It was a blast watching the Amgen Tour of California yesterday in Santa Cruz, and today we're off to San Jose to watch the riders start from downtown. We get a few glimpses of Horner and Hincapie, then Gabe camps out right in front of the Saxo Bank team RV and lucks out. There's Andy Schleck, Jens Voigt, and Fabian Cancellara. He's even got a signed tshirt to prove it!

It's pretty easy at the start to see lots of famous riders as they slowly roll out towards the starting line. There goes Levi, Hincapie, and other Radio Shack and Bissell riders. And there's Bjarne Riis chatting with an HTC rider.

First it's the HTC and Radio Shack team cars (say hi to Johan Bruyneel) and then they're off!

Thanks to Charlotte for helping get some great photos today.