Gustav Larsson, Tour of California. Sacramento, California. February 14, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Gustav Larsson of team Saxo Bank warms up before the prologue time trial of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California in Sacramento, California.

This is another shot from the team staging area near the start of the prologue time trial stage of the Tour of California. Anyone planning to photograph the tour might want to think about spending some time in these areas before and after the stage, as there are often far more opportunities here to photograph riders and other interesting race-related stuff than there are as the peloton spins past at over 30mph in a blur!

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