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Tinea Pedis
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Are there prizes on the Etape?

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JamieL
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by JamieL

Not sure. There was certainly a podium ceremony and trophies. I'd be surprised if there was any money though.

I enjoyed my day out even though i knew i was killing myself: At the start it took me 3 or 4 kms to get towards the front of the peloton, by the time i got there i could see that Mavic car way up the road so assumed there was a break. Had a quick look around the peloton and didn't see anyone i thought had a chance so guessed they were all up the road. Jumped away and spent half an hour burying myself to get across. Finally the Mavic car dropped back and i thought i was getting close. Asked the driver what the gap was and he told me i had three minutes on the bunch and there was no one up the road... :oops:
Was pretty f*cked by then so just enjoyed riding through the villages and seeing the odd person i knew from when i worked down there.

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by Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez

Great result although tucked in some wheels you would have been close to top 5!

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JamieL wrote:Not sure. There was certainly a podium ceremony and trophies. I'd be surprised if there was any money though.

I enjoyed my day out even though i knew i was killing myself: At the start it took me 3 or 4 kms to get towards the front of the peloton, by the time i got there i could see that Mavic car way up the road so assumed there was a break. Had a quick look around the peloton and didn't see anyone i thought had a chance so guessed they were all up the road. Jumped away and spent half an hour burying myself to get across. Finally the Mavic car dropped back and i thought i was getting close. Asked the driver what the gap was and he told me i had three minutes on the bunch and there was no one up the road... :oops:
Was pretty f*cked by then so just enjoyed riding through the villages and seeing the odd person i knew from when i worked down there.


Ha, great effort Jamie! I actually almost did the same thing in last year's etape (Annecy) as around km 50 or so I was getting kinda bored, thought I'd just have a go to say I'd done it....but thought better of it ;-) Well done on 11th though, that is still a pretty strong result.

Nick- nah, no prizes, not like the Italian ones....but that's also probably why there's a bit less juice going on too.

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by bally81

That was a hill time trial from last Sunday I s*cked badly... however the Friday night before I was the king on the dancefloor hahha
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first cx race of the year....snapped chain DNF sigh.
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micky
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Finally got a podium on a crit with finish on a 5k climb.

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3rd in a muddy cx race yesterday
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Tapeworm
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On my way to taking out the state TT Champs (Masters of course). Horrible course with far too much elevation gain for my liking.

With a 4th at the Nationals Masters TT Champs, this was a good consolation prize.

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Sleek bike and position!
Congratulations! :thumbup:

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by olebole

Something similar to Tapworms photo above...
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Congratulations Tapeworm! :thumbup:

Love the mud olebole. :D

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started 67th out of 72 or something, ended the day at 11th. only lost one place =(. was chuffed with my result otherwise.
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Tomstr
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by Tomstr

Nice photo's Nathan, you can see the speed in them.

Here a rare one of me from last friday. I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a groupride promoting womens cycling. Here I'm having a chat with Marianne Vos.

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