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Vladimir Efimkin is a Russian-born pro cyclist who recently moved to Sacramento to live with his wife and two children. Efimkin, 29, has won a Tour de France stage and finished 10th in the 2008 Tour de France. Through an odd set of circumstances, he decided to move to Sacramento and signed with a team called Team Type 1. Efimkin just signed with the team and will begin competing for the squad in the Tour of Utah, Aug. 9. It's a one-week stage race similar to the Tour of California. Friday, August 5, 2011. Read the story -
Vladimir Efimkin gets ready for his morning training ride at his Granite Bay home. -
Efimkin prepares to leave on a morning training ride from his Granite Bay home. -
Efimkin heads out from his Granite Bay home for an early morning ride with his friends. -
Efimkin is joined on his ride with friends, Igor Ilyenko, left, and Alexander Antipov. -
Efimkin rides with his friends in the Sierra foothills. -
A wild turkey crosses over the road in front of Efimkin and his friends during their morning ride. -
Efimkin, right, and his friend Igor Ilyenko of Sacramento ride along Auburn-Folsom Road. -
Efimkin, right, and his friend Igor Ilyenko of Sacramento ride along Auburn-Folsom Road. -
Efimkin, right, and his friend Igor Ilyenko of Sacramento ride along Auburn-Folsom Road. -
Efimkin rides up Shirland-Track Road toward Auburn during his morning training ride. -
To get extra power, Efimkin rises out of his saddle as he nears the top of the hill on Shirland-Track Road near Auburn. -
Efimkin rides up Shirland-Track Road toward Auburn while on a morning training ride. -
Efimkin heads up Old Foresthill Road with the Foresthill Bridge looming in the background. -
Efimkin rides along a guardrail on Old Foresthill Road above the middle fork of the American River. -
Efimkin rides up Old Foresthill Road above the middle fork of the American River, left. -
Efimkin is out of the saddle as he pushes up Old Foresthill Road. -
Efimkin passes a rock outcropping on his way up Old Foresthill Road. -
Efimkin speeds down Old Foresthill Road which he did fives times during his repeat hill workout while on his training ride. -
Efimkin climbs up Old Foresthill Road, which he did five times during his training ride from his Granite Bay home. Vladimir Efimkin is a Russian-born pro cyclist who recently moved to Sacramento to live with his wife and two children. Efimkin, 29, has won a Tour de France stage and finished 10th in the 2008 Tour de France. Through an odd set of circumstances, he decided to move to Sacramento and signed with a team called Team Type 1. Efimkin just signed with the team and will begin competing for the squad in the Tour of Utah, Aug. 9. It's a one-week stage race similar to the Tour of California. Friday, August 5, 2011.
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