In addition to the cycling's professionals, two up and coming Stanford University riders will be waiting for their chance to test the 2.3km prologue course at the Tour of California. Members of Stanford's national-champion cycling team Arwen Bradley and Evan Pickett will be riding the course just before the pros kick off on Sunday afternoon.
Bradley, a junior math major from Hawaii, is one of the school's best women in time trials and hilly road races. She has already won three of her first four races this season, including a 54 second win in a 20km time trial at UCLA last weekend. "I love time trials. You just ride as hard as you can. I don't know if I can go as fast as Boonen, but I will try to get close," joked Bradley.
