Day 1

After a long day at the pits yesterday and no internet access last night, I had to wait until this morning to write the blog. There is a lot of action around me now, all riders all getting ready to start their day. Some preparing tires, others taping hands, others spending some time in the bathroom.
We had a very good day yesterday, the trophy team riders did not have any problems at all. The riders were all in good spirits last night and did their tire changing in the pits very good. It felt like a smooth machine and everybody did this for years.
Stephen had problems with is balls (moose balls). We had a look at his tire in the pits at noon and they did not look good, at check 4 the balls in his front tire were all gone. So he basicly had a flat tire, to prevent the tire coming of the rim and damaging the rim, the check crew advised the tiewrap the tire on the rim, also het clutch lever got bend, he repared it at check 5 this made him 20 minutes late. He put on a "normal" moose at the pits.
It took till 10.00 last night before the new start times were posted on line. To our surprise all 6 riders of the trophy team are within 20 minutes, makes this afternoons impound very interesting.
My husband got a fine for speeding last night 142 instead of 90. 175 EURO. Luckily they let him pay only 20 euro of the fine. Some experience that was.