Yesterday I rode in the Challenge Tour, which followed the stage 4 route, including Checker Hill. I got up at 4:00AM, rode to Norwood for a 6:30AM start. Rode until about noon and stopped for a beer, finished around 1:30PM. Total distance was around 165KM including the commute to the start.
The Norwood start, around 5,000 of the 8,000+ total riders:
One of the water/hay stops:
Beer stop, with shady-looking guy leering at my purple bike:
I couldn’t see much at the stage 4 finish, but if you look closely at the last photo you can see a Garmin rider:
Bonus. Phil actually crossed the line first:
