Tour of California- stage 4 (spoilers etc)
 

Might as well get this one started.. lots of KOM points to be had.

Anyone find an interview with Cav or George yesterday? i wanna know what happened.. last night on the VS recap they seemed to think Cav just didn't have the juice

It's on and it's dry and sunny....... http://tracker.amgentourofcalifornia.com/

what are these colorful jerseys they seem to be wearing today ;) was getting used to the clear and black rain jackets and tryin to identify people by helmets and sides of the bibs

Stuey's in the break!

11:24 PST
The riders are passing by an orange grove. There seem to be a lot of bees - hopefully no one who is allergic will get stung.

To be followed shortly with "Tom Danielson stung by bee, drops out of race"

Flandis.

Go floyd!!!

11:52 PST
Karl Menzies (OUCH p/b Maxxis) and Floyd Landis (OUCH p/b Maxxis) are next to make the bridging attempt.


Sweeet. :D maybe Floyd will have another huge solo break today?:thumb:

really? where was that from? I'm watching the amgen tracker feed and nothing mentioned.

Hincapie is having a hell of a time getting back to the pack.

man these guys are trying to get a break away started but the peloton is having nothing of it, lot of hard efforts early on in the race...

Chad

Victor Hugo Pena (rock racing) abandons after spending much time at the medical car early today.

the whole peloton is strung out almost single file.

Chad

Strung the F out. These guys are flying!

sorry... second part about tom was a joke.. .should have italicized or something...

is that Christian VdV in the break of 5?

Hincapie's day today.

that break has to be brought back with him and vdv

Guess letting FL get away was too much stupidity to hope for.

that's an understatement man is this a tough stage so far, look at the splits in the back of the peloton , looks like quite a few riders may get dropped today.

and that was VdV in the break with Hincapie that was brought back by Chechu rubirea (astana)


looks like a breakaway is finally established with landis in the breakaway

jens voight, horner, danielson all trying to chase back the break.

that means danielson didn't drop due to a bee sting lol.

Chad

Wishing for Floyd to just hammer down.....

200m uphill sprint. F that.

well-timed nature break for hamilton and co.

ya think the break will stick with Mancebo in it?

I don't think so with Astana chasing, there is plenty of flat land after the climbs to chase back.

Chad

Serge Pauwels -

In addition to cycling, Pauwels holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering and is working on his master's degree in Applied Economics. A graduate of the University of Antwerp he has always combined racing with studying.

Thats pretty rad !

^^ indeed awesome

wow.. they just voted Mancebo off the island haha BYEEEE