Tour Of Utah

The Tour of Utah is going on this week and Ryan is very excited. Thursday morning the race was starting at Thanksgiving point. We decided it would be fun to go see the start of the race and then go visit the dinosaur museum after the bike riders had left.





We arrived about an hour before the race started, so we walked around to the different team cars and booths to see who we could see. Rock Racing is one of the bigger teams at the race.

There are a few riders who come to Utah for this race who also ride in the Tour de France. So when Ryan says their names I recognize them. Floyd Landis is one of them who is riding in this years tour. He hid in his trailer until right before the race started, but we were able to get this picture of him when he signed in.

Another big name at the tour this year was the commentator, Bob Roll. He use to ride for a team back when lamb chop side burns were big, but now he is one of the top commentators for the sport. If you have ever watched the Tour de France you have seen Bob. He likes to call it the Tour Day France to irritate the viewers. He was very nice and let us take a picture with him. When I told the kids to stand by dad for a picture the kids stood about three feet away from Ryan and Bob. So Bob said "I guess we will stand by them," and he moved over to where the kids were.

This was the starting line. It was in the middle of a parking lot.
With all of the people and photographers there we decided we would get a better view if we walked out towards the road away from the big crowds. When we got to the road we found all of these police motorcycles lined up and ready to go. Josh stood and watched them. When they started leaving Josh rang is cow bell, because that is what you do when the bikers ride past you.

After all of the motorcycles had left Josh told us that the bikers were gone so we could leave. When the real bike race came by Josh was done and did not ring his bell. Ryan was having a great time snapping pictures as fast as he could.