Chasing the Green Jersey: Chris Horner

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Autographed Pictures from the Amgen 2010 Tour of California

Andy Schleck pointing at me. LOL! I take no credit of the getting the autograph. Megan got it signed while I was camped out waiting for Chris Horner.

Mark Cavendish definitely doesn't look happy with our mountains.

But I see a slight smile on Mark's face. I think we made him laugh because we were running after him and calling his name.

I think Mark thinks I'm stalking him after 3 days of following him. LOL!

Chris Horner remembered me from the day before and gave me his full signature instead of just initials. So sweet! After going to see him race for 10 years I finally have an autographed picture!

The most successful year at the Amgen Tour of California! I can't wait until next year!

Amgen 2010 Tour of California - Stage 7 Downtown Los Angeles

Thousands showed up in Downtown Los Angeles to watch Stage 7, the individual time trial.

We weren't the 5 minutes and there is George Hincapie of BMC riding by on his bike on his way to the team bus to warm up.

George warming up. I think he's smiling at me!

Michael Roger of HTC Columbia, the current GC leader of the Tour of California

Jason McCartney of Radio Shack rolling out for his TT.

My failed attempt to take a picture of Mark Cavendish of HTC Columbia. Unfortunately he did not make the cut yesterday.

Crowds were in front of the Radio Shack bus all day.

Inside the Radio Shack mechanic truck

Johan Bruyneel of Radio Shack

A failed attempt to get a picture with Fabian Cancellara

Mathew Mcconaughey hanging out at the Radio Shack bus

Waiting patiently for Chris to take a picture with me.

YAY!! I finally got a picture with my favorite, Chris Horner of Radio Shack!

About Me

One of the most asked questions: How is a mom, a college professor, and a woman who has only owned a Huffy from Kmart so into cycling? My two daughters have been riding and racing for over 10 years as well as my brother in law. The kids, including our son, took up the sport as an off season cross training for speed skating. Yes, there is speed skating in southern California. We found ourselves shuttling the kids between skating rinks and velodromes for training everyday of the week. So when the kids were asked to choose one sport, cycling won. Our son lost interest in both focusing in art and computers. The girls continued and were able to go to college on cycling scholarships competing nationally, winning collegiate titles on the track and road. All this happened about the time Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France. I remember watching the Tour de France for the first time and being confused how the race worked. Since watching it for the first time I’ve become a bit of a fanatic. I'm not an expert by any means, but I've probably been to more races than anyone can count. From local criteriums to Friday night races at the Encino velodrome -- from Junior track State Championships to Collegiate Track Nationals -- not to mention every San Francisco Grand Prix and AmgenTour of California . In high school my son did become interested in a different form of cycling, BMX. He also became interested in film, so I bought him a video camera which he used to film and edit many of his own BMX videos. The video camera became a great investment because he is now a 3D Motion graphics designer for Fox Head Inc.