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Sunday 17th April 2011:
For those of us
left behind, the Bayeux Boys in Majorca have
sent back their first images to share.
The sunrise
picture at their Hotel - Pollensa Park, seems to
sum up the atmosphere!
Fantastic!
And the first
message has been posted on the
forum and sounds pretty optimistic;
"....weather
looking good for the week, so many mountains
to do and top up the tan. Lots of Brits,
Germans, Swiss so loads of wheels to sit on.
You all know what you're missing so book
early for 2012...."
Let's see how
they feel after the first hill!
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| The boys take Lunch at Alaro |
Lluc Climb |
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Monday 18th April:
Today the boys
hit the Cura Climb - and not without some
excitement and drama. See Greeny's entry on the
forum.
Here are the
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Graham stumbles upon
Jan Ulrich and his new buddy
(in background) getting
back into training....
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Graham's made it!...
but Martin seems to have
forgotten his bike.... |
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Captain Ken has a word with the
boys
about excessive wheelsucking.... |
Stopped for a call of
nature......
Saw this lovely rustic view. |
| Forum entry:
Greeny
Nice little 90-miler
today. Rode out with Ken (unofficial
Ideal Travel guide) who took us along
some quiet and very scenic roads to the
Cura climb at Randa.
Great weather again, a little too hot in
places, notably the hedgerow burning we
happened upon and had to ride through
like some sort of motorbike stunt
team...cue some singed arm hair and a
near heart attack...
Gentler day tomorrow, before we have a
big bash on the final three days,
including the climbs of Sa Colobra, Puig
Major, Soller and San Salvador.
Cheers all!
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| Forum entry:
Shane P (in the UK)
Well, it seems as though
you have got great weather out there,
much like it is here. Just trying to
dodge the jealousy.
Easy on the coffee stops (Jan Ulrich or
not), wouldn't want you lot developing
better tans than race ready legs now.
The old 'coffee helps with the
rehydration' chestnut doesn't wash with
me!
Have a good time all and ride safe.
looking forward to seeing more pictures
as and when.
Shane |
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Tuesday 19th April:
According to the
post on the
forum it was a "Nice easy day today 50
rolling roads". However one of the pictures
suggests the training regime might be a little
different!
Just two pictures
today. Obviously trying to prepare for
tomorrow's onslaught! |
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The hard training
continues........ |
Riding off after lunch.
The Mountains await tomorrow! |
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Wednesday 20th April:
Greeny reports
that Bunyola/Orient, Soller and Puig Major were
conquered today with a German surprise awaiting
them on top of Soller. Looks like the training
paid off after all!
And just to prove
it we have three pictures from Puig. |
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A smile of victory
as Martin
crests the summit
first |
Mark
defies gravity
to make it
over. |
Stuey has
little time to
admire the
view as
the mist
starts rolling over.
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| Forum entry:
Greeny
Really good day for the
boys today. A 90 mile mountainous ride
taking in Bunyola/Orient, Soller and
Puig Major. The cafe at the top of
Soller has now opened again with really
friendly German owners who do a nice
line in ham, cheese and tomato
baguettes!!
Puig was interesting, a bit like the
forest section of Ventoux though not as
steep. Legs are proper battered now, but
not too battered for a quick walk to
Tollo's.
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Thursday 21st April:
The weather was a
big issue today. This prompted an early message
about it being very windy and having no sun!
(Should have stayed in the UK -Glorious here!!)
This was to rule out one particular route but a
suitable back-up plan was soon hatched.
By then end of
the day though, the
forum post reports a solid 67 miles were
completed with the obligatory cafe stop en
route.
Tomorrow's their
last day and they have set their targets for Sa
Colobra. Will they make it? Check back to see!
Three pictures
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Caption Competition!
Best caption wins a trip
to Majorca 2012 (maybe...)! |
"It says it's tarmac on here..." |
Martin was going so badly today
he got overtaken by a girl... |
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Friday 22nd April:
No pictures posted today -
sorry. |
| Forum entry:
Bigcheese - 08:36 hours
Well here we are last
day and yes it's not as warm and sunny
as jolly old England. Very dark grey
clouds and wet roads trying to decide on
best route but certainly won't be up in
the mountains
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| Forum entry:
Greeny - 20:26 hours
Well, that's that. The
cycling is done..the boys topped out at
just over 450 miles, I managed about 30
less thanks to my dramas with work on
Day Three. The whole experience has been
fantastic, really enjoyed my first taste
of team training camps!!
Highlights: The climbs of Soller and
Puig Major definitely. That was my best
day form-wise and I just loved it. All
the lunch stops were great as well,
particularly the friendly welcome at the
newly-reopened Soller cafe and the
little Italian place at Alaro.
My only note of regret is that whenever
we saw the big groups of Germans and
Swiss out in their team colours I wished
the Bayeux could have matched them with
a nice bunch of our own...maybe next
year eh?
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Bigcheese - 20:17 hours
Yes that's it another
great week in Majorca It's now down to Tollo's for a few drinks to celebrate a
good weeks training with no incidents.
Roll on next year
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