Discover race L'Ardechoise

Le Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:43:08 +0000, lalogn a écrit :

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hello,

You're welcome in june 2005 on l'Ardechoise

http://www.lamastre.com/ardechoise.htm The green Ardeche wish you happy
new year.

lalogne

Maybe you should briefly explain what this is about as most readers won't
understand French.
And by the way, it is a pity that this site only works with Internet
Explorer, or at least not with Netscape.

More to the point, I am wondering how one can enjoy a ride with 15'000
other participants. I think I would be mostly frightened to cycle in such
a crowd. How do the regulars deal with this ?

Jacques

I can respond a bit to the enjoyment of a ride with 15K riders. I have
ridden the RAGBRAI (ride across Iowa) 8 times- a 500 miler with about
10,000-15,000 cyclists. While there is a large crowd, it is generally
enjoyable to ride with people from all over the globe. Granted this is
not a race, I would be VERY apprehensive of a competitive event of any
such size.