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Old 05-19-10, 03:55 PM
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ATOC 1010 Sierra Road......

here's the five-man break on the steepest part of sierra road. five minutes into the race, they led the peloton by about five minutes.



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Thanks.

Nice to see everyone wearing their sunglasses!
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Great stuff again, Ed.
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thanx guys.



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I was telling a friend today that I drove down Sierra Road a couple of years ago, knowing it played a part in the ATOC. As I drove down, I was thinking "man...this is a nasty descent"...even in a car it seemed scary steep in spots. Then a couple weeks later I found out they climbed it!
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Ed:

I was parked at the same spot as you, apparently. But I went up the road a bit to take these:





Levi is the tiny guy between Cozza and Schleck:



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