Day 5 of Lance watch and we decided to take a different approach today. We hired a car and drove to the Barossa Valley leaving behind our tour buddies on the bus. Today was also the challenge race which means 7500 amateur cyclists hit the road to ride the tour route ahead of the pros. Let me tell you .... there is a reason some of these guys are not riding professionally!!!! I was surprised there was only reports of 4 people being taken to hospital by ambulance. Anyway after narrowly avoiding running down a few superfluous riders we made it to our first stop, Menglers Hill lookout. This is where the king of the mountain points would be won today (we weren't hanging around for that one as it was 3 hours away and we wanted to go to Maggie Beer's for lunch).
We then made our way past what was left of the challenge riders and found ourselves at Pheasant Farm for lunch.
It is very relaxing eating farm house food for the gourmand with such a pleasant view out over the pond. Grayson got to feed the resident turtles and ducks before running amuck in the gardens.
From here we visited a few wineries and found time to catch the professional peleton race by on their way into Angaston. Very convenient route they had planned ........ right past all the cellar doors we had anticipated visiting :)
And yes, we did spot Lance in the group. I mean it wouldn't be a very good "Lance watch" without seeing Lance.
Well the Aussie boys seem to be doing themselves proud so far but everyone is expecting Lance to do something impressive on the Willunga Hill climbs tomorrow so we are back on the bus for more TDU fun in the morning!
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