The 2012 Tour of Elk Grove - Photos 8, Team Cars Plus...

Back to the race as it got later in the day the cyclists were just silhouettes in some of my photos from this period. We stayed at the TOEG pretty late although we were not able to stay to the end of the last race and for the awards.

The team cars that followed the racers were an interesting part of the whole scene too. You can tell that the riders are going fast by the way the team cars come whipping around these corners.

I was actually a little nervous standing so close to the road on these turns when the team cars came by. That looked like another mini-race itself.

Here's the last of this batch of team cars and one of the TOEG officials on a motorcycle behind the blue car.

There are also a group of motorcycles in the Tour of Elk Grove entourage. I know that the TOEG officials ride them and I saw a cameraman on one. The one above looks like a "team cycle" since it looks like they are carrying spare wheels.

I included this photo to show how the residents along the TOEG routes can just walk out their front door and catch all the action. I'm sure there is a trade off between the inconvenience and the entertainment but I think I would really like it myself. I talked to the guy above and he uses a spoon and a pan to cheer the riders as they pass. Not a bad idea!

This was the leader of this stage towards the end of the day just before we left. There were still a few laps left I believe so I can't say if the leader here actually won the stage. You'll have to check the official Tour of Elk Grove website for all the official race results. 

I have been making some minor updates to the photo captions of these pages after the fact and I saw that they had the winner of this last race posted on the TOEG website. See the home page for this article for the official Tour of Elg Grove url.