Italia 2004

Ciao for now!

This afternoon we leave Sardinia for a week long stay at a language school near Rome. We may do a granfondo next Sunday. I doubt I'll be able to post anything next week. But I'll do a post in about a week and half describing our final week and the granfondo, provided we do it. So ciao for now.

Stage 6 & Overall (Final)

Jim retains his spot on the podium. But a timing mistake (?) keeps him in second place in his age category. Lisa maintains her third places in the medium distance race for women overall and in her age category. They’re given prizes (including one surprise) at a big awards ceremony. See the Italia 2004 photo album.

Tappa 5 Annullata!

Rain and wind descend on Sardinia. Jim's still in second but could still drop off the podium. Lisa's spots on the podium look secure. In bocca al lupo! (The rest of the post is brief. I'm too busy getting nervous about the TT to write much else.)

Stage 4 Lisa was 3rd overall in the mediogiro!

Meanwhile, Lisa's having a great race and is bringing home the goods!

Stage 4

Jim's legs improves. He crests the stage's main climb which he thinks is the major difficulty but a rude shock awaits him. He makes some friends from Team Nuova Corti.

Stage 3

The weather improves. Jim hits the deck. A medical certificate?

Stage 2

Jim sort of falls apart. What are those little pellets falling from the sky? Lactic acid and pizza: not a good mix.

Sheep on Sardinia

Lisa discovers that sheep are much better in traffic than cows.

Granfondo/Stage 1

Lisa and Jim both have good days on the bike. They win some surprizing prizes. WARNING: An extra long post since a really rainy day caused Stage 2 to be postponed until Wednesday, which was supposed to be our rest day. Future posts will be much shorter!

THIS JUST IN!!

CALA GINEPRO, Italy. The Dewar’s Racing Team, a masters cycling team based in northern California and Washington state, made its first appearance on the podium of an international cycling race when Lisa Peters and James Hattori placed third in their respective age categories at the Granfondo Costa Smeralda held at Cala Ginepro on the island of Sardinia, Italy.