Every day the riders are being sent out for long cycling hours and the staff team is left on their own. One can usually expect a few events or incidents during the day, like mechanical problems or minor injuries, which causes the staff and support team to come into action.  However, there are days, when the riders do not ‘play’ after the tour ‘rules’.

This is when the staff team starts getting bored and invent ‘self entertainment’ games. One  form of the games ‘invented’ is known as “Sarah is not working Hard enough, Let us Call the Doctor”, a useful thing to keep Sarah alerted and in training. On one day it was Cristiano, who ‘volunteered’ to be the victim and cut his toe, when he was trying the attach a flagging tape to a bush.

Yesterday, Astrid was ‘selected’ to give Sarah a more challenging task. As a brave South African she decided to top Cristiano’s courage and somersaulted over a speed bump, to land flat on the tarmac, conscienceless. However she did not time her action properly, so it wasn’t Sarah who was first in side, but me  to give first aid and leave the ‘paper work’ for Sarah.

All staff members and riders are healthy and in good condition. Besides the normal cuts and bruises, which are hardly to avoid on such a tour, everyone is recovering from her or his accident.

X-fingers that this remains for the rest of the tour.