In Memory of Conor – Day 2, Victor Harbour to Meningie
After a great first day behind us, our alarms were set for an early 5am start on Day 2.
We were all eager to get into some serious riding, but not before getting stuck into an amazing breakfast. A full banquet was set out for us in the park, with a full moon still out and a backdrop of the beach and the sun starting to rise. Could it get any better!
Group briefing all done and Team Officeworks were set to lead out the second peloton, due to the extra guest riders the tour consisted of three pelotons of 90 riders in total today.
The day started slow as we pushed straight into a headwind, then cross winds and back to headwinds, it just became a real hard slog.
Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse we rode straight into a dust storm (more like a fertiliser storm, the paddocks had obviously just been dressed, didn’t taste great)!
After a well earned stop for morning tea, we changed direction and found ourselves with a strong tail wind. At last the peloton could make up some lost time with some increased speed, I thought this was an appropriate time to volunteer to take a turn at the front (timing is everything).
Dennis Gentilin and I took the lead and enjoyed the ongoing banter to pass the time away – he is a great guy to ride with and has become a good friend to share this journey alongside.
With the side road markers highlighting 10km to Meningie, it gave me time to reflect on what has been achieved and the significance of the green jersey and young Conor (as per last blog).
I rode today in memory of three-year-old Conor. It was a very proud moment.
Team Officeworks captain Ian Robinson and I have some fun.
Officeworks is on-board and looks great on the TDC uniforms.
Team Officeworks rider and TDC veteran Gary Bertwistle speaks to the riders.
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