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The Amgen Tour of California was held from February 17-25, 2008. The Tour was held again this year with a few changes in the overall race route. I enjoyed the opportunity to watch the racers for the Prologue and portions of Stage 1 from Sausalito, CA to Santa Rose, CA. The world's top professional teams came and competed over a span of eight days over a distance of 800 miles. The route included the California redwoods, wine country and the beautiful Pacific Coast. The tour served a good purpose to raise funds for cancer care and treatment. Enjoy the pictures of some of the superstars of professional bicycle racing.

Dave McGrath-Wagner





Prologue: Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, Palo Alto, CA
The AMGEN Tour of California started off with the Prologue starting at City Hall and ending on Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The intense 1.9 mile course starts at the Ferry Building at Pier 1 and goes along the Embarcardero. The route ends after a steep climb through Telegraph Hill to the finish at Coit Tower. The weather was great for a fine day of bicycle racing.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to start the action of the Tour of California Bicycle Race.

Andy Hampsten speaking with the annoucer.

Bobby Julich (#2) of CSC Team
Henk Vogels of Austraila


Levi Leipheimer of the Discovery Channel's Team
Levi Leipheimer of the Discovery Channel's Team


Levi Leipheimer of the Discovery Channel's Team once again won the Tour of California Prologue with a time of 4:49.050. Jason Donald of Slipstream-Chipotle Team had the shortest time for most of the competition until Levi rode the last ride of the day. Jason came in second place followed by Ben Jacques-Maynes of Priority Health-Bissel. The Prologue is always fun to watch and get some pretty good pictures up close of the racers.




Stage One: Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, Sausalito, CA
The start of Stage One took place in downtown Sausalito, CA located in Marin County across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, CA. The course left Sausalito and included Panoramic highway and Highway One to Stinson Beach. The course continued along through Dog Town, Olema, Pt. Rayes Station, Bodega Bay and Valley Ford. The route then goes inland for a steep climb before finishing in Santa Rosa, CA. The pictures below were taken just before the last small climb before entering into Santa Rosa, CA for the finish of Stage One.












Links to the Top Professional Bicycle Teams in the World


Team CSC Top ranked cycling team in the world.

T-Mobile Cycling Team

Davitamon-Lotto Racing Team


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COORS CLASSIC 1985
SAN FRANCISCO GRAND PRIX 2001
SAN FRANCISCO GRAND PRIX 2002
T-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE RACE 2003

SAN FRANCISCO GRAND PRIX 2004
SAN FRANCISCO GRAND PRIX 2005
AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA 2006
AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA 2007

Dave - The Bicyclist




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