Caesareans complete the Etape du Tour
CCC rider, Sarah Henderson completed the Etape du Tour in hot condititions on Monday 20 July. She joined 1000s of riders taking on the route of Stage 20 of this year's Tour - the 167km stage in Provence finishing at the summit of the daunting Mont Ventoux. Sarah said afterwards "It was the hardest thing I have ever done". Apparently, not many of the jersey riders finished the course in the time limit but I understand Kenny Patrick was also a finisher.
Chris Spence also rode the Etape finishing in 141st place (there were 7100 men finishing the event) in a time of 5:57:51. Kevin Gilley was another CCC finisher - in a time of 8:58. Results: http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/letape-du-tour-ne/results (Note if you're looking for Chris in the results, he rode as Jamie Barker).
A great achievement for all the riders. |
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Sarah focuses on the summit of Mont Ventoux
(still finds energy to smile for the camera) |
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L'Etape du Tour 2010
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L'Etape du Tour 2002
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