There’s no tougher testing ground for a new team than the Amgen Tour of California. A lesson more inspirational than tough to take for the riders of the Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast pro cycling team. After flu took its toll on the squad and Keven Lacombe dropped out after a collision with the rear window of a Volvo XC90, the squad still placed a rider twice in the top eight in the latter stages of the race.