4 February 07
Davis Flyby
It’s not an event that can be predicted to the precision of a lunar occultation, but sometime between 1:52 and 2:20 PM on February 20 the cyclists racing Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California will be entering Davis on the way to the finish in Sacramento. This 115-mile stage starts out in Santa Rosa and makes a couple of difficult climbs across the Coast Range mountains before descending into the Central Valley for the 45-mile flat run to the state capitol building in Sacramento. Some of the world’s top teams are in this year’s race — Credit Agricole, CSC, Rabobank, T-Mobile, Discovery, Quick Step — all passing within several hundred yards of where I work. I just better not blink!
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So true about not blinking. I watched a big
race here in Charlottesville last summer and after all the anticipation it was all
over in one big whoosh.
Great picnicing before & after though.
You may remember that Floyd Landis was the winner of not only this race but an even bigger one in France last year … I had considered flying out to see one this pass nearby Davis, but, sadly, not now.