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Editorial a 4A | Weather & Tides a 5A | Police Log a 5A | A&E a 2B | Sports a 5B | Real Estate a 1C | Classifi eds a 3C

By Mark Noack[ mark@hmbreview.com ]

The Amgen Tour of California revisits Half Moon Bay, Montara, Kings Mountain, Pescadero and a tourist’s spree of other lo-cal sights on Tuesday as some of the world’s top cyclists make their light-speed rush down the Pacifi c Coast.

The highly publicized and intensely competitive race has drawn 127 rid-ers including Olympic medalists, Tour de France winners, and champion riders from Belgium, Finland, Spain, Germany, New Zealand and Sweden — and that means Lance Armstong too.

The U.S. cycling titan and seven-time Tour de France winner joins three-time Amgen winner Levi Leipheimer on Team RadioShack, the team many expect to win.

Sixteen teams will be competing in the eight-day hopscotch down the state, which begins near Sacramento and continues south to fi nish near Los Angeles.

The Coastside is included in Stage 3 of the tour route, The day’s ac-tion starts in San Francisco, goes down Highway 1 through the greater Half Moon Bay area, and then winds east through the coastal hills before heading back west to Pescadero and then south to con-clude at Santa Cruz.

For Coastside cyclists, having the Amgen race tour popular local routes is a big deal, said cycling enthusiast and Midcoast resident Chris “Cannon-ball” Johnson.

“I watch these guys on TV, and now they’re rid-ing the same trails I ride,” Johnson said. “It’s a Peninsula cyclist’s wish list of routes.”

Johnson encouraged spectators to choose spots to watch a cycling sprint or “king of the mountain” — small minicontests within the larger race that one rid-er from each team will seek to win. One such sprint is located right at Surfer’s Beach.

Amgen organizers pushed back the race un-til May this time to avoid the rainy, cold weather that made watching the event diffi cult in February of 2009. For the Coastside, the route remains mostly the same except for a detour into Woodside before veering back to the coast.

Drivers be warned: The California Highway Patrol will be temporarily closing roads in advance of the cy-clist pack. Long stretches with no easy detours, such as Devil’s Slide, could be closed for as much as an hour in advance of the cy-clist pack, which is expected to arrive at Montara around 11:45 a.m.

In previous years, CHP offi cials have re-opened roads within 15 min-utes after the cycling pack passed. r

Bike race cycles down the Coastside

TOUR OF CALIFORNIA WINDS THROUGH COAST ON TUESDAY

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San Francisco and ends in Santa Cruz

Cycling Race Glossary:Bridge. A rider or riders who sprint away from the main group of riders, or peloton, and catch the breakaway.Broom Wagon. The vehicle that follows the race, picking up racers who have to aban-don the race.Domestique. A rider whose main job is to help the team leader win the day’s stage, or the entire race. Echelon. A staggered, long line of riders, each downwind of the rider ahead, allowing them to move considerably faster than a solo rider.Gruppetto. A group of rid-ers that forms at the back of the fi eld on mountain stages and ride at a pace that allows them to fi nish just inside the time limit. King of the Mountains.The KOM is the fastest climb-er in the overall standings. Peloton. The main group of racers. Also called the pack.Squirrel. An erratic rider.Wheelsucker. Someone who, while riding in a pace-line, doesn’t take a turn at the front of the line.

By the numbers

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The Amgen Tour of California streamed southward through the Coastside for the fi rst time last year, bringing some of pro cycling’s biggest names and scores of fans to the area.

CITY LOOSENS RULES FOR

FLOWER FARMSFARMLAND TO BE OPEN FOR MOST

AGRICULTUREBy Mark Noack

[ mark@hmbreview.com ]

To quote Pete Seeger: Where have all the fl owers gone?

Answer: They’ve been re-placed by food, fi bers and fuel.

Last week, Half Moon Bay leaders eased the city’s agri-culture zoning code to allow local fl ower growers fl exibility to use their farmland for grow-ing produce, medicinal crops or other purposes.

Once a linchpin of the Coastside economy, large-scale fl ower growing has been dwindling for years due to in-creasing international com-petition. That has led fl ower companies to lower produc-tion and close acres of green-houses once teeming with blossoms.

The local fl ower industry

has scouted out ways to sell off some of the 207 acres of land in Half Moon Bay designated for fl oraculture, but industry leaders have been hamstrung by the city code. Under the city’s previous zoning code, “A-1” designated farmland could be used for growing fl owers but not fruit, vegetables or oth-er crops.

“We only allowed people to

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Teen pressure focus of movie,

movement

By Lily Bixler[ lily@hmbreview.com ]

This fall was the worst it’s been for Half Moon Bay High School senior Kathleen Aba-die. She took Advanced Place-ment Spanish, calculus, Eng-lish and government, ran on the cross-country team, orga-nized student government ac-tivities as class co-president and played the fl ute in the marching band. And then she also applied for college.

“I’m interested in all the things I do, so it’s not like I’m doing all these things just to get into a good college,” Abadie said. Ultimately turning down

Duke University, the 18-year-old has decided to attend Rice University, where she wants to study engineering.

Abadie piles a lot on her own plate. Parents Kathy and Vic-tor Abadie are amazed by their

“Race to Nowhere”What: Film focusing on “the dark side of America’s achievement culture.”

When: 7 p.m. Friday

Where: Community United Method-ist Church, 777 Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay

Cost: $15, available online at www.rtnhalfmoonbay.eventbrite.com or at the door.

Lars Howlett / Review

Kathleen Abadie considers the nature of light and mirrors during her physics class at Half Moon Bay High School on Friday. Abadie has spent some time refl ecting on four rigorous years at the high school.

LOCAL TEEN TALKS ABOUT SUCCEEDING IN AN

ACHIEVEMENT-OBSESSED CULTURE

See FILM a 8A

“This could be an area where Silicon Valley companies come to take advantage of this zone to research.”

— Steve Flint, Half Moon Bay

planning director

See ZONE a 8A

HELP BEHIND BARS ONE FINAL ACTLocal yoga instructors bring their skills to incarcerated girls on the Peninsula > Page 7A

Coastside dancers take the stage for fi nal time before college > Page 1B

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