Only I would land in California on Wednesday with temps around 55 and raining.......and of course it is 70 and Sunny in Washington D.C.! I have now settled in with the team and am happy to report that everyone is fantastic. All the riders are doing well and it has been great working with them. Today the sun is fighting its way in and out as we get ready for the Start of the Tour of California. Today we had some locale news interviews as well as my friends over at pezccycing news.

The team gets ready  for a morning ride and make their last minute adjustments.

PRESS RELEASE

American Association of Cycling Team Doctors (AACTD)

2nd Annual Symposium

Sacramento, CA

2.14.09, 8 a.m. to 12 noon

Embassy Suites Sacramento - Riverfront Promenade

100 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA, 95814

Tel: 1-916-326-5000

Fax: 1-916-326-5001

http://embassysuites1.hilton.com/en_US/es/hotel/SACESES-Embassy-Suites-Sacramento-Riverfront-Promenade-California/index.do

AACTD's 2nd Annual Symposium will be held on Saturday 2.14.09 on the morning of the Tour of California prologue (which begins at 1:30 p.m.).

AACTD is an interdisciplinary collaboration of science and health care professionals inspiring excellence in the care of cyclists.

Speakers and topics:

Michael Ross, MD

Jittery Joe's

Medical aspects of training

Kevin Reichlin, DC

Garmin-Slipstream

Chiropractic care at cycling's Grand Tours

Helen Iams, MD

Jelly Belly

Exercise-indused asthma/bronchospasm

Mark Greve, MD

Team Type 1

Injury epidemiology and prevention strategies

Conference participants will be eligible for Continuing Medical Education credits.  Pre-registration is not required.

Promoters of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California released complete rosters for the nine-day race starting Feb. 14. The race will feature 17 teams of eight riders each. The team I care about the most is Colavita/Sutter Home is listed below and I can now prep for the race.

Colavita/Sutter Home (USA)
Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (ARG)
Anibal Andres Borrajo (ARG)
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG)
Aaron Olson (USA)
Luis Romero Amaran (CUB)
Tyler Wren (USA)
Anthony Colby (USA)
Davide Frattini (ITA)

I have also connected with a bunch of people that I can finally meet in person at the TOC from childhood friends to Dr. Michael Ross author of the book Maximum Performance for cyclists and Ed Beamon former DS of team type 1.

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