MIVA member Tom Grimmer is riding in China at the moment. He sent this photo of himself in his MIVA kit at Huang Hua Cheng, where the wall comes down to a river.  The club's kit sure get's around. Anyone with similar photos from far away places, please submit them for publication.

The club has just received an order of skin suits. Four are already gone so they won't be around long! Sizes as follows:

Short Sleeve :  1 x XL, 4 x L

Long Sleeve:   3 x XL, 2 x L, 1 x M

There is still some other clothing:

3/4 Thermal Bibs: 1 x XL, 1 x L;  Shorts: 1 x XL, 1 x L;   Summer vest: 1 x L;   Bib Shorts: 1 xL, 1 x M;   Jackets: 1 x XL, 1 x L.

Plus: arm warmers, knee warmers, lycra shoe covers, mini jerseys.

Pos.	Name	Club	Time	Points
1	Ian Smith / Charles Hamer	MIVA	22' 26"	12 ea.
2	Bryan Rehill / Sue Handel	MIVA	25' 56"	10
3	Dave Patterson / Gareth Slocombe	HCTC	26' 50"	9
4	Janna Gillick / Katy Condon	MIVA	27' 10"	8
5	Cheryl Morch / Lorrie Bailtham	MIVA	25' 26" (+2' penalty)	7
6	Russell Berg / Mykelti Berg	MIVA	27' 41"	6
7	Leigh Blaney / Kim McCarley	HCTC	38' 49"	5

 

This was the club's first team time trial of the season. Seven two person teams contested the Nanaimo River Road 15km course and, for some, it was a real learning experience. Several duos used the uphill out section to get used to each others riding style, cadence, and change over technique and all teams rode a very fast second half.

Winning by a comfortable margin, Ian Smith and Charles Hamer must have been inspired by the new club skin suits they both purchased at registration and were a fast moving advertisement for the gorgeous new club kit.

Second fastest time was turned in by Cheryl Morch and Lorrie Bailtham but they were later penalised two minutes as they had had help from a third, unregistered rider for much of the way. This moved the next four teams up a notch, moving Bryan Rehill and Sue Handel (great to see her back after an absence of two years).

Victoria's Ryder Hesjedal is now sitting in third place after the first five stages of the Italian grand tour. A great ride by Garmin Barracuda in Tuesday's team time trial, where Hesjedal provided a lot of the driving force, moved all the team into high places in the race g.c. Although the first few stages are traditionally won by sprinters, with Mark Cavendish taking two so far, the g.c. contenders including Hesjedal, have finished comfortably in the main peleton  and are set to make a showing once the race reaches the mountains. For a video of the last five kilometres of today's stage, including Cavendish being led out by his SKY team to take today's stage, go here.