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Here's Bake in front of the Rock Racing Bentley, of which he was most enamored. Below, Bake and I pose with Versus' Paul Sherwen, who seemed like a genuinely nice guy.
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Below, the lead group makes its way up a minor bump (to them) on one of the Pasadena circuits.
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Floyd Landis below after stage 8. (Still not sure how I feel about the guy; fans seemed to love him though.)
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Batman drives Cole Grade after the peloton passes.
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Here's the stragglers group on Cole Grade which was a 9-percent climb for 3 miles. Tyler Hamilton, Mark Cavendish and Wenatchee's own Tyler Farrar are in this photo. At this point they were 18 minutes behind eventual winner Frank Schleck.
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Below the ever-smiling Chris Horner makes it up with a faster group.
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Bake and some of his Cole Grade artwork.
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Not sure what the story is with this bike. The guy was just riding it around the finish area in Pasadena.
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The lead group charges up the road in Pasadena.
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