After the expected and uneventful 12 hours travel the Mont Ventoux, in France, the team arrived safely to be gifted with a 23 degrees sunny weather and a perfect view of the bald mountain. The region is booming with Dutch license plates for all Nederlanders that came either to ride the ALS tour or to support the event. We passed several cars with the ALS stickers on the way.
We can feel the high energy the spirit of camaraderie is already there. On the way to the top, we all could see what is expecting for the riders on Friday: steep sections of 10% + and long swirling roads that never gives a break. Some apprehension is on the air and that is a good thing: it prepares the team for the challenge. Dinner was in a small nice restaurant in Malaucéne, where majority of the team order hamburgers for some mysterious reasons!
The Team Jos - Nike Courage is staying on a camping site 5 kms from the top of Mont Ventoux from Malaucéne side. A beautiful place with magnificent views from the Provence region. Today we will go to Mazan the Tour du ALS organization to get our start numbers and sort out the details and food for Friday as we start at 5:00 in the morning.
Enjoy the first pictures. Later today tune in to see how it went the first training ride up to the top of Ventoux.
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