This was not a race day - just a ride - so no pressure. We rode in convoy through the closed off streets of Cairo with a police escort - people at the side wondering what was going on - I guess we looked like a professional bike race! We zig zagged our way through town and then entered the highway with police motorbikes at all sides stopping the traffic for us - it was wild!
After about 15k or so we left the highway and the race began!! It was good - mixing and matching with different riders. I stopped for the bathroom and so fell behind and then found Scott who was great to ride with. It was too cold to stop long for lunch so we got on our way to try to warm up and found ourselves overtaking a few people in our efforts. However there was no need to rush so we just took it easy after that and cruised in to camp.
Felt pretty good about the ride. There had not been much to see along the route - flat desert! However there were areas where they seemed to be busy building new roads and structures. Why?
The soup was good and then we set up our tents and waited for al the riders to arrive - then a riders meeting where we found out about the route for the following day! This was followed by a MASSIVE portion of spaghetti bolognese - too much even for me! It had been a long day and it was dark and cold - most people were off to their beds by 7pm!!
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