Friday, 31 August 2007
3.30 a.m.
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2 teams, 30 riders, 7 support cars, 2 ambulances and 2 outriders gathered at Cheras-Kajang Highway
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Team LeTua was represented by Shukor Yassin (team leader), Rahim Kadir, Shaharin Razali, Saiful Scott and 10 other young riders (mainly teenagers).
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Team Chin Woo comprised Don Khor (team leader), Ben Ko, Jacky Loh (AhBee), Chan Yew Wah (AhWah), Christopher Low (AhKong), Carmen Leong, Sam Pritchard, Barry Lee, Tan Jit Soon (Ah Soon), Cheo Kim Swee (AhSwee), Randy Tan, Hairul Azwar, David Cheam, Ma Hong Choong (AhBeh), Wong Ze Yee and myself.
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Those in the support cars were from Chin Woo gang with their family members comprising Li Shen (event organiser) and hubby KC, Tan Lee Lee (Mrs Don) and son, Eric Chan and wife Chin Chin, Khoo Wei Yeng (Mrs AhSwee) & daughter, Eason and Janet, Lester, Norman (photographer1), Michelle, Lee, AhMeng (photographer2) and Shirley.
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Simon Cross came out to send us off. He rode with us until our 1st pit stop somewhere near Beranang.
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STAGE 1 : KL - TAMPIN
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4.05 a.m.
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4.05 a.m.
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The journey has begun. We rode in the dark during the 1st 3 hours. The average peloton speed was kept at conservative 25km/h initially for safety reasons but picked up pace to around 30km/h after the sun came out. I stayed at the tail-end of the peloton for most part of this stage and had no idea of who was pulling upfront (too dark to see). Later, the sun came out and revealed that Don and Sam (the 2 most senior riders in the pack) were upfront doing most of the work.
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Simon
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Don & Shukor
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First Pit Stop Near Beranang
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Sam
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Randy
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Carmen
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Don
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7.35 a.m.
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Arrived at Tampin for breakfast and I sms my wife to keep her updated:-
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“Reached tampin 735am, ave spd 28.1km/h, distance 104km”
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Everyone seemed to be in high spirit during the break. We had fried noodles, hard boiled eggs and hot drinks and everything was provided for by the ride organisers. During the break, Don gave us instructions to go to the front and share the workload for the next stage of the ride.
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Azwar
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