1 NCCC contingent of 4: Tony Jones, Karl Rudnick, Ursula Cunneen, Nigel Rodgers
2 Looking north from GMR (Glendora Mt Rd) down to the reservoir
3 Climbing EZ
4 Nigel on the break
5 At the GMR KOM
6 Hanging out in the Village
7 Cowbells for everyone
8 Ursula and Nigel
9 Local Coryn Rivera leads the women thru the Village, but drops back 2:45 on the grind to the top of the ski lifts
10 Descenders/Ranchos friends Bill Braamse and Neal
11 Staking out some ground for the first KOM on Glendora Ridge Rd
12 Beautiful day in the mountains
13 The peloton on the first steep climb
14 Education First pulling TJ up the mountain
15 Peter Sagan
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17 Bernhard Eisel leads a struggling Mark Cavendish
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20 Foggy at the finish early on. Fog breaks a bit later
21 Staked out a spot by Ten Speed Coffee. Great viewing and hearing the TV coverage the whole time
22 Helicopter announces "They are coming ..."
23 Sergio Higuita, Tadej Pogacar and George Bennett fly around 2nd corner from the end
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26 TJ Van Garderen would lose the TOC race lead at 1:28 back
27 Tadej gets a teddy so the 20 year old can sleep at night
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29 A well-deserved short wait at Petrillos Pizza ... outstanding day. NCCC covered the race with 62 mi of riding and 8,500 ft of climbing, nearly all of that in the first 30 mi
30 Fun before the women arrive
31 Early break up to the KOM
32 Lone Dekeunic/Quick Step rider bridging the gap
33 The peloton whooshes by. Tony says, "They're not going THAT fast" ;)
34 Sergio Higuita, Tadej Pogacar and George Bennett in motion