Check out these Outstanding Photos HERE taken by Tom Lawrence with his Canon G1 Digital Camera. They're so clear you can almost hear the wheels spinning and the roar of the crowds lining the streets in the background!!
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You can E-Mail Tom at tcl@transmeta.com -- he's a long time member of Team Bikeaholics Precision Racing
John Serafin has two photos HERE taken with his Canon S110 Digital Camera. The second one of Hincapie and Johnson is awesome ... even showing their pedals in phase with perfect clarity!! It's almost like they are doing a track stand on Fillmore. The apparent grade is reduced by camera tilt.
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You can E-Mail John at jps@velo.boxmail.com -- he's also a member of Team Bikeaholics Precision Racing
David Dodd has 13 photos HERE. The 4th Photo is an excellent shot of the Postal Boys delivering the mail around the bend. The last photo "Climbing Filmore Street" has to be seen to be believed!!
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You can E-Mail David at davidski@jps.net
Alan Yen has 30 photos HERE taken with his Canon Powershot G1 digital camera set to rapid-fire mode. The second photo entitled "Taylor's Steet 16% Grade" really shows how steep this climb was!! He also shot the San Francisco trademark Transamerica Pyramid in the background of some of his photos.
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You can E-Mail Alan at alan_yan2000@yahoo.com
Drew Saunders took some great photos HERE
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Mark Smith captured 17 excellent shots HERE
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Click HERE to check out the great San Francisco Grand Prix web site
The San Francisco Chronicle reports "Armstrong exits, Grand Prix still thrills
175,000 watch along streets of San Francisco" HERE along with 5 photos.
Mike Maloney from the San Francisco Chronicle has "Photos from Fillmore Street, with an average grade of 10%, topping off at 18%" HERE Mike notes that riders climbed over 7,000 feet! I could really relate to: "On lap 10, the back of the pack were as criss-crossed as the overhead wires".
Cycling News has a Race Report HERE Check out the Full Results and Reports HERE along with links to many photos.
ABC Channel 7 in San Francisco ran 5 Hours of Coverage. Check out "US Postal Service Delivers, As Hincapie Wins San Francisco Grand Prix" HERE
Trek Bikes has a great photo of George Hincapie in a full tuck HERE along with "Hincapie Takes San Francisco Grand Prix"
Lance Armstrong's Web Site at www.LanceArmstrong.com and George Hincapie's Web Site at www.Hincapie.com are highly recommended. They are constantly being updated by Web Master Chris Brewer.
The United States Postal Service Pro Cycling Team's web site is packed with goodies HERE
This web page was created by Chuck Bramwell of the California Triple Crown. He would like to make it as complete as possible. E-Mail Chuck at CBrams@CalTripleCrown.com if you know of other photos and articles from the San Francisco Grand Prix that we can link to.
Winners in the prestigious California Triple Crown are the elite Long Distance Bicyclists in California since they have completed at least three Double Centuries in that year.
