Originally Posted by iherald
I sent out an email to his manager last winter to ask for a photo to put by my trainer, while training for my ride across Canada. I got the photo. So I emailed the manager again and said this was a good summer for both me and George (since I did the ride, read my sig, and he wore Yellow) and it would be cool to have an autographed jersey from George.
He agreed. I'm looking to get the jersey quickly, since George is at training camp until the 5th and then leaves for the Tour of CA (?) on the 15th, it's a smaller window. If I miss that, he'll be back in May or something.
Cool story. And good ride! I actually did the cross-Canada thing as well (check out
www.whereisjer.com) in 2003. It's funny that I'm talking to you, simply b/c I have this friend who wants to do a cross-Canada trip this summer, and directed me to your site, saying he wanted to follow your same route! Don't know if he'll follow through, but he plans to do the ride on a tandem with a blind person. Fund raising is also in the plans.
I'm actually working for the Tour of California, so I'll be there for the whole race, however I wouldn't want to offer getting Hincapie to sign your jersey. Every rider/team is very accessable for me, with the exception of Disco. They're very private at the races: always park their team bus away from all the others, and they always stay in their own hotel (all other teams stay together). This is known as the 'Lance-factor', b/c obviously he was a publicity/attention magnet, but even though he's no longer riding for them, they still behave like he is. Good luck with the jersey, though.