Two of our Irish compatriots, Kookie and Paul, ended up sucking the tarmac on the 30 KM downhill section at the start, where over 1,000 cyclists were nose to tail for the whole 30 KM. We were hitting up to 60 km/hr on this section, so carnage was likely and ended up being a grim reality.
All the Irish dudes were OK and able to finish eventually, but one of their bikes was completely wrecked in the crash. The poor chap who caused the crash was unable to continue as he was in a bad state, so Kookie nicked his bike and even robbed his shoes from the ambulance, whilst the poor fella was being measured for a wooden overcoat.
The rest of the day was uneventful, other than the cliff we had to descend at the finish, which dropped us 1,800 vertical metres over 8K.
Great to see our girls at the finish, and relieved to hit the finish with no damage caused by or to us, none physical anyway. All the other family dudes were there for the rest of the Irish band, and the party started.
Now enjoying a couple of days of eating and relaxing on Lake Garda, and back to work on Tuesday (sigh...).
Many thanks for all your best wishes and jolly japes during the week, and excuse the lack of attempt at further bad gags in this update. Watch out for an epilogue in the next couple of days, probably Tuesday.
Buenos Dias! Or Cameron Diaz or whatever.
Tango & Cash
8 comments:
Congratulations.
Well Done.
Super achievement.
Good forward thinking to get all those crashes out of the way earlier on in the year when it didn't matter just so much.
Can I suggest that the wives hire out a few bikes and you all go for a nice big cycle?
Well done lads, congratulations on a successful finish. Also congratulations on the tellie article, you are truly Norn Iron celbrities now.
Love Willo.
Well done Rick and Davy! What are all us fans going to do now that the trans-alp is over ? When does the next project start ? Will there be a book ? A BBC documentary ? Maybe Davy will break away and start his own blog ? What does the future hold for Tango and Cash ?
Well done Davy and Rick! Great achievement - just think what we might have achieved in the Challengers Trophy if you'd done any training!
Hope you're enjoying a few days off the bike. Don't worry if the saddle has become bonded to your arse, it can be removed by a simple surgical procedure.
nice one
j
er lads - about the jerseys where you paid to wear them......
I will have you know that the international community was extremely complimentary about the jerseys for the race duration, albeit the reaction was more guarded when out for dinner on Tuesday night.
hey dudes! Hope you made it ok back to N.I. I'm back stateside and just going through the motions of training so far. Drop me a line sometime at pleb1422@aol.com Good luck and keep up the training. Paul
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