Top: Team Dolce. Kristina surprised me with her new bike. Same as my new bike. I thought I had the only Bergamont Dolce around.
Bottom: 6:45AM and there are 4539 riders lined up for the 109 mile start. Temp was 47 degrees. The racers got to go first at 7AM with the right side of the road leaving first. I was back on the left side and it took a while to cross the starting line. This was the second largest group ever in the El Tour for the 109. Counting all distance rides there where 9000 riders riding around Tucson on this day.
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