These are photographs of Lance Armstrong when he raced the Tour of California in 2009 and 2010. Lance started racing at 19 for Continental Teams and moved to Pro Teams when 21. He had some wins in his early career, most notably the UCI World Road Racing Championship in 1993, but in late 1996 was diagnosed with severe cancer and missed the 1997 season. In 1998 he started racing again and by 1999 was at the top of the field of professional racers which resulted in him winning seven Tour de France's, the most of any racer. He retired after the 2005 season, but came back to racing in 2009 until retiring for good in February in 2011.

This collection is from when Vincenzo raced in the Tour of California in 2012 for the Liquigas - Cannondale team. He started racing at the Pro level in 2005, and is one of the few racers to have won the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana, all three of the Grand Tours. Vincenzo won the Tour de France in 2014 with the Astana Team, the Giro d'Italia in 2013 with the Astana Team, and the Vuelta a Espana in 2010 with the Liquigas - Doimo Team. His cycling strengths are he's one of the best climbers and he doesn't do bad in Time Trials, these abilities have been key to his wins in the three Grand Tours.

Bradley started racing track when he was 12 years old and developed into one of the few racers that has excelled in both track and road competitive racing. He first started professional track racing in 1998 and has won several medals in different Olympics including a Gold, Silver and Bronze in one Olympic Game. He started Professional Road racing in 2001 and has also raced in and won professional level track races at the same time. His strengths are in Time Trial and Climbs, which lead to him winning the 2012 Tour de France and the 2014 Tour of California. These photographs are from is 2014 Tour of California dominance and win after he won the Stage 2 Time Trial by nearly a minute over the second place racer.

Andy comes from a family of bicycle racers and has raced in many Pro Teams with his older brother Frank. Andy has raced at the Pro level since 2005 when he was 19. He won the Young Rider Classification of the Tour de France three times which only one other racer has ever done. He has also won the Young Rider Classification of the Giro d'Italia. in 2009 has won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege when he was 23 and in 2010 he won the Tour de France on a technicality. The Liege-Bastogne-Liege is one of the 'Monuments' of European races having been raced since 1892. It is 161 miles, 253 kilometers, long, partly through the countryside and partly through the mountains. His main strength is in climbing. In 2012 he suffered a sever crash and by 2014 still hadn't been able to return to his former abilities.

Chris is an incredible racer that seems to have gotten stronger with age. He started racing in the Pro circuit in 1995 when he was 23. After not having much success in his early years he returned to the US Continental circuit which he ended up dominating. Then in 2005, when 33, he returned to the Pro circuit. After a few years of decent riding he started to finish in the top of the major races, this was 2010. Then in 2011, at 39, he won the Tour of California. 2013 is when he made the record books by winning the Vuelta a Espana at the age of 41, beating several strong racers including Vincenzo Nibali who came in second. He became the oldest racer to ever win any of the three Grand Tours, the Vuelta a Espana and Giro d'Italia by seven years of age and the Tour de France by five years of age. His main strength is his climbing which he used to win both the Tour of California and the Vuelta a Espana.

In his 18 year career in the Pro circuit George was mainly a Domestique but he did have some memoriable wins and set a record by starting 17 Tour de France's and tied a record finishing 16 of them. He also won the US National Championship three times. It is said Lance Armstrong called George his "best bro" as he was Armstrongs 'lieutenant' and was key in enabling Armstrong to win the Tour de France seven times.

Levi's main accomplishment in his fourteen year career was to win the Tour of California three times. He also won the Tour of Switzerland once and had thirteen top ten finished in the three Grand Tours (Dour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana). Levi was a strong climber and had good Time Trial strength.

Robert started racing in the Pro circuit in 2007, when he was 20, after two years on Continental teams. He started finishing in the top ten, with a Stage win in the Tour of Belgium, his first year. He won the overall Best Young Rider Jersey three times in the Tour of California and then won the Tour in 2012, taking the lead when he finishing the Queen Stage with a commanding climb up Mount Baldy. Robert's strength is in climbing which is very intriguing since he comes from one of the flattest countries in the world, the Netherlands.

Tejay started racing when he was very young and had a successful junior career which lead to many top finishes in his first years at the Pro level that started when he was 20. He won the Young Rider classification in many of the top races including the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the Tour of California, Paris-Nice and the Tour de France. In 2013 he won the Tour of California which has been his biggest win to date and has been in the top ten in the Tour de France twice as of August 2014. Tejay does well in climbing and Time Trials.

David started racing the Pro circuit in 2001 with the US Postal Team when he showed amazing speed winning the US National Under 23 Time Trial Championships. His Time Trial speed was what gained him the most success in his professional career, winning the US National Time Trial seven times in addition to the under 23 win, and by winning the UCI World Time Trial Championships once. He also many Time Trials Stage races he entered. In addition to his Time Trial speed he managed to win individual Stages in Tours including a Stage in the 2004 Vuelta a Espana with a 101 mile (162 kilometer) solo Breakaway. During his career he suffered from some major accidents that resulted in injuries that were partly responsible for his retirement in 2013 after a relatively short 12 year professional career.

Jens is the best Rouler, or all-rounder, racer that the sport has ever seen. He doesn't have one particular aspect of racing he always excels at, but he 'never gives up' and has won many Races, both one day and Stages in Tours. He won amateur Stage races before turning Pro in 1997, has worn the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France twice, has placed at the top in Time Trials, and placed second in the 2007 Tour of California. He is known as an attacker, and can attack several times in a single race, trying to get out front again when his earlier attempt didn't work. He was still racing in 2014, at the age of 42, but has stated 2014 will be his last year (as of August, 2014).

Mark started 'back yard' racing when he was a kid which lead to amature track racing where he won many of the endurance and team events. This lead to his racing on Continental teams in 2004 through the start of 2006 and then turning Pro team during the 2006 season. His main strength is in finish sprints and has won many races and stages that finish on the flats. He has won twenty five stages in the Tour de Frances he has entered. His style of racing has often come under attack, at times he can be reckless, which has caused more than one crash during the finish sprint, and he has been penalized for cutting off or blocking other racers that could have possibly passed him in the sprint to the finish.

Thor is considered to be the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all times with the most wins in the three Grand Tours of any Norwegian as well as many other achievements. He has won the Norwegian National Championship three times and the World Road Race Championship in 2010. He has also won the Points (sprint) competition in the Tour de France twice and in the Vuelta a Espana once. His is mainly a sprinter but has also had success in Time Trials, winning the Norwegian National Time Trial Championship three times as well as the Team Time Trial in the Tour de France twice. In 2012 he came down with Infectious Mononucleosis which caused him hardship in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons, and because of it stated he will retire after the 2014 World Championships.

Lars is a unique Pro Team racer in that he also races at the UCI Elite Cyclo-cross level, winning many of the UCI sanctioned Cyclo-cross events including National and World Championships. He raced with amateur and Continental level Teams from 2002 to 2008, then made it to the Pro level in 2009. In his Pro road race career he is a strong all-rounder that has also done well in Time Trial competitions. He has won several one-day races, many Stages in Tours including Time Trials, and has also been the GC winner of several of the Tours he has raced in.

Tom has been racing in the Pro circuit since 2002 when he was 21. He typically performs his best in one-day races with his sprinting power at the finish, but has had some Stage and Points (sprint) classification wins in Tours. In 2005 he won the World Road Race Championship and in 2012 the World Team Time Trial Championship with the Omega Pharma - QuickStep Team.

Tyler started racing at 18 with Continental teams, then moved to the Pro circuit in 2002 when he was 21. He has won the US National Criterium Championship, which is governed by USA Cycling governing body as well as several Stages in Tours and has won the GC title in several Tours as well. His major achievements have been winning many Stages in the three Grand Tours, as well as a Stage in the Tour of California. Tylers strength is his finish sprint power and he does often place at the top in races that finish on flat land. He has also been involved in many severe crashes and has been accused of causing some of them.

Fred is one of those racers that doesn't give up. He started racing at the Pro level in 1996 when he was 22. He raced from 1996 to 2003 for Pro teams, in 2004 for a European Continental team, then from 2005 to 2009 with Pro teams. He took the 2010 season off, and returned in 2011 for an American Continental team and has been racing with Continental teams up through the 2014 season. He has been called "Fast Freddie" since his main strength is in finish line sprints where he has been a Podium finisher and winner of many one day Races and Stages in Tours. He has also won the US National Championship four times (as of August 2014), including in 2013 after he returned to racing after taking 2010 off.

Tom started racing in 1999 on an Amateur team while in college during which he won the US Collegiate Mountain Bike Championship in 2001. He then moved to Continental Teams in 2002 and made it into the Pro circuit in 2004. He didn't do much of anything extraordinary in his early years, but in 2008 started having top level finishes with some Podium honors and Stage wins. His major wins include winning the Tour of Utah twice, once in 2013 and then in 2014. He has also finished in the top 10 in the Tour de France once and in the Vuelta a Espana once. He is mainly a Rouler or all-rounder, but has placed well in Time Trials a few times.

Timmy raced at the Pro level from 2005 to 2013. He placed second in the 2003 and 2004 National Under 23 Time Trial Championships and third in the 2004 National Under 23 Road Race Championships and these three top level finishes got him into the Pro Circuit. He was a Rouler, or all-rounder, and he mainly served on his teams to assist the top Racers of his teams in races. He did have a Team Time Trial win in the Tour of Georgia, won the Most Aggressive Rider Jersey in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and won the 2012 US National Road Race Championship.