This shot was captured by Ernesto one of the over 2,040 different blog readers! This is a shot Ernesto captured on stage two.

My daughter Jennifer took this shot of our homecoming celebration. We toasted the to the future of the fine riders of Mexico and to the people who support them. I have been on the road with this project for 20 days the longest my children have been without me. 

On Monday, we flew into Tucson, AZ then I drove the riders to Nogales, Mex for their next race. It is a five day UCI 2.2 race starting today! Not my plan, but the riders are going for it nonetheless! It is normal to take at least a few days off before starting another race especially this early in the year. In any event, this is a photo of Lam and Hector at the first hotel in Nogales. 

This is just an example of one of the hundreds of Mexican flags that were out on the course. I took this while I was driving to the start before the final stage. I am told that we were the crowd favorites by a number of the AMGEN Tour of California staff that were out on the courses. We had pictures left on our cars and big greetings before and after the stages. A lot of Viva Mexico chanting! We need to get a proper Mexican horn for our cars! 

Here is a photo of our final finishers and some of the staff. Right to left. Me, Jesus, Lam, Fausto, Gerardo Langarica (should be a talent scout in Mexico), Jorge Rodriguez ( Vice President of the Mexican Cycling Federation and an honorable man), Hector Zamora, Cirilo Ortega, Jason Tullous (a timely consistent performer!) and Pedro Zamora. Cesar and Wences were out taking photos. I will post them as soon as I get them... 

KB Home Mexican National Cycling Team blog For The Amgen Tour of California

Hello Everyone,

Sorry, that it has taken me a while to post again. My travel laptop is having a glitch of some sort where it does not recognize any wireless connections…

This post will be short but keep checking in because I will produce a more thorough evaluation of our performance.

The sixth stage had thousands of spectators lining the course. Our race was uneventful setting up for the finish. The course was good for Fausto. Fausto was in fifth position at 200 meters to go but his legs blew up so he faded back to the 18th position. Not a bad finish considering the effort it requires to get into position without a strong team for lead-out.

The final stage was the circuit race. There was a crash caused by the best place U23 rider in the race. Unfortunately, he hit a big pothole (one of the only ones on a near perfect course). His hands slid forward off the bars and many riders went down. Phil Zajicek (NIC), Robert Hunter (PHO), Bart Dockx (DVL), Sebastian Lang (GST), Koldo Gil Perez (SDV), Michael Creed (TIA) were all out of the race. Phil Zajicek landed on an already damaged right wrist… The team leadouts were good eliminating good set up positions if you were not on one of the big teams - Fausto finished in 22nd place.

For our team the final stage was uneventful except for a wheel service for Fausto.

The guys were glad to have finished as a team. I have photos that will be posted along with a lot more information.

I will get my computer working properly and new postings will be forthcoming! Stay tuned.