Amgen Tour of California 2010 Stage 3 - Devil's Slide Pacifica

Race: Amgen Tour of California 2010 - Stage 3
Location: Devil's Slide on Pacific Coast Highway in Pacifica California - San Francisco to Santa Cruz

The morning started out very foggy but by the time the race arrived the sun was breaking through and the road was dry in most spots. On the left is the Pacific Ocean and on the right is today's racetrack. I could hear and feel the ground rumble as the pack flew down the hill past me! Fun times!

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• Amgen
• Tour of California 2010
• ATOC
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• Devil's Slide
• Pacifica
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• Pacific Coast Highway
• San Francisco
• Santa Cruz

[exil3dlivecom]

That's called racing? Sloooow

[ConquistadorNiebla]

@exil3dlivecom - Speed is relative. That stretch of road is fucking crazy without 50 other bikes all traveling so close. I'd prefer a solo trip where a neighboring rider can't take the pack out. Even cars sometimes go over the edge here - sometimes the people in the car even live. In fact that road is so bad they are building a bypass.

But still, 3 hour bike ride stages are not sprints, they are endurance until the end sprint.

And ya, I am always capping on the tours too! HAHA

[w011500]

I live in the UK (love cycling) and dont know the geography that well. I was in California in April around LA and traveling down the west coast. Where abouts is this?

[ConquistadorNiebla]

@w011500 Located 15miles south of San Francisco on Pacific Coast Highway 1. There is an amazing aerial view of this section of devil's slide from Google earth but YouTube won't accept the complete link. You can fix the following address to find the Devil's Slide Aerial photo. panoramio com Slash photo Slash 5417324

[w011500]

@ConquistadorNiebla Hey I dont believe it I drove from SFC through the Bg Sur and onto LA all on highway 1. Therefore this must be the stretch of road I drove down. Its a fantastic drive and even better road to cycle

[ConquistadorNiebla]

@w011500 That's very cool that you came here! The road is simply beautiful but the cars make it a bit too scary for me on a bike. I only rode here to take this video because the road was closed. I ride a mountain bike in the mountains above this road and I run. There are many amazing mountain trails near where I only have to worry about mountain lions. Lions are much safer than distracted texting drivers in my opinion.

[w011500]

Thats amazing - a whole different world to me - worrying about mountain lions. The worse we get close to worrying about is a hedgehog or fox. I will have to return and do some cycling and hiking

[ConquistadorNiebla]

@w011500 Thanks!!

[w011500]

looks like you captured the moment