As part of the Tour, their is a day where anyone can ride the same course (or part of it) on the same day as the professionals. The bike group that I used to ride with before heading to the US (and will again once my bike arrives back) known as Mud Sweat and Gears entered as a team and had over 50 members riding, as young as 11 and as old as 83. There were three distances available - the full 155km, 97 kms or a 30 km loop. The majority of our riders did the 97kms.
Here's the group photo for the group doing the 30 km ride.
The jerseys look cool, especially with the team name on the back.
On the way to the ride.
The finish line for today in Angaston in the Adelaide Hills.
Some of the team's riders as they approached at the end of the ride.
A family affair.
This guy had an L plate on the front. At to make it even better, a photo taken of him made it to the front page of the Advertiser.
Some of the team still had enough energy to celebrate their completion of the course.
The gentleman in the middle of this picture is 83, and did the 97 km ride. He was the center of a story on the local current affairs program earlier in the week.
We even had a foreign import from northern California who found out via the internet about the ride and joined us (there were also a couple from England but one was an expat Australian).
This gentleman currently reads the weather on the local television channel, but found time to do the ride with our team.
The group photo (although there were still a few missing/AWOL at the time).
The weather was perfect for the ride and the scenery through the Barossa Valley was spectacular. I'll be riding next year.
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