Amgen Tour Stage 3 begins in San Jose
Amgen Tour of California Stage 3
Stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California got rolling just before noon today in downtown San Jose. After a quick “neutral” tour of downtown San Jose, though, the actual race stage officially began at the corner of Taylor and 13th Streets in the Northside neighborhood. Today’s stage rolls over the hills to Modesto, where its expected to end at about 4 o’clock.
As of this writing, the wet and slippery weather had led to a few spills in the race, including one involving race leader and Northern California native Levi Leipheimer. No word yet on whether Leipheimer’s crash was serious.
A few more photos from the race start, and at Calaveras Road above Milpitas can be found in my Flickr set, and of course there’s a whole Flickr group for the race where you can see photos from dozens of photographers and cycling fans.
Update: At the end of the day, Leipheimer kept the yellow leader’s jersey, so his crash must have been pretty minor. Thor Hushovd of Cervelo won the stage.