So after the interesting night we had last night we had an early rise for a 1 stop strategy day today. Our aim was to leave as early as possible, stop for a coffee and snack along the way and get to Dubrovnik for a nice bit of lunch!
The day pretty much went to plan. We covered some good ground early on with some gentle climbs and quieter roads out the back of Plocé. Another opportunity for us to ride in pairs and ease into the ride.
We did come across our ride mascot! A little stray dog was eying up Chris’s leg! Gary was afraid of the little man but he kept chasing us up a hill we were riding on. I’ll share a video on here later of the little man in action. What this doesn’t show is the change of pace he had on the downhill! We starting clock up at least 20mph and he was neck and neck with us! Clearly hadn’t climbed as many feet in hills as we had!
We managed to cover 3 countries in the space of 30 minutes today. We started in Croatia and 30 minutes later we had gone through Bosnia & Herzegovina! Richard M really changed pace as he didn’t want to hang around there!
Our team KOM Chris Ives was worried about his Polka dot jersey today! With Richard M picking up early points after laying down the law at breakfast. Then afternoon Sam doing what he does best chasing up hills post lunch! Chris feeling the pressure was looking to keep his psi up in his rear tyre all day. Track pump out at every opportunity!
So I’ve been in Croatia a week now and know no Croatian words at all! The one word I thought I did know was “Skola” this is on the floor every time you come in to towns. There I was thinking it meant “slow” when in fact it’s Croatian for School!
When we did eventually make it up the last of the climbs Dubrovnik was only a few miles away. In true Raiders style we cycled over the bridge together and all the way to the hotel! We start as a team and end as a team!
Finishing the day as we planned with lunch at 1:30 overlooking the bikes!
We’ve since broke down the bikes and packed them away, showered and been out for drinks on a cliff bar watching the sun go down!
Dinner time now and then dare I say it some more drinks to follow!
Tomorrow sees us check out and head home leaving 2 Raiders behind. Duncan and Ruth are going to enjoy the old town of Dubrovnik and the hourly bells from the church! Happy sleeping guys!
I’ll put some final week stats up tomorrow but for ill get cracking on the liquid in alcoholic form!
I’m going to close today’s post with the fact that our guide for the week Jason is in fact 1% Ryan Stiles! The guys a machine up the hills!
Below highlights some of the stats from today’s ride!
Riding Time 4:35:20
Miles 65.4
Average mph 14.3
On a personal note today saw me hit a top speed of 31.8mph. I’ve consumed 2.84 litres of water and burnt 4066 calories!
That’s all folks
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