Photo 23: View over the Alsace countryside from Chateau Haut-Koenigsburg
Photo 24: Dave and Marc at the top of the last hill.
Photo 25: View of the main street in Riquewihr
The last push for home had one little cheeky twist, when we arrived in Kintzheim they sent us on a loop up a big hill behind the town to get a view from Chateau Haut-Koenigsburg on the top then straight back down into the town again! We went back to swapping riders every mile on the way home then Dave got a fast ride down back to town.
After that there were just a couple of short 5 mile hops to the finish line in Riquewihr. Ben did the first one and I tucked in for the last one which took us to the outskirts of town. At that point we dropped the van in a hotel car park and all 4 of us mounted our bikes and rode the last mile together to the finish by the town hall.
At the town hall there was a large reception with wine and beer flowing freely and tales of the day being exchanged between all the teams. We'd made it!! It had been hard work, but at the end of it all it had been an amazing 3 days of riding. Great scenary, good team spirit and we'd managed to raise almost double our target amount for charity.
The weather the last day had been fantastic as well so you really couldn't ask for any more. At dinner a few people were even beginning to talk about "Next year..." so maybe there will be another blog then!
2 comments:
Congratulations to the entire team for the great ride and finish.
Thanks for keeping us updated. We were all cheering you all along.
Angela
Congratulations to all the riders and to our favorite team! Now I know where you got the tights for your "James Bond" outfit. :-)
Great job with the blog as well - it was really fun to check in a couple of times a day to see the progress. It sounded like a fantastic finish!
Marisa
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