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I made it to stage 2 today... Total deluge on Tunitas Creek. Skipped down to Santa Cruz for the finish. We watched Levi grab gold and went over to the team bus area.
Mission: Julich Signing.
We spotted him at the finish of Stage one, but it was raining too hard to carry the photos or wheel...
Finally found Julich and my brother managed to get a few photos...
"Excuse me, can I borrow a second of your time..."
"well..."
"I have your wheel from last year."
"Oh.... Your that guy!, the red jersey"
Had a nice conversation... Julich appears to be very happy right now to not be in the Peloton with all the rain.
Final tally: One rim with Julich and Riis's signature and two photos of my wheel signed.
Mission Accomplished.
Story Fini.
An awesome story and what a great finish to it w/the circle completed at this year's ToC.
Kudos to you, Bobby, and Zipp. The best story I've read on ST ever (OK, I haven't been on very long - but I believe the bar has been set high). Thanks for sharing!