Haute Route Riders

Riders Riders Riders from the Haute Route 2011

I'll plan on interviewing a few riders a day to find out a little bit more about who riders are etc. They will be asked only 6 questions:

• Name
• Where From
• Age Bracket
• Why Haute Route
• Bike
• Secret for HR
• Max Top 3 Excuses.

Some interviews may be longer answers that others but still it'll make the stories so much more interesting. 


So here goes - time to meet some riders :

Name	Jo Green
Where From	Crewe Cheshire England - near Manchester
Age Bracket	33
Why Haute Route	Two reasons - broke pelvis in 2010 just before the ride across of Britain. So I did this in 2011 and this (HR) is a good idea, since now I'm regretting it
Bike	Specialized Tarmac 2007
Secret for Haute Route	Never stop the bike moving
Top 3 excuses	There is no excuse - this race is proving that I’m fit and alive ... over heart operation (Sept) and broken pelvis (May) 2010

  

Name	Mark O’Brien
Where From	London and born there
Age Bracket	42 YR
Why Haute Route	Because it’s there - several stages - done 4 day races before, done etap, Sancy and others. To meet up with races each day. I find closed circuit races are a little dull.
Bike	Specialised SL3 2011
Secret for Haute Route	3 day bout of diorreha in Madagascar which helped me loose 9kg
Top 3 Excuses	New tubular tyres - never used before Descend like a nervous granny A month off bike - no riding at all in Madagascar

Name	Ian Streule
Where From	Glasgow - born England
Age Bracket	36
Why Haute Route	I’ve never cycled in Alps before, opportunity to do all the famous Col’s and do them in one go
Bike	Trek 1.9 circa 2007
Secret for Haute Route	Spent two weeks training in Pyrenees recently
Top 3 Excuses	Second degree burn on foot - due to cooking in bare feet, it was a race dinner

Here ends the first instalment - more to come tomorrow - wonder if they'll be smiling as much as they are now!?


Cheers - Will 

A little about Will Levy, la Haute Route and twowheeltours.com.au

TWT, mtnbike.com.au and bike shuttle.com.au are three companies based out of Sydney that offer road and mountain bike trips from Sydney to Canberra, New Zealand and Europe. We also transport/shuttle bikes to various races around Australia including the Noosa Triathlon and the Tour Down Under.
Will is apart of the Haute Route Race in 2011, an innovative, prestigious and international cyclosportive with a unique concept: link Geneva to Nice by road bike in 7 timed consecutive stages on a legendary race course taking on 15 mythical cols and ascents of the Alps whilst covering 730 km.
twowheeltours.com.au will be at the Haute Route again in 2012 - we will be providing logistical support for riders, and their non riding partners, from Australia and New Zealand. This will include early arrival and pickup from Geneva Airport or CFF train station. Riders and their non riding partners will have first class accommodation on the lead up the race. During the race, non riders will have a bilingual guide taking them to daily activities. The trip will conclude with an extra two days, again in first class accommodation in Nice on the Promenade des Anglais.