Lars Boom!

Saskia was stoked about this one... a fellow dutchman. (Lars Boom winner of Stage 15 of the '09 Vuelta)

Randoms

From this year's Giro d'Italia










(pics from steephill.tv)

Rainier at the Giro di SF

found on http://www.flickr.com/photos/samp/

Giro di SF Recap

Good times all in all. I had a great time with Saskia, Critter, and some other friends watching the crit races around Levi Strauss Plaza. The elite cat 1/2 race was intense. After the first 3 laps (out of 55 laps), there were 2 riders that broke away and stayed away the WHOLE time! Only on the final lap did they get caught by one rider, but in the end one of the leaders still held on to take the win. Super fun to watch. Couldn't think of a better way to spend my "labor day". Surprisingly good burgers after at the Ferry Building. Maybe they tasted better than usual because of the alcohol that was consumed =).

-Joe

Presidio

Haha

Giro di San Francisco

So I sold a brand new Lazer helmet to this guy Naveen from sffixed and he happened to be a real cool dude. Talked for a minute and realized he was a fan of HOC! He also mentioned he raced with the Freewheel guys and for Metromint (metromintcycling.com) and that on this coming Monday September 7th, the 35th Annual Giro di San Francisco will be taking place. I'm looking forward to checking it out! Come out and watch if you're in the area!

Race History

"Il Giro di San Francisco began life as the “San Francisco Gran Prix” and was started by George Pagni of the San Francisco Columbus Day Celebration Committee in 1975. The race moved to Lake Merced for 1976-77 before being renamed “Il Giro”, Italian for “The Tour”.

The race moved to the northeast part of the City in 1978, with a course that included many of the same streets used by the current San Francisco Grand Prix, as well as a descent down the bricks of Lombard Street! In 1979 and 1980, the race took place in the North Beach Area, with both editions won by a young Greg LeMond, who would go on to win three Tours de France.

Il Giro moved to its present area in 1981. Tom Simpson and the Peninsula Velo bicycle club worked with the CDCC, and then brought in Velo Promo to run the event in 1980.

The race remains under the direction of Robert A. Leibold of Velo Promo, and is organized this year by SOMA Beverage Company, Metromint Cycling, and Lombardi Sports."