Irony at the TOC...

[RC Vikings]

http://www.velonews.com/article/8839...ns-in-pasadena

The long, twisting downhill helped push the breakaway’s lead to 4:30 by the time the riders reached warmer temperatures in crowd-packed Pasadena, but the rapid descent also caused several crashes. The worst one happened to the event’s King of the Mountains leader, Paco Mancebo of Rock Racing, who collided with a small rock in the road and fell on his arm and head; he suffered a concussion, a broken hand and a fractured elbow,

[creekster]

I hated to see Mancebo go down. He must have been booking when it happened given how far his bike carried on without him. Lots of crashes today but Astana on the front of the peloton looked like the posties of old. Complete control. Having the 10 guys out front helped, of course.