Stage 4 – Puy St Vincent Today we did the fictuous neutral rollout of 4km and then again got into the cars.  It was a shame for the spectators who had lined the switch back climbs and then sadly watched us all drive past in the cars.  I am sure they think we just drive from stage to stage and […]

Stage 3 – Fayence – Valberg 122km We were able to sleep in until 11am and so after 5 hours sleep we all stumbled down to breakfast and tried to be positive about today’s stage.  Fortunately all the riders were sleep deprived so I was hoping that today’s stage would be raced at a more sedate pace. A policeman gave […]

Monday 4 August Stage 2 – Corte – St Florent  106km We started today’s stage in Corte so it was a treat not to have to travel by car to the race start.  It was also our last day on the island of Corsica as we would be transferring to Nice after the race today. After yesterday’s disaster I decided […]

Sunday 3 August Stage 1 – Sartene – Ajaccio   107km I woke up feeling hot, tired and nervous.  It was also 42C without a cloud in the sky and with our race starting at 3pm, I knew staying hydrated was going to be very important.  I was also hoping the other riders were feeling as tired as me.  I have […]

Racoon Mountain 90km road race – Chattanooga, Tennessee 13 April 2003 – 75F, light winds and sunny Joan, Rebecca and I rode out to the start of the Racoon Mountain road race and after a good hour of riding and a few wrong turns we eventually made it with about 40 minutes to spare.  Joan and I had left our […]

Dogwood Criterium – Knoxville, Tennessee – 1st 12 April 2003 – 70F sunny with no wind Team TDS travelled to Tennessee to combine a weekend of regional racing with 3 TDS office tours, a TDS lunch with the General Manager of TDS’s Farragut office and a Farragut Primary School bike safety clinic.  Other activities included posing for a professional photographer […]

Stage 4 – 11 May 2003 – 60 minute criterium Conditions: sunny and not humid – 75F The criterium course was a 1.5km anti clockwise loop with 12 corners and 3 climbs per lap.  The first downhill corner after the start/finish line was a left off camber 90 degree turn.  Taking this corner near the front was a lot faster […]

Stage 3 – 10 May 2003 – 4km (2.5 miles) Individual Time Trial Conditions: hail, thunderstorms, rain, wind – 70F After a few hours rest we drove for an hour in heavy rain to the start of the uphill time trial.  As we pulled in to the parking lot, the hail started as well as lightning and thunder.  We sat […]

Stage 2 – 10 May 2003 – 110km (69 miles) road race Conditions: overcast, humid – 80F Today’s road stage started at 8am and after finishing yesterday’s race at 6pm we didn’t get a lot of recovery time.  However, I woke up feeling fresh and ready for two hard stages. The 110km road course started and finished in Fayetteville.  We […]

Joe Martin Stage Race – Fayetteville, Arkansas Stage 1 – 9 May 2003 – 112km (70 miles) point to point road race Conditions: hot, humid and windy – 80F The first stage of the Joe Martin Stage race was a 70 mile point-to-point road race starting at Natural Dam and finishing in the centre of Fayetteville.  The organisers transported all […]