BC Bike Race Update: Day One

Posted: June 29, 2008

The BC Bike Race is officially under way and team EB is off to a good start. Choosing to pace out the first 2-3 days could really pay off as riders are forced to deal with sweltering heat, dehydration plus the mechanical challenges of putting on such long mileage each day.

Day 1 included a story-book like day from returning champions, Chris Eatough and his partner as they had mechanical issues before even getting out of the initial staging area. With both riders bikes have deraileurs ripped off, they were forced to give the pack a solid 15 minute head-start and have to deal with passing 400 riders to make their way back to the top. Special thanks to James and Fraser of Obsession:Bikes, check out these life-saving photos.

With dozens of bewildered spectators at the finish, The returning champs had battled all the way through the field for a sprint finish for 3rd and 4th place. Wow!

Day 2, 125km of pure hell in the 30+ degree heat. Let's see how the field handles this...

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