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Lance Armstrong, 2009 Tour of California

Lance Armstrong, 2009 Tour of California

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

Lance Armstrong greeting the crowd at the team vehicle before the prologue stage of the 2009 Tour of California, Sacramento, California.

So begins my annual adventure in photographing professional bike racing as the Amgen Tour of California passes through the area. My sons and I went to Sacramento today to watch the prolog time trial, and this gave me a chance to try out my new camera and shoot some different subjects than what I usually shoot. We spent a couple hours before the race wandering around the course and visiting the team vehicles. I happened by the Astana Team area about an hour before Armstrong was to start his race, and I thought it might be about the right time to catch him starting to warm up – so I found a decent shooting location and waited. Here he had just emerged from the team vehicle – to the joy of hundreds of fans – and was signing autographs before getting on the training stand to warm up.

(Sort of ironic that my first photography with my new 5D II was shooting a sporting event! :-)

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Mario Cipollini, Prologue Time Trial – 2008 Amgen Tour of California


Mario Cipollini, Prologue Time Trial – 2008 Amgen Tour of California. Palo Alto, California. February 17, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

Mario Cipollini tops a rise followed by camera motorcycle and his support vehicle in the prologue time trial of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California bicycle race.

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Peloton Enters San Jose – 2008 Amgen Tour of California

Peloton Enters San Jose - 2008 Amgen Tour of California
Peloton Enters San Jose – 2008 Amgen Tour of California. San Jose, California. February 20, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

Cycling fans will recognize the rider at the right as the great Mario Cipollini.

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