Tour de Kids in The Australian newspaper

This article appeared in The Australian on Saturday 6 March 2010

The Tour de Kids peloton in action

Photo courtesy of Steve Ferguson at Caltex

The full Colliers International team

Arrive in Sydney

         
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The Tour de Kids rolled into Sydney today completing an epic 1200km journey that began in Melbourne a week ago.

Today we rode 140km from Moss Vale.

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It's been an amazing week.

Final rest stop of Tour

After riding in 2 bunches today, everyone has re-grouped at Brighton Le Sands forthe final roll into Sydney. And it's starting to rain.

Day 7: Moss Vale to Sydney

     
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Last day of Tour de Kids. Feeling good after last night's auction, the riders will roll out from Moss Vale for around 140km into Sydney.

Tour de Kids support crew

Here's the crew that keep the Tour rolling along.

Day 6 ride review: Canberra to Moss Vale

Posted by Craig Wilson

Today saw a few fresh legs join the Tour de Kids bunch for the last few days.

A headwind was present for most of the 170km ride from Canberra to Moss Vale, which probably wasn't appreciated by the guys who'd been pedaling since Saturday.

A moderate pace was maintained in order to keep the bunch together whilst we rode up the freeway. But as soon as we left the main road it was on for young and old. The alpha dogs decided to light it up for the last 15km into Moss Vale while the intelligent guys cruised home at a more sedate pace.

Unfortunately I wasn't intelligent enough to realise I'm not one of the alpha dogs and blew up 5k from home.

All in all it was a great day in the saddle.

Goulburn

Lunch stop in Goulburn. Big Merino in background.

Rest stop Day 6

First rest stop for the day at Collector. Decent pace despite headwind today.