You want the straight up, suit-n-tie race reporting? Check out my recap at the MTCC race blog or find Pat Malach's coverage on VeloNews. Facts, just the fact, ma'am. You want some pretty pictures? Check out the Race in Pictures over here. But if you want the real skinny, crazy-Swift style? With a little salsa? Then stay put - because here it comes...

Just a quick photo dump of some image highlights from yesterday’s stage.  Click to enlarge.  You can see some of these photos featured on the race blog or read the stage one race recap here. Share/Bookmark

Coming off a week of seriously cycling-worthy warm weather, Oregon is gearing up for the 2009 Mt Hood Cycling Classic – a five-day, leg-breaking stage race renowned as much for its incredible difficulty as for its breath-taking beauty. The forecast is calling for the best conditions that MHCC has seen in its 7-year history and professional racers have flocked to Mt Hood from as far as France to get in on a piece of the action.