Team Time Trial towards Maun
Ok, so what do a bunch of riders decide to do when they know they have to do a time trial but they are coming into a rest day... they create the concept of a team time trial organized by country or regions of the world. (shhh, don’t tell them the riders think of this every year).
So preparations last night consisted mainly of working out a team song, creating a team name and designing a team uniform and would you believe it... the riders were so excited they were up before the African Routes boys had finished making breakfast this morning... and believe me you could have mistaken the campsite for a bunch of children waking up on Christmas morning the noise was so loud.
When the time trial began however, after the nudity, the teasing, the team songs and the checking out of the team uniforms (the girls team of Janet, Sarah, Alice and Tiff had this one in the bag being sponsored by the likes of Prada, Bling and almost anything and anybody you could think of)... it was serous stuff!
The race was on!!!! The Dutch and the British teams were the firm favourites but they had not counted on the strength of the staff team as well as the women’s team... well, one of them anyways as the other girls team was very focused on working on their tan lines. So the time trial came and went with the Brits winning in the men's category and team 'Positively Smashing Darlings' winning the womens title.
So now finally, here we are in the hot, steaming thriving safari metropolis of Maun making preparations for a plane flight over the Delta tomorrow... and of course doing all the normal rest day things like laundry, cleaning bikes, eating and sending updates home... oh and enjoying a few birthdays as well.
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Posted April 21, 2007 by Field Writer
Botswana | Tour Updates |
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