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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Motos
The five TV motorbikes lined up for the start. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Stetina
Peter Stetina stopped by the BMC bus to wish his teammates good luck.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Classy mechanic
Home town boy and Optum mechanic Vince Gee dressed up for the occasion, and yes, he changed wheels in that outfit.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Jacques-Maynes
Ben Jacques-Maynes is the only rider to compete in all 10 ATOC races.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Crowds
Big crowds at the start try to get a photo of the peloton.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Young fans
Young fans were out to cheer on the peloton.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Breakaway
The break of the day started early, with Robert Sweeting and Rob Britton for Smartstop in with Steve Fisher (Team SmartStop) and William Clarke (Drapac).
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Geoghegan Hart
Axeon director Axel Merckx gave his rider, Tao Geoghegan Hart a nice hand sling back into the peloton.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Cavendish
A motorboat kept pace with Cavendish and Mark Renshaw (Etixx-Quick-Step) in the Sacramento River.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Talansky
Andrew Talansky talked with his director as he struggled with allergies, and would eventually withdraw.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Drawbridge
The peloton crossed the Sacramento River on one of many drawbridges along the course.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Clarke
Drapac's Will Clarke led the remnants of the break, and would take home the 'most courageous rider' award for his effort.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Bridge
The peloton crossed the final bridge over the Sacramento River as it entered the finish circuit.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: McCabe
Travis McCabe (Team SmartStop) dove into a corner on the final circuit.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Sprint set-up
The sprinters teams of Etixx-Quick-Step, Tinkoff-Saxo, and BMC shared the duties in the chase.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Etixx
The Etixx-Quick-Step team stretched out in front of Cavendish at the front of the peloton.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Dirt road
The peloton raised quite a cloud of dust on the three-mile stretch of gravel road.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Flat tires
SRAM neutral service changed a lot of tires on the dirt section, if they could find the riders in the dust.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Dusty
A three-mile section of parched dirt road hid the peloton and caravan in heavy clouds of dust.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Tinkoff train
Tinkoff-Saxo put in a turn at the front as the peloton neared the finish line. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Sprint
Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quick-Step) wound up his sprint as Sagan and Drucker tried to hang on.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Cavendish wins
Mark Cavendish won stage 1 of the 2015 Amgen Tour of California.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Podium
Mark Cavendish, Peter Sagan, and Jean-Pierre "Jempy" Drucker on the stage 1 podium.
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2015 Amgen Tour of California, stage 1: Cav yellow
Cavendish took the first yellow jersey of the 2015 Amgen Tour of California.
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