The video above is Lance Armstrong biking down N Street Through Midtown Sacramento. The video below is of Floyd Landis. You can hear the crowd yelling “Floyd! Floyd!” See more photos and video of the 2009 AMGEN Bike Tour.
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Cyclist during 2009 Amgen California Time Trial
Fabian Cancellara won the Tour of California Sacramento time trial. (Note: this is not Cancellara pictured). He finished the 2.4 mile course with a time of 4 minutes, 32.90 seconds. Lance Armstrong finished with a time of 4:37.17. The rain held off for the entire race, with just a few sprinkles during Floyd Landis’s run. More news, photos, and videos to come…
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The time trials are underway as I type this. The crowds on the street are great! Here is a video and some of my first (not necessarily the best) early photos of the time trial. The rain is holding off… for now. Lance Armstrong still to come! Some drunk guy keeps yelling “Dig Deep” at every rider that passes by.
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Sorry for the quality, I had my dog on the leash. See more of my photos and videos of the 2009 AMGEN Tour.
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The Sacramento bicycling community came out in full force this morning for the 2009 AMGEN Tour of California Community Bike Ride. There was a solid stream of bicyclists along N Street for about 30 minutes. It was quite a site to see. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was leading the pack, decked out in full cyclist gear.
Here are some highlight photos so far. More to come in this photo gallery.
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Today, I’ll be live blogging (as much as I can) the AMGEN Tour of California time trials held today in Downtown and Midtown Sacramento. They’re expecting some 75,000 people to attend. The big attraction: Lance Armstrong’s return to cycling!! Also, it’s Floyd Landis’s return from doping suspension.
The streets are already shut down… except to bikers and walkers! The shot above is N at 17th Street in Midtown (sorry about the photo quality). There are port-a-potties at every street corner.
The community bike ride is about to begin, and I’m going to go take some photos.
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Update: Because of an external scripting error, we’ve removed the embedded video. You can still watch it here.
If you happen to be in the Grand Rapids area tomorrow, I encourage you to check out the Colorburst ’08 bike ride in memory of two cyclists killed by drunk drivers. The event will commence at 8am at Fallasburg County Park, 2.5 miles north of Lowell, Michigan. Registration includes a pancake breakfast before the ride, and hot soup after the riders finish. Joshua Duggan, the event co-chair, says he expects around 800-850 riders!
The video embedded above is an interview about Colorburst with Joshua Duggan on WZZM, the local news affiliate of ABC for Grand Rapids. Josh is a good friend of mine, and also the founder of PedalGR, a bi-weekly bike ride through the neighborhoods of Grand Rapids.
Speaking of PedalGR, you may have noticed that the website is now listed as one of our partners. We will slowly be adding more links to other websites on this site over the upcoming weeks. If you have a website that is related to walking, biking, smart growth, et cetera, please let us know and we’ll add it. We especially encourage blogs. And of course, we always enjoy a reciprocal link!
And just as I was about to post this, another interesting piece of news related to bicycling just popped up in my Inbox: Bailout gives tax break to bicycle commuters
I have to admit that I’m not a fan of the bailout, but at least we’ve finally got the bike commuting tax break we’ve been looking for. What about us walking commuters? 
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Don’t forget to log your cycling miles this May… it’s once again time for Bike Month. Those biking in the Sacramento region can log them in at MayisBikeMonth.com. We fell just short of the 1,000,000 mile goal last year.
Sadly, I’m only pledging 100 miles so far because I need a new bike. My current bike is an older retro Peugeot road bike and is just too uncomfortable to ride for long distances. I’m in the market for a folding bike (I think) so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!
I shot this photo at the Santa Monica Beach bike path in Southern California. This is easily one of the best places to bike in the world.
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I’m not sure if I can argue with this West Los Angeles Bike Lane.
P.S. – For those of you subscribing to this site by e-mail, I’ve been embedding several videos in articles lately. These do not show up in e-mails, so you need to click on the headlines to view them.
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Wow. The bear really is there the first time. I rewound just to be sure. This is amazing!
Laura is discussing.
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I thought that sun shines always in Sacramento and it is hot but On the video I can see the opposite. Looks like winter is coming
Thanks for the video.