)
Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
Juan Jose Haedo (ARG)
Bobby Julich (USA)
Karsten Kroon (NED)
Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
Christian Vandevelde (USA)
Jens Voigt (GER)
David "Dave" Zabriskie (USA)

3.) Quick Step-Innergetic (BEL)
Paolo Bettini (ITA)
Mauro Facci (ITA)
Leonardo Scarselli (ITA)
Bram Tankink (NED)
Matteo Tosatto (ITA)
Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL)
Geert Verheyen (BEL)
Giovanni Visconti (ITA)

4.) Predictor-Lotto (BEL)
Mario Aerts (BEL)
Bart Dockx (BEL)
Nick Gates (AUS)
Chris Horner (USA)
Nic Ingels (BEL)
Josep Jufre Pou (ESP)
Matthew Lloyd (AUS)
Fred Rodriguez (USA)

5.) Rabobank Cycling Team (NED)
Mauricio Albert Ardila Cano (COL)
Graeme Brown (AUS)
Bram De Groot (NED)
Theo Eltink (NED)
Robert Gesink (NED)
Mathew Hayman (AUS)
Grischa Niermann (GER)
Michael Rasmussen (DEN)

6.) T-Mobile Team (GER)
Michael Barry (CAN)
Gerald Ciolek (GER)
Adam Hansen (AUS)
Greg Henderson (NZL)
Kim Kirchen (LUX)
Aaron Olson (USA)
Jakob Piil (DEN)
Michael Rogers (AUS)

7.) Liquigas Pro Cycling Team (ITL)
Kjell Carlstrom (FIIN)
Mauro Da Dalto (ITA)
Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)
Luca Paolini (ITA)
Franco Pellizotti (ITA)
Manuel Quinziato (ITA)
Charles Wegelius (GBR)
Frederik Willems (BEL)

8.) Crédit Agricole (FRA)
Dimitri Fofonov (KAZ)
Sebastien Hinault (FRA)
Thor Hushovd (NOR)
Mads Kaggestad (NOR)
Christophe Kern (FRA)
Christophe Laurent (FRA)
Cyril Lemoine (FRA)
Jean Marc Marino (FRA)

9.) Gerolsteiner (GER)
Robert Förster (GER)
Torsten Heikmann (GER)
Bernhard Kohl (AUT)
Sven Krauss (GER)
Volker Ordowski (GER)
Fabian Wegmann (GER)
Peter Wrolich (AUT)
Oliver Zaugg (SUI)

Pro Continental Teams
10.) The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis (USA)
Russell Downing (GBR)
Kyle Gritters (USA)
Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)
Tim Johnson (USA)
Karl Menzies (AUS)
Shawn Milne (USA)
Kirk O'Bee (USA)
Rory Sutherland (AUS)

11.) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team (USA)
Glen Chadwick (NZL)
Hilton Clarke (AUS)
Ben Day (AUS)
Valeriy Kobzarenko (UKR)
Sergey Lagutin (UZB)
Darren Lill (RSA)
Viktor Rapinski (BLR)
Phil Zajicek (USA)

12.) Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle (USA)
Steven Cozza (USA)
Jason Donald (USA)
Lucas Euser (USA)
William Frischkorn (USA)
Patrick McCarty (USA)
Danny Pate (USA)
Thomas "Tom" Peterson (USA)
Taylor Tolleson (USA)

Continental Teams
13.) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team (USA)
Chris Baldwin (USA)
Heath Blackgrove (NZL)
Ivan Dominguez (CUB)
Justin England (USA)
Mark Scanlon (IRL)
Sean Sullivan (AUS)
Henk Vogels (AUS)
Chris Wherry (USA)

14.) BMC Racing Team (USA)
Jonathan Garcia (USA)
Ken Hanson (USA)
Ian McKissick (USA)
Alex Moos (SUI)
Scott Nydam (USA)
Michael Sayers (USA)
Jackson Stewart (USA)
David Vitoria (SUI)

15.) Jelly Belly Cycling Team (USA)
Andrew Bajadali (USA)
Alex Candelario (USA)
Brian Dziewa (USA)
Brice Jones (USA)
Mike Jones (USA)
Bryce Mead (USA)
Jeremy Powers (USA)
Nick Reistad (USA)

16.) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team (USA)
Alejandro Acton (ARG)
Gustavo Artacho (ARG)
Anthony Colby (USA)
Charles Dionne (CAN)
Davide Frattini (ITA)
Peter Hatton (AUS)
David McCann (IRL)
Tyler Wren (USA)

17.) Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell (USA) Emile
Abraham (TTO)
Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA)
Edward "Ted" King (USA)
Robbie King (USA)
Garrett Peltonen (USA)
Brian Sheedy (USA)
Tom Zirbel (USA)
Scott Zwizanski (USA)

National Teams
18.) USA Cycling National Development Team (USA)
Brent Bookwalter (USA)
Sheldon Deeny (USA)
John Devine (USA)
Caleb Fairly (USA)
Zachary Grabowski (USA)
Scott Stewart (USA)
Chris Stockburger (USA)
Tejay Van Garderen (USA)

Hey, is anyone in hanging out in SF today? The place should be crawling with racers, media and support staff. lots of good photo ops.