Myself and Wouter Van Wezemael would like to take this opportunity to thank the following people who decided take-up the offer and come to Santa Susanna to sample this stunning area despite the planned race being cancelled and revised into a week long training camp:
Heather Bamforth
Fred Bamforth
Simon Bridge
Duncan Orme
Brian Morris
Charlie Bruce
Anne Raybould
John French
Julie French
Marcus Walker
David Spencer
Malcolm Giles
Joe McVey
Charlie McVey
The weather held well for us amongst some very problematic thunder clouds gathering earlier in the week...luckily they passed us by, only to cause havoc in neighbouring France!
Overall the rides went very well, with a good mixture of rolling and mountain 'parcours' with the occasional training segment thrown-in to keep the rides interesting and test out the form.
The Aqua Marina Hotel was superb, recently refurbished to a very high standard, with a brand new Spa & Health Club for the guests. The restaurant proved popular as ever, the food was fantastic, a vast choice of delicious food to suit all tastes and obviously help the hungry riders recover from the day's hard riding!
Thank you to Med Bikes for supplying the Specialized hire bikes and to come to the rescue of Dave Spencer who arrived late on the Wednesday evening only to find the Airport baggage handlers had snapped his Cervelo Carbon race bike...a sickening start for him, but once he got a bike and riding the magnificent routes his growl soon turned to smiles!!
Hopefully, we as organisers will have the pleasure of announcing a new race/training format for next year?
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Cheers. N
Heather Bamforth
Fred Bamforth
Simon Bridge
Duncan Orme
Brian Morris
Charlie Bruce
Anne Raybould
John French
Julie French
Marcus Walker
David Spencer
Malcolm Giles
Joe McVey
Charlie McVey
The weather held well for us amongst some very problematic thunder clouds gathering earlier in the week...luckily they passed us by, only to cause havoc in neighbouring France!
Overall the rides went very well, with a good mixture of rolling and mountain 'parcours' with the occasional training segment thrown-in to keep the rides interesting and test out the form.
The Aqua Marina Hotel was superb, recently refurbished to a very high standard, with a brand new Spa & Health Club for the guests. The restaurant proved popular as ever, the food was fantastic, a vast choice of delicious food to suit all tastes and obviously help the hungry riders recover from the day's hard riding!
Thank you to Med Bikes for supplying the Specialized hire bikes and to come to the rescue of Dave Spencer who arrived late on the Wednesday evening only to find the Airport baggage handlers had snapped his Cervelo Carbon race bike...a sickening start for him, but once he got a bike and riding the magnificent routes his growl soon turned to smiles!!
Hopefully, we as organisers will have the pleasure of announcing a new race/training format for next year?
Cheers. N
