The ToC in the LBC!
Over the past few years, Chris and I have gotten really into watching professional cycling, and certainly, working from home helps me indulge this passion (a four hour chunk of biking coverage is great background noise while working). The Tour de France is the big race, held in July each year, but there are events around the rest of the calendar, from one day classic events (Paris-Roubaix) to multi-week grand tours (LaVuelta, Giro d'Italia). California has its own week-long classic, and many professional riders and their teams use the Amgen Tour of California to gear up for the summer events, including the biggies over in Europe. As I described on the blog , last year, Chris and I headed up to Pismo Beach to see the riders come through the central coast area, and we enjoyed a few days in that part of the state. I was totally psyched a few months ago when I read that the Tour would be starting in our very own city of residence this year - Stage 1 would be in Long Beac...