In April I'll be one of 65 riders who'll cover the 1,540 km's from Adelaide to Canberra over 10 days. The ride obviously represents a serious physical challenge, especially as this year's route takes us through the Snowy Mountains. The long days with distances sometimes exceeding 200 km's will be painful, as will the…
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Today we rode the last leg of our journey – 180km from Jindabyne to Canberra. After the addrenalin and elation of the previous day’s ascent of Dead Horse Gap, today we had a pretty solid ride to an emotional journey’s … Continue reading →
Pretty amazing to have two incredible days on the bike back to back … but that’s what we’ve had these last two days. Stunning scenery, perfect weather, challenging climbs and the rush of some amazing descents. Today we rode from … Continue reading →
Done! Wow, wow, wow! That was one amazing day on a bike … on a par with anything I’ve ridden before. The bald facts are that we rode 165km from Albury to Kancoban, and climbed just over 2,000 meters. That … Continue reading →
Today was a shorter day – only 130km from Benalla to Albury. The terrain is still very flat terrain, however that’s 6 days in a succession over 100km and the shorter distance was very welcome! It’s cold! As we move towards … Continue reading →
Today was another big day on the bike – 71km from Bendigo to Benalla. In total that makes just under 1,000km in 6 days … the legs feel surprisingly good and less surprisingly the delicate areas feel a little numb. … Continue reading →
Today was the longest day on this year’s Tour; 215km from Horsham to Bendigo. A tough day on the road, but these are the days we train for and the challenge keeps everyone on their game. We’ve now ridden in … Continue reading →
4 down, 6 to go; the days are flying by faster than the kms! The days just get bigger – today we rode 173km from Bordertown to Horsham, tomorrow we ride the longest day of Tour – 215km. The already … Continue reading →
Today we rode 178km from Meningie to Bordertown … a long flat ride – 395m cliimbed all day! Normally TDC’s blessed with great weather – not this morning. We rode the first 50km in rain … and as my shoes … Continue reading →
A day of contrasts as we battled strong side winds for the first 50kms and had to taste dust as the wind swirled around. Then after morning tea we made the long awaited turn away from the wind and cruised … Continue reading →
What a day! We rolled out of Adelaide around 8 this morning led by Anna Meares Word Champion track cyclist, Gold medalist at London 2012 and Olympic swimmer Matt Welsh … awesome athletes and great people. 65 riders in a … Continue reading →