TUESDAY, DAY 19

TUESDAY, DAY 18

TODAY IS A WELL DESERVED AND BADLY NEEDED REST DAY.  WE HAVE COMPLETED STAGE 2.  WE HAVE CYCLED SOME 900 MILES AND CLIMBED AN IMPRESSIVE 75,000 FEET!   STAGE 3 BEGINS TOMORROW MORNING WITH ANOTHER 66 MILE RIDE AND AN ELEVATION GAIN OF 7,500 FEET.

I HAVE BEEN REMISS IN NOT SHARING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE UP THE “TEAM” CYCLING FROM BARCELONA TO ROME.

SECOND PICTURE:  RACHAEL WALTER.  RACHAEL HAILS FROM BUFFALO, NY IS IS THE CLIMBER ON OUR TEAM.  WE MET RACHAEL ON A TOUR A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO IN ARIZONA AND AGAIN WHEN WE RODE THE LENGTH OF THE UK.

THIRD PICTURE TEAM DOCTOR, STEVEN YATES (NO RELATION TO ADAM YATES OF TOUR DE FRANCE FAME).  WE MET STEPHEN ON THE ARIZONA TOUR AND AGAIN ON THE UK TOUR.  STEPHEN HAILS FROM KINGSTON, ONTARIO.  

FIRST PICTURE:   WILLIAM COUSINS AKA LIAM.  LIAM IS IRISH BUT HAILS FROM PORTUGAL, SCOTLAND AND PLACES UNKNOWN.  WE MET LIAM  A FEW YEARS BACK ON THE CAESAR TOUR WHICH TOOK UIS FROM LONDON TO ROME.  LIAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RIDER MORAL, KEEPING US LAUGHING WHILE WE ARE IN PAIN FROM RIDING LONG DISTANCES AND SCALING MOUNTAINS.

CIAO,

M AND BIG