Vuelta de Gran Canaria, June 13th & 14th 09

Foto shows the Bike Bike natural team.
L-R, Alejandro, Jonay, Me, Nestor and Jesús

A guest appearance in the Bike Bike Natural team for the two day, 3 stage road race in Gran Canaria.
The race had not been staged for ten years and the last winner was the at the race last weekend and he was not far way from winning nearly.....well done Adriano.
Well done to the winner this year Kiko Alvarez...he is only 42 years old!

For me, the race was a learning race. I was on rental bike and was starting to get used to it and road racing in the last hour of racing.

Many thanks to Miguel Vera for taking total care of me for the whole weekend. During the race.....many thanks go to Jesús and son Alejandro for doing the race support in the caravan. Special thanks go to Jonay for teaching about road racing.
Well done to Nestor for getting on the podium in the masters.

I ended up 3rd in the last stage and 8th overall and no scrathes.

Vuelta de Mallorca, Early June 09

Just come back from great trip of cycle guiding in Mallorca.
Covered 900 kms in 8 days ...reccie and actual ride.
Many thanks to Tall Stories team, Action Medical Research, Tesco and British Cycling.

Bike Park Tenerife XC race, Tegueste, May 09

I fine day of racing in the sunshine, with paella and wine to follow.
An interseting race course of a 3 km loop including some north shore on the way up and on the way down. The elite race was 10 laps and i finished it in around 90 mins.
Great to have a race on the door step for a change.
The race was in Bike park Tenerife....www.bikeparktenerife.com
It is a park full sus bikes and has several runs. Shuttle bus etc is provided for riders etc. Its position is Tegueste, near La Laguna in the North of Tenerife.