Just a couple of snaps
Building bikes 1

Building bikes 2

Heading out for leg stretch

Casablanca

Leg stretch

Sardine can

Day 1

Team USA lol

Day 1... number 1... not sure how we managed that

Depart day 1

Team CMI

Depart day one 2

On the road 1

flat for now

Phil at work

glamorous pool pic

hotel view

Depart day 2

The first of many black clouds...

quick stop after the "depart fictif"... just before the real start

after day 2

Mathieu after day 2... 180kms, 4000 m and 7 minute lead


Day 3

Med coast was spectacular...

But never flat!

Hotel were usually 4 or 5 star

up on the plateau

day 3 neutralized section ...

the wind was horrendous... we did the feeding!

Day 3 ... and in yellow

Day 3

Pretty

more pretty

Mechanicing by the pool

One of many podiums for our equipe

Day 3

Day 3 ... last day of the huge transfers

Day 3

Day 3 protest ... wind was so bad that riders and motorbikes were getting blown off the road... neutralized for 20 kms after this and aloud to sit behind the cars, but then a huge storm blew in and everyone got on the buses and bikes on the trucks, aim was to go to 60 kms to go and restart... but one of the trucks carrying the bikes rolled on a descent in the rain... luckily I picked the right truck to put the bikes on, Cristina Watche's Colnago's came off the worst... so the did the 3 staff in the truck, but they were all out of hospital that night... Africa!

Protest time

hiding from the wind

Day 3

Day 4 .... rain

More rain an greasy diesel covered roads

More rain... and my cockpit for the day ( keeping note of breakaways and time gaps )

yet more rain...

a brief dry spot

Horrendous conditions at altitude in heavy rain and thick fog... 15 riders abandoned, some due to hypothermia... a truely horrible 180kms!

Mathieu ... yellow and polka dot

Mathieu and Torku stage winner

DS sleeping with 20 k's to go

More pretty

and more...

Lots of podium time

Maroc

More great weather

waking up to pouring rain

oh the joy

rain...

Sun.... but always windy!

Up high

great roads!

even more pretty

Dirt

Podium

more dirt

school kids

dirt, sun & wind

sheep

depart.... day ? ... was all a blur by then
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