Route: Shepparton to Bendigo Distance: 130km Ascent: 316m Total Distance So Far: 1244km Total Ascent so far 11316m This morning was shaping up as a great day. 120km of flat country, a Sunday morning coffee ride, a walk in the park for the Tour riders and guests that we had joining us today, but……. add the wind to that and it adds a little extra that wasn’t expected. We …Read more
Route: Albury to Shepparton Distance: 190km Ascent: 219m Total Distance So Far: 1114km Total Ascent so far 11000m Today’s ride was huge any day of the week but backing up from a 235km ride with a 190km just didn’t seem fair. The consolation though was that the profile showed that the route was absolutely flat. There were no hills in sight so that was a welcome tonic for some …Read more
Route: Thredbo to Albury Distance: 239km Ascent: 3102m Total Distance So Far: 924km Total Ascent so far 10881m If yesterdays ride was put down as one of the best in history then today’s ride was right up there again. The day was going to be an epic one anyway if you looked at the stats. 237km with over 3500 meters climbing would challenge most riders. It was a day …Read more
Route – Cooma to Thredbo Distance: 101km Total Ascent: 1451m Total Distance So Far: 686km Total Ascent so far 7779m Today was a magnificent day, in fact a veteran of 5 tours, David Lowe described today as one the best ever days on Tour! The weather was magnificent, the scenery was brilliant and the riding was outstanding. Read on and I will go into more details. This morning was …Read more
Route: Canberra to Cooma Distance: 115km Ascent: 1112m Total Distance So Far: 585km Total Ascent so far 6328m It was a 6.30am start today and we rolled out to the south of Canberra. As we were rolling along you could defiantly feel a bit of a chill in the air. The guys were prepared though as most had rugged up with arm and leg warmers as well as jackets. As …Read more
Route: Batemans Bay – Canberra Distance: 152km Climbing: 2000m Total Tour distance so far: 475km Today started with a short ride out to the Batemans Bay Primary School where we were greeted by some very excited children who had been working on their really bright and colourful signs in anticipation of 10 minutes of fame on the Channel 7 Sunrise program. They were not to be disappointed as each cross this …Read more
Route: Huskisson to Batemans Bay Distance: 109km Ascent: 968m The start of day three saw us back down to the Husky pub for Mark Beretta’s Channel 7 Morning show cross and we could tell by the early signs that today was going to be a great ride. The waves were rolling in and the sky’s were mostly clear so today the weather would be on our side. As we rolled out …Read more
We started the day today by the Wollongong foreshore with a beautiful ocean view. My legs were pretty good this morning, after all we had only done about 100km yesterday so I didn’t expect that they would be complaining just yet The excitement level was pretty high this morning as we had around 45 guest riders on the stage with us today. Today the ride was again about 100 km …Read more
We woke up pretty early this morning as we needed to get a taxi to the meeting point so that we could have breakfast and make it to Martin Place by 7.00am. That meant that it was a 4.30am rise for most of the guys as we needed to be at breakfast by 5.30am and into Martin Place by 7.00am. When I got downstairs to the lobby of the accommodation …Read more