Sunday, August 17, 2008

Tour of Utah

The 5 day cycling event, the Tour of Utah, was held this week. Patty and I made it to 1 of the races. It was a time trial, so 1 rider leaves the starting gate every minute. the best part about going to a time trial race is that you can get close to some of your favorite professional riders. there were many famous racers but i really wanted to see tyler hamilton who rides for Rock Racing (for those of you that know designer jeans, the designer of Rock N Republic jeans owns and manages this team). tyler hamilton is most famous for winning gold in the 2004 olympics in, you guessed it, cycling. after his time trial was over i was able to ask him to sign one of my cycling jerseys. here's a few pics.


Rock Racing is sponsored by cadillac. they definately have the coolest team cars at any race.

this is olympic gold medalist, tyler hamilton

team rock racing warming up

team garmin chipotle warming up




oscar sevilla of rock racing finishing strong at the miller motorsports park

my new favorite jersey signed by tyler hamilton

2 comments:

McKenzie said...

I know nothing about cycling, but I do love Rock & Republic's! And the 'aerodynamic' helmets make me laugh. Glad you had a good time!

"The Savages" said...

How fun! So when are we going to see you in the races- huh Mike?