This was the third time I’d been to the Tour of California cycling race and it was a much more modest event than the two previous ones in Pasadena. You can see last year’s finale, which ended up being a time trial circling the Rose Bowl here.
Peter Sagan won Stage 1 this year, which started in San Diego. He along with Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish and Taylor Phinney were among the first out on the 92 mile course that goes up and down and around in the mountains in the Angeles National Forest. Overall the gain on this stage is 11,000 ft.! Tomorrow Stage 3 starts in Thousand Oaks.
