The Amgen Tour of California begins today in Sacramento. Many of the heavy hitters will be there with 17 teams in total including 8 pro tour teams. Astana (with Lance) is, of course, generating lots of interest as is last year’s Tour de France winner, Carlos Sastre (ESP, Cervélo).
Really, lots of big names are there: Armstrong, Leipheimer, Horner, Sastre, Hushovd, Danielson, Zabriski, Popovch, Vande Velde, Basso, Boonen, Schleck, Cancellara, O’Grady, Voight, Cavendish, Landis, Hamilton, Rodriquez, Pena, and the list goes on.
Also among the teams is Team Type 1 (team number 12). If you don’t know them, Team Type 1 was “founded in 2004 [and] fulfilled the dream of two collegiate cyclists living with Type 1 diabetes, Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge.”
So join us in wishing good luck to Phil and Team Type 1
- 121 Moises Aldape Chavez (MEX)
- 122 * Fabio Calabria (AUS)
- 124 Christopher Jones (USA)
- 125 Valeriy Kobzarenko (UKR)
- 126 Darren Lill (RSA)
- 123 Ian Macgregor (USA)
- 127 * Phil Southerland (USA)
- 128 Matthew Wilson (AUS)
You can watch the Tour of California with Phil Ligget on Versus TV or online at http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/
* Riders with Type 1
Meet Team Type 1, below
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