Last Friday I took part in the Tour Down Under Challenge Tour. It was a 134km bike ride covering the same route as travelled by the international pro cyclists on Stage Four of the Tour Down Under. It started in Mannum at 7.30am. We then rode to Palmer, Tungkillo, Mount Pleasant, Birdwood, Mount Torrens, Woodside, Nairne, Callington, Woodchester, Langhorne Creek and finally the finish at Strathalbyn. Terry, Kenneth and Graham and I all rode together, or at least we met up at the start of each town. It took us six hours to do the ride but really finishing was the main aim. Much of the route was up hill and down dale! There was a particularly unexpected hill just outside Woodchester, I thin that took a lot of people by surprise.
The registration wrist band contained a bar code to register our participation in the event. It was scanned just before the start and at the finish of the event.