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AMGEN tour of California

WHAT THE BIKE RACE MEANS TO CLAREMONT

Claremonters helping the Red Cross

and American Cancer Society

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Pedaling the peakby Steven FelschundneffCyclist, and COURIER photo editor, takes the Ltape challenge

A great start by Landus RigsbyClaremont resident Edgar Reece gets the opportunity of a lifetime

Learning from Ltape by Tony KricklThe city gets the ultimate test run for Amgen preparation

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COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffClaremont resident Edgar Reece was chosen to start Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California today as the Breakaway from Cancer representative.


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Surviving cancer was his life changing experience

Claremont resident Edgar Reecewill get to fire the gun to beginStage 7 of the 2011 Amgen Tour

of California bicycle race today. Yet thehonor represents something more for the35-year-old entrepreneur.

Mr. Reece was selected to participate in Stage 7sofficial activities by Amgens Breakaway fromCanceran initiative that seeks to increase aware-ness of resources available to people affected bycancer nationally. The Claremont resident is a cancersurvivor himself.

Amgen found out about me being a cancer sur-vivor and said, Hey, wed like you to be our Stage 7Breakaway [from Cancer] starter, Mr. Reece told

the COURIER. Events like this are few and far inbetween and to be chosen as a cancer survivor andto represent the Claremont community is an honor. Ifelt honored and overwhelmed that out of all thecancer survivors and people in the community, I wasthe one that got selected.

Mr. Reece was diagnosed with testicular cancer inAugust 1996 at the age of 19. It was also around thesame time he began his first business, ISN GlobalEnterprises, Inc., from a bedroom in his fathershouse.

The news from his doctor caused Mr. Reece to

contact the American Cancer Society, whom hecredits with support during the early stages of hisdiagnosis.

I reached out to the American Cancer Societyand they helped me through education and gettingme empowered, Mr. Reece recalled My familyand friends were also supportive. I went throughmultiple surgeries with the last one lasting 7 hours.

When youre 19 years old, you think you canconquer the world. But I realized I wasnt as invinci-ble. I was scared and worried about my life and myfuture.

Mr. Reece said he was cleared by his doctor at hisfinal post surgery check-up a few months ago. Hehad attended regular check-ups for the past 10 years.

Surviving cancer has given Mr. Reece a greaterappreciation of life. In the past 15 years, he hasstarted up a few more ventures includingReeceCorp, Reece Capital Venture, LLC and

the Edgar W. Reece Foundation. Along with volunteer-ing for the American Cancer Society, he also supportsthe CLASP 4 Kids program that sponsors childrenwithin the Claremont After School Programs andserves on several advisory boards.

Its life changing to go through something like

that [cancer], Mr. Reece said. Being a cancer sur-

vivor has empowered me to do things that I would-nt have done. It keeps me motivated to continuemoving forward and continuing to progress.

The American Cancer Society was there for mewhen I made a phone call. On the other end was afriendly voice that said, Dont worry. Let me getsome info and let me follow up with you. So whenthe time came for me to give back, it was natural.They helped me so now Im helping them help oth-ers.

Although Mr. Reece grew up in Alta Loma, hehas found Claremont to be a good fit for his businessinterests. The entrepreneur enjoys the communityatmosphere of the city.

I started my [ISN Global] business in AltaLoma, Mr. Reece said. I moved to Claremont 11

years ago and got involved in the community andwith the Claremont Chamber of Commerce and Iloved it.

Once Mr. Reece fires the gun today, cyclists willbe riding a 75.8-mile course that begins inClaremont, travels through Glendora and ends in Mt.Baldy. The race will begin at 11:45 a.m.

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1) TEAM RADIOSHACK (USA) Levi Leipheimer (USA) Matthew Busche (USA) Chris Horner (USA) Markel Irizar (KAZ) Jason McCartney (USA) Dmtiriy Muravyev (KAZ) Ben King (USA) Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)

2) TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (USA) David Zabriskie (USA) Thomas Danielson (USA) Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) Thor Hushovd (NOR)

Daniel Martin (IRE) Andrew Talansky (USA) Johan Van Summeren (BEL) Christian Vandevelde (USA)

3) HTC-HIGHROAD (USA) Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Bernhard Eisel (AUT) Matthew Goss (AUS) Bert Grabsch (GER) Leigh Howard (AUS) Danny Pate (USA) Martin Velits (SVK) Peter Velits (SVK)

4) SKY PROCYCLING (GBR) Kurt-Asle Arvesen (NOR) Alex Dowsett (GBR) Christopher Froome (GBR) Mathew Hayman (AUS) Greg Henderson (NZL) Jeremy Hunt (GBR) Ian Stannard (GBR) Ben Swift (GBR)

5) BMC RACING TEAM (USA) George Hincapie (USA) Yannick Eijssen (BEL) Brent Bookwalter (USA) Chris Butler (USA) Jeff Louder (USA) Steve Morabito (SUI) Taylor Phinney (USA) Tim Roe (AUS)

6) LEOPARD TREK (LUX) Andy Schleck (LUX) Stefan Denifl (AUT) Martin Mortensen (DEN) Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Linus Gerdemann (GER) Anders Lund (DEN) Martin Pedersen (DEN) Jens Voigt (GER)

7) LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (ITA) Peter Sagan (SYK) Damiano Caruso (ITA) Timothy Duggan (USA) Edward King (USA) Daniel Oss (ITA) Simone Ponzi (ITA) Elia Viviani (ITA) Cameron Wurf (AUS)

8) SAXO BANK SUNGARD (DEN) Gustav Larsson (SWE) Baden Cooke (AUS) Juan Jose Haedo (ARG) Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG) Rafal Majka (POL) Nick Nuyens (BEL) Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (DEN) Brian Vandborg (DEN)

9) RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (NED) Oscar Freire (ESP) Lars Boom (NED) Coen Vermeltfoort (NED) Paul Martens (GER) Michael Matthews (AUS) Grischa Niermann (GER) Laurens Ten Dam (DEN) Maarten Tjallingii (NED)


An accomplished field of international and domestic cyclists

The start list for the 2011 Amgen Tour of Californiaincludes a world-class roster of more than 140 riders from18 elite cycling teams. The 6th annual Tour of California,

which kicked off after a delayed start on Monday, May 16 due tosnow in Lake Tahoe, will cover nearly 800 miles of Californiaroadways and highways, including Stage 7 right here inClaremont.

The race, which has become the largest cycling event in America, will feature anextraordinary field of riders from around the world, including competitors fromBelgium, Spain, France, Germany, New Zealand and Sweden.

The field will include riders from well-known teams such as Team RadioShack,HTC-Highroad, Saxo Bank Sungard, Leopard Trek and Team Garmin-Cervelo,who all will be competing to take the title in the overall team competition.

The tour roster includes the following 18 professional cycling teams. Due to oper-

ational issues, previously announced Columbian-based Movistar Team will not beparticipating in the race.*Team rosters are subject to change


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10) UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROCYCLING (USA) Rory Sutherland (AUS) Robert Forster (GER)

Christopher Jones (USA) Christian Meier (CAN) Karl Menzies (AUS) Andrew Pinfold (CAN) Charles Wegelius (GBR) Bradley White (USA)

11) TEAM TYPE 1sanofi-aventis (USA) Rubens Bertogliati (SUI) Laszlo Bodrogi (FRA) Daniele Callegarin (ITA) Alexander Efimkin (RUS) Aldo Ino Ilesic (SLO) Valeriy Kobzarenko (UKR) Jure Kocjan (SLO) Javier Megias Leal (KAZ)

12) TEAM NETAPP (GER)

Jesus Del Nero Montes (SPA) Jan Barta (CZE) Timon Seubert (GER) Andreas Dietziker (SUI) Alexander Gottfried (GER) Bartosz Huzarski (POL) Leopold Konig (CZE) Andreas Schillinger (GER)

13.) TEAM SPIDERTECH POWEREDBY C10 (CAN) Svein Tuft (CAN) Ryan Anderson (CAN) Zachary Bell (CAN) Lucas Euser (USA) Martin Gilbert (CAN) Kevin Lacombe (CAN) Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA)

Will Routley (CAN)

14) BISSELL PRO CYCLING (USA) Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Chris Baldwin (USA) Rob Britton (CAN) Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Paul Mach (USA) Frank Pipp (USA) Jay Thomson (RSA) Jeremy Vennell (NZL)

15) JAMIS-SUTTER HOME (USA) Luis Romero Amaran (CUB) Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (ARG) Anibal Andres Borraio (ARG) James Driscoll (USA) Tom Zirbel (USA) Andy Guptill (USA) Jose Fernando Antogna (ARG) Tyler Wren (USA)

16) JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAMp/b KENDA (USA) Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Alex Hagman (USA)

Nic Hamlton (CAN) Ken Hanson (USA) Sergio Hernandez (USA) Alastair Loutit (AUS) Sean Mazich (USA) Jeremy Powers (USA)

17) KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIESOPTUMHEALTH (USA) Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jesse Anthony (USA) Dan Bowman (USA) Alexander Candelario (USA) Michael Creed (USA) Jason Donald (USA) Michael Friedman (USA) Reid Mumford (USA)

18) KENDA/5-HOUR ENERGY PROCYCLING Powered by Geargrinder(USA) Benjamin Day (AUS) Luca Damiani (ITA) Phillip Gaimon (USA) Chad Hartley (USA) Roman Kilun (USA) Shawn Milne (USA) Jacob Rytlewski (USA) James Stemper (USA)

COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergerCyclists make their way up Mount Baldy Road during the beginning of theLtape du California amateur bicycle race last Saturday. The race includedover 1400 riders from around the region who attempted the 75.8 mile routethat professional cyclists will compete in today.


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Asea of brightly colored cyclistslined up on First Street ready totake on the most challenging leg

of the Amgen Tour of California. It was 7a.m. on Saturday, May 7 and the LEtapedu California was about to begin.

The Ltape was a chance for amateur cyclists toride Claremonts leg of the Amgen Tour of California.The 75-mile trek begins in the Village, heads up to Mt.Baldy Village, west along Glendora Ridge Road, downSan Gabriel Canyon Road and loops back towards Mt.

Baldy. The final stretch is an excruciatingly steep climbfrom Mt. Baldy Village to the Mt. Baldy ski lifts.

A total of 1175 amateur cyclists began the race. Dueto the high volume, the cyclists were released from thestarting line in 4 different waves between 5-minuteintervals. With steep climbs and heavy switchbacks,only about 900 riders were able to complete the entirerace.

It was brutal, said David Jurist, 51, of San Diego.To train, Ive done a lot of climbing and a lot ofmileage but that was very challenging. It was relentlessclimbing up Glendora Mountain Road to the top of Mt.Baldy. It was the hardest ride Ive ever done.

The event also gave the city a practice run to workout kinks before the big event this weekend. City staffworked around the clock during the Ltape and saidthe event went relatively smoothly.

I think it went very well, said Colin Tudor, techni-cal director of the local organizing committee. Therewere no major hiccups. All the feedback wevereceived from participants and people who came towatch was very positive.

Mr. Tudor was in the Village at 4 a.m. on the day of

the event and ended his day around 8 p.m. He wasjoined by a majority of city staff that helped with set-ting up infrastructure, handing out food and water andmanning different booths along First Street.

Dozens of volunteers also helped the event runsmoothly, with members coming from the Chamber ofCommerce officials, local bike club members and thecommunity. The volunteers helped at first aid and fluidstations along the route where riders could stop off torest and get a drink or a snack.

Claremonts mayor Sam Pedroza took on the chal-lenge of riding the course. He didnt expect to finish theentire 75 miles, but exceeded his goal by making itabout 42 miles along the course.

The best part is the downhill trek on GlendoraMountain Road, Mr. Pedroza said. Its so exhilarat-

ing with the wind in your face. That experience makesit all worth it.Riders came to Claremont from near and far to par-

ticipate in the race. The fastest finishing time was 4hours, 24 minutes and 32 seconds. There were no acci-

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Claremont is ready for Amgen

after hosting amateur race

COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergerA biker makes his way up Mount Baldy Road justa 1/4 mile before the finish line at the Mt. Baldyski lifts parking lot during the Ltape du Califor-nia amateur bicycle race on Saturday, May 7th.

COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff

Claremont Mayor Sam Pedroza poses for a photoat the second rest stop on Saturday, May 7th,during the first ever LEtape du California in theSan Gabriel Mountains. Mr. Pedrozas personalgoal was to make it up the first climb to MountBaldy Village, however, he kept at it and complet-ed over 40 miles of the course.


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COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergerCyclists make their way up Mount Baldy Road during the beginning of the Ltape du California amateur bicycle race on Saturday, May 7th. Therace served as a great practice run for the Stage 7 Amgen Tour of California taking place today.


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dents or major injuries, Mr. Tudor said.Dave and Ben Willms, brothers from

Vancouver, took a rode trip along withtheir father from Canada to Claremontto participate in the LEtape duCalifornia. The family had been prepar-ing for the event since Christmas whenthey registered together.

It was awesome, said DaveWillms. When you make the first bigdescent, its really breathtaking. Butthat climb to Mt. Baldy Village was sopunishing and was psychologically dif-ficult to overcome.

Will Bui, 30, from Temple City tookpart in the race. But the climbing wastoo much for the amateur cyclist to han-

dle. He rode every weekend ahead ofthe race but felt he should have donemore climb training to prepare for themountainous course.

I just didnt train enough, Mr. Buisaid.After finishing the race in Mt. Baldy,

many of the cyclists headed back downto Claremont, where onlookers andsupporters cheered as they pedaledthrough the finish line.

Lisa Conrad, 44, of ManhattanBeach, who completed the race, saidthe event was very well organized andthe course is beautiful.

I thought the most difficult part wasthe end heading up to the ski lift, shesaid. Im glad its over.

Tony Krickl


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COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergerA cyclist documents his experience in a very unique way while attempt-ing to complete the 75-mile Ltape amateur bike race on Saturday, May7th.


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COURIER photos/Warren BessantJon Hornbeck receives a bicycle jersey autographed by Lance Armstrong for being the King of theMountain at the Ltape du California on Saturday, May 7 at the Claremont Depot. Hornbeck ranked 1stplace, with an overall time of 4:24:32.2.

Amber Gaffney and Jon Hornbeck ac-cept their prizes for being Queen andKing of the Mountain at the LEtape duCalifornia, May 7 in Downtown Clare-mont. Ms. Gaffney and Mr. Collum re-ceived Lance Armstrong signed jerseysand a bottle of red wine.


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Istraddled my bike at thecrest of Cow Canyon Sad-dle utterly vanquished. Af-

ter two months of spending allof my free time training in thesevery hills, I was completely ex-hausted after completing only12 of the 75.8 miles of the firstever Ltape du California.

Ltape was a chance for amateur cy-clists to ride the same route that the pro-fessionals will ride this week in Stage 7 ofthe Amgen Tour of California. It is anunimaginably torturous route: Over 75

miles and 10,000 feet of climbing thatstretch from Claremont to Mt. Baldy thenback down the mountain to East Fork,through Azusa and Glendora and thenback up to Mt. Baldy, with the final 5miles going straight up over 2000 feet tothe ski lifts.

I have ridden these mountain roads foryears but never strung the whole experi-ence together and I planned, and trainedhard, to be ready. Since March, my week-ends and evenings have been occupied bylong rides stretching across the roads thatencompass Ltape. Many days afterwork, I would put in 3 or more hours ofclimbing, often in the bitter cold, fog anddarkness. Any free morning or weekendafternoon, wherever I could find a fewhours, I was up in those darn mountains.

So I was understandably crestfallenthat on event day I just didnt have it. Iwanted so badly to have a good day but itappeared not to be in the cards. I hadntslept the night before and woke feelingworn out. A half hour of spinning in the garage helpedbut as I started up Mount Baldy Road for the firstclimb, it was all I could do to turn the cranks.

As I stood looking out across the eastern SanGabriel Mountains I had a decision to make and anybig physical feat is at least half mental. So I resolvedto continue.

Besides if I had to coast down I might as well go for-ward.

My head ached and I felt dizzy andsick to my stomach, but it felt muchbetter to be moving than sitting still.For the next hour and a half I strug-gled, drinking as much recovery drinkas I could and eating the energy foodsprovided by the event organizers.

And then a remarkable changecame over me and I got what can onlybe described as the mother of all sec-ond winds. It came on at about thehalfway point after 35 miles on thebike. All of a sudden I felt great, notmerely good, but stupendous. I flewup Glendora Mountain Road as if Ihad no chain, just turning the pedals ata steady pace and slowly reeling in

rider after rider. I fed on the adrenalineand crested the first King of theMountains climb in about an hour.

Little did I know the challenges yetto come.

The route from the top of GlendoraMountain Road to Mt. Baldy is a de-ceptively hard stretch including one 3-mile climb with a grade of over 8 per-cent. I felt ready, but set a moderatepace given the very hard climb yet tocome. And then my chain broke.

This was a problem. I could not re-pair the bike myself and so I had towait for the SRAM bicycle compo-nent support car to help me out. As I

stood on the side of the road, riders Ihad passed on the climb were nowpassing me. But worst of all, I wasgetting stiff. An interesting fact aboutriding a bike, is that it is much easierto keep moving than to stop and rest.

Back on the road, my second windwas gone but I had come too far to

stop now. Riding the 8-percent stretch was a strugglebut manageable. And then the cleat came off my shoe.

More waiting and stiffness and cyclists passing meas I sat on the side of the road.

Now I am really sore and every part of me aches;feet, butt, arms, head and legs scream for relief. During

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COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffClaremont COURIER Photo Editor Steven Felsch-undneff climbs a short hill on Glendora RidgeRoad Saturday, May 7 during the LEtape du Cali-fornia. Despite a rough start Mr. Felschundneff fin-ished the grueling 75-mile cycling enduranceevent in 7 hours and 55 minutes.

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the ride to Baldy Village, I want more than anything tostop riding my bike but the end is only 5, albeit brutal,

miles ahead.I dont want to be melodramatic, but this ride wasstubbornly and staggeringly difficult. But what is per-haps more amazing is how fast a truly fit cyclist canclimb these hills.

The first rider to finish, 21-year-old Jon Hornbeck,took only 4 hours and 24 minutes to ride the entire 75.8miles. That is really fast. To put it in perspective, it tookMr. Hornbeck 33 minutes to climb Glendora MountainRoad. On an average training ride, it takes me about 25minutes to coast down that same route. Not only youngriders performed at the highest level. Former profes-sional racer and Olympian Thurlow Rogers, 51, camein only 7 minutes behind Mr. Hornbeck.

Each rider had a story of struggle and accomplish-ment and mine was going to be completing the final 5miles. The incline is relentless with a final push to theski lifts with an over 14-percent grade. Many of the cy-clists still on the road as I made my way up this stretchwere moving so slowly that it was hard to imaginewhat was keeping them upright. But inspiration wasjust around the corner.

My third wind came in a mirage-like vision of agorgeous blonde with a giant polka dot flag andmatching dress. This polka dot vision was not a com-plete surprise because it was in fact my wife, COURI-ER copy editor Grace Felschundneff. She had somuch energy that it was impossible not to be inspired.In fact, Ms. Felschundneff had been cheering on all ofthe cyclists for hours as they passed her, making herthe heroine of the day for many as they fought their

own battles up the hill.All that remained to conquer was 2.3 miles, roughly

the distance from the Village to my home in northClaremont, and one little hill. One little, sarcastic,mocking and cruel hill that is so that steep the govern-ing board of professional cycling calls it hors catgorie,

or beyond classification, ranking it with some of themost famous mountains in the Tour de France. The co-incidence is not accidental because the organizers ofLtape du California modeled their event after theLtape du Tour which traces a stage of the Tour deFrance each year. This years event will be on July 11and will climb Alpe dHuez.

I will have to put that one on the calendar for nextyear, but first I have to finish this ride.

As I set out on the climb, it was apparent that in spiteof my suffering, I was doing better than some of mycompetitors. One poor sap was lying on the side of thepavement doubled over from the pain of leg cramps.

It was not uncommon to see riders who had aban-doned pedaling and were resigned to just walk the lastfew miles. Many, including myself, took to tackingback and forth across the road in a vain attempt to takea bit of the sting out of the incline. Actually, I tacked forabout 5 minutes and then got fed up with the lack ofprogress and just bullied my way through the last quar-ter mile. It was finally over, I crossed the finish line at7 hours and 55 minutes.

So, what was the point of it all? It cost me $100 andate up my entire Saturday, plus weeks of training. The

organizers gave me a goodie bag with a water bottle, t-shirt and some advertising. I was sore for a couple ofdays and have not ridden in 10 days. However, I thinkof all the anonymous weekends spent at home zonedout on the Internet and I realize that even though thiswas not some major accomplishment, the truth is, cer-tain moments do define our lives.

Furthermore, given the inspiration, I believe I canpush myself to do something big, so maybe I will tryAlpe dHuez. The scenery looks great.

Photo courtesy of Grace FelschundneffClaremont COURIER Copy Editor Grace Felschundneff cheers for a group of cyclists climbing the lastpart of the Ltape du California on Saturday, May 7th on Mount Baldy. With her polka dot flag andmatching dress Ms. Felschundneff was a very popular distraction for tired riders at the end of the race.

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The 28 eighth graders, along with other volunteerriders, rode for 45-minute and one hour intervals from12:30 p.m. on Thursday all the way to 12:30 p.m. onFriday to raise money for the Claremont chapter of the

American Red Cross youth programs. The money isearned from sponsors who pay a set amount for eachlap the students ride.

I just wanted to come out and do as many miles asI possibly could, said 8th grader Jacob Babineau, whorode 567 laps to total 141.75 miles as the top male rider.At the same time, I was keeping track of who wasbehind me all the way into the last session.

Fellow 8th grader Sarah Blaine finished as the topfemale rider with 477 laps for 119.25 miles. She wasstill peddling backwards on her bike after the marathonhad finished.

I just did the best that I could and I rode as fast as Icould, Sarah said. At night, it got really cold and sothe motivation is to go out and get your laps done asfast as you can.

El Roble teacher Jessica Moran organized this yearsevent. The instructor was pleased with how this yearsgroup rode and also how the participants cleared away

Eighth graders

tally up miles fora worthy cause

El Roble Intermediate Schooltotaled approximately 10,000 lapsand more than 2500 miles during

its 34th Annual Bike Marathon lastThursday and Friday.


Photo courtesy of Jenny McGourty-Riggs

Students from El Roble Intermediate School make their way around the track at the annual BikeMarathon where student cyclists ride for 24 hours to raise funds for youth programs at the Claremontchapter of the American Red Cross.

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tents and other belongings off the field when theevent was over.

This was a great group,Ms. Moran said. Theyrode well and they also

cleaned up very well. I didnt haveto [repeatedly] tell them to pickthings up, once I said it the firsttime, there were students reactingright away.

Many of the riders were happy to head homewhen the event ended on Friday afternoon.Though 8th grader Noah Corson finished in 2ndbehind Jacob with 538 laps for 134.5 miles, hewas exhausted following the race.

I was tired and my whole body hurt, Noahsaid. I remember at midnight how I was in 3rdplace and when I saw other riders tired, I justtried to push myself to get another place up. Mygoal was to do a lap a minute.

Landus Rigsby

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The city of Claremont will host theStage 7 Start for the Amgen Tourof California today.

The largest cycling event in America, the 2011Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-stylecycling road race presented by AEG that challenges theworld's top professional cycling teams to competealong a demanding course which began May 15th andwill end tomorrow.

The Stage 7 leg of the race will start in front of theClaremont Depot on First Street before winding itsway up to Mt. Baldy for a thrilling mountain top finish.

Professional riders will be available for autographsin the morning beginning at 10:30 a.m. and festivitieswill continue through the day in the Village. The racebegins at 11:45 a.m.

The Claremont Kiwanis will be serving a deliciouspancake breakfast from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. There willbe a live race feed on the jumbotron in front of CityHall and music by the Ravelers starting at noon.

The route roads will close at 11:30 to allow the raceto pass and will reopen at 12:30 p.m. Some Villagestreets and Mount Baldy Road have closures thatbegan yesterday.

Where to be and how to celebrate Amgen in ClaremontSaturday, May 21, 2011

VILLAGE CLOSURESFirst St between Harvard and Yale

midnight to 9 p.m.

First St between Indian Hill and Mills5 a.m. to 9 p.m.

First St between Cornell and Oberlin5 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Second between Indian Hill and College5 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Harvard between Second and Fourth5 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Harvard between First and Second5 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Yale between First and Fourth5 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Bonita between Indian Hill and College5 a.m. to 2 p.m.

College between Green St reet and 4th9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ROUTE CLOSURESAll Streets on Route11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Parts of Indian Hill Blvd. and Oberlin11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

EMERGENCYEmergency vehicles and personnel willhave access

RACE ROUTE STREETSClosed from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

First St between Indian Hill and Oberlin Cornell between First and Bonita Oberlin between First and Bonita Bonita between Cornell and Indian Hill College between Arrow Hwy & Foothill

Indian Hill between Arrow Hwy &Harrison Foothill between Harvard and ClaremontBlvd.

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The Santa Fe Station at the Clare-mont Depot was part of the begin-ning of Claremont, California. The

city was founded in 1887 in part by theSanta Fe Railroad.

In 1927, the station was rebuilt to reflect Spanish Colo-nial Revival architecture. One of the most distinctive fea-tures of the station is the majestic doors and transom thatpredominate the height of the building. As the brass plaqueoutside the doors states: the doors were commissioned bySanta Fe Railroads with a design to show their cross andcircle logo. For the last several years, the doors were insuch disrepair they were held shut by a shelf bracket.

The front doors of the Claremont Depot will highlightthe main staging area of the Amgen Tour of California.This month, the city sought to repair the Depots front

doors in preparation for the 25,000 spectators expected.

After inspection, experts were convinced the doorscould not be repaired, and the city asked D.P. Door inClaremont to replace the historic doors. However, ownerDavid Patsch stated he could not bring himself to removethese handmade pieces of history.

Mr. Patsch went to the drawing board and decided on ahardware system that would utilize the stronger parts ofthe doors and eliminate the old hardware that had initial-ly caused the damage.

D.P. Door donated 30 man-hours to restore the doors tooriginal working order.

We could have made replicas, Mr. Patsch said. Eventhough the doors are custom, and are twice as thick as reg-ular doors, it is more important that decades from now tourguides can say these are the original Santa Fe doors from1927. To see a video of the process, visit the D.P. doorwebsite at www.dpdoor.com/claremont-depot.html.

Preserving Claremonts history


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Healthy Living 2011