The Astana bikes all getting a wash.
Mechanics workings on the Astana bikes.
Chris Horner! Note my wife and son on the right of the picture getting his autograph. He was great. Wanda mistakenly called him Levi... I was embarassing... I pretended I didnt know her...

Bill Stapleton (High Road) and Paulo Bettini at the contested finish.
Bob Rolls head in the middle of the picture.
Levi donning another leaders jersey. He is freaking short! The Rock Racing asian hotty podium girls were both taller than him...
One of the best parts of the day was hanging out with the team cars, mechanics, bus's, etc. Really cool. Here are Slipstreams bikes.

Here comes the peleton...

Jens Voight... One of my favorite riders!

The world champ... Paulo Bettini.
Shot of the finish line.

Even Death has to take a pee...

Here comes the breakaway...

The breakaway... They held on all the way to the final circuit...

The hill was so steep, that this guy stopped to take some pictures on the corner of the climb and could'nt get his bike going again... It was crazy. He almost dumped twice...

Me and my new friend.

Here are some more pictures...

His Holiness came to watch the race...

The EPO brothers from Rock Racing that werent allowed to start road all of the stages to "train". It was retarded. Note Tyler with his baseball cap on backwards. Idiot!

Death and the Pope... This is a combo you dont see every day...

This nut ball is famous for all the major tours. He also has an elk antler helmet he wears....
This post is from Dan. We went to go get some sun and get dry in California this past week. Was lucky enough to go at catch the Tour of California Stage 6. This stage is noted for the Balcom Canyon hill climb. After riding for the week in Palm Springs we went to Ventura to see the stage. The night before the stage I rode from Ventura and made it half way up the climb before my legs exploded. This climb has a 20 percent grade and it epic. Day of the stage, may people who came to ride up the climb to watch had to walk... Super fun experience. We then flew down to Santa Clarita to catch the finish and load up on free stuff. It was awesome. We should all do this as a training camp next year!

Tour of California

STP 07

Yellow jersey here I come!

Here we are at the finish line, minus Dan who was boarding a plane bound for Boise. Hmmm..... and Wanda's due the middle of May? Who wants to bet that she has the little bambino between mine and Verdell's birthdays?

STP 07

Here's Josh, all upset because, of the near 200 beverages on the pik-nik table, Nipples has the audacity to grab Josh's diet 7-up and two-hand slam it right in his face. Krista can only turn her head and think, "Calgon take me away!"
Verdell flashes a cheesey grin because he can hardly wait to cross the finish line. And because he gave Marko a squirt of IcyHot instead of chamois butter at that last stop.

STP 07

Here in this second pic Josh is on guard, eyes searching the crowd, ready, should the need arise, to take out any threatening 13-year-old girls who might try to push me down and take my creamsicle.

And in about the fourth pic down, Dan sits in the grass and performs some relaxing 'chi' exercises, while Josh and Nipples look at him and wonder what the He** he's doing.

STP 07

Here are a few snap shots from the riding path of death. This is at a point where Steve was riding circles around me snapping shots with his camera and yelling, "Com'on Hepster only 120 miles to go!"

Dan and Josh, faithful companions, riding next to me, and protecting me from rude female riders that kept pushing me and calling me names as they sped by.

And finally Josh sticking out his tongue at a really mean 13-year-old girl.

Really backed up

Unlike the picture below, these are not Whoppers. I'm just so constipated that...........well...........

Whoppers; delicious malt ball candy or nostrile diameter

Ahh the wonderful power of the Whopper. It can bring laughter to a car full of frozen boarders and skiiers, while at the same time leaving a melted chocolate ring in your nostrile.

And they lived happily ever after...

and a few more, not too sure about the last pic though.

Some more pics