Dear FollowersWelcome to the 2011 Mentzendorff "125 Challenge" - the 10 riders are now in the midst of final preparations for departure (hourly tyre pressure checks and meditation) from the U.K on Sunday, having this afternoon overcome the shock last-minute loss of our stalwart support van driver Bill Page due to illness (get well soon Bill), fortunately Phillip Amps has a friend (welcome Graham, who we look forward to getting to know much better next week) who has kindly agreed to step in to help us. But of course the most important thing before the ride is to get in first with the excuses as to why you are under-trained....... and I think I'm in poll position here (pics attached above) from my N.Z training camp in early May - yes I hired a bike in NZ to get tuned up by riding up and out of my beachside village into the hills every morning, I managed this once before it started to rain (a lot) then the bridges out of the village got washed away and the hills collapsed onto the roads.........took the army 3 days to rescue us.... which is why I'm justifiably unfit, it being clearly too late to correct things on my return due to the generally accepted importance of "tapering". I rest my case.
Next post should be from Reims....... immediately prior to Le Grand Depart on Monday morning from Bollinger...........
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