148 km, 2,794 meters of climbing.
Better day. Rolled it steady (cycling lingo for taking it easy) and all held together. Photo is at the start line. GM in his favorite baby-blue Rapha jersey. I wore matching, somewhat under duress, but that's what good partners do. The mountains behind us are what we came over Day 1.
I promised this year that I'd take some photos on course. Photo was taken on the Beilerhohe, our last climb of the day. 1000 meter gem. Look closely and you can see the ribbon of road snaking up the mountain.
Howie and Philip - Team Wedgewood. Total stars. They celebrated their 91st placing in the Masters field with a banana split. Check out the links on the right to find their blog. A lot more pro that what I'm running here with much more detailed descriptions of each day's ride.
Some of the gang post dinner, waiting for the van pick up. Walking 2 km back to the hotel when 5 days of hard riding remain is not an option.
Hot, hot, hot here. 37 degrees up our final climb. Time to cool off.
Geoff,
ReplyDeleteCan you give us a link to the daily race results?
Jake
Amazing photo of the mountains you came over in the back ground- hard to imagine how difficult that must be- you kick ass. Where's the garmin link this year? Loved reading your calorie output..
ReplyDeleteHave a great ride tomorrow-Ollie thinks you'll 'win for sure'.