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Tour of Sardinia 2008 |
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Stage 1 and we replicate the Team Time Trial Stage of the 2007 Giro d'Italia. Above team Gerolsteiner race acorss the causeway between La Maddalena and Caprera Islands |
Stewart shows the way across the causeway whilst the bunch looms in the background. (yes my photo is not as good as the Gerlsteiner one left but I took it with my little Cannon from my back pocket - I didn't have the Nikon D80 with me !!) |
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Andy and Marko sprint across the causeway. |
All smiles as the group assembles for the start of Stage 1 - A ferry trip and bike ride through La Maddalena and Caprera Islands, ferry back to Palau and bike ride to Capo d’Orso and Baia Sardinia. |
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But let's wind the clock back and the stage began after a beautiful breakfast at the hotel. |
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After a short ride we were at the dock and waiting for the Ferry to take us across to La Maddalena |
The Ferry quickly filled and we crammed onboard. |
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We wave goodbye and settle in to enjoy the view |
The view was magnificent as is all of the Sardinian coastline. |
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All smiles as we enjoy our short Mediterranean cruise to La Maddalena |
Sandro looked pretty happy despite the fact that it was his turn in the van today and Marko's turn to ride. |
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More smiling faces. Anna and Knuckles look pretty happy. |
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View from the front of the ferry |
View from the back of the ferry. |
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Enjoying the cruise. |
Ready to disembark. |
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Sandro drives the Dolcevita Tours van off the ferry. What a great van, a nine seater funfest with all the girls, Joanne, Janette, Anna, Sue, Kathy and Rebecca treating Sandro to various renditions of their repertoire of songs and jokes |
The riders disembark and roll out to La Madellina. |
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La Maddalena was absolutely georgeous. This called for a group shot, well half of us anyway. |
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After a trip across the causeway we explore the Caprera Islands and its stunning backdrop yields yet another occasion for a group shot. |
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Having completed our photo stops, it was time to ride and so we did enjoying the magnificent car free roads with gloriously smooth bitumen roads. One thing that the Italians do well is make roads. Just about every one feels like the surface on a race track. Australian "Dead Roads". What are they? They don't exist over here. |
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Sandro pilots the support vehilce and keeps the bunch in check. |
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