After a lot of standing around and waiting, we were finally let to ride out of Kanteerava Stadium and the first thing that hit all of us was the fact that the traffic had been stopped for us and it was surreal experience to ride on Kasturba road without any traffic. Soon, a bunch of the cyclists broke away and were off racing
the rest followed the path and returned to the stadium.
The riders were all led out of the stadium by an 85 year old Cyclist Mr. Shariff. He kept his own pace and Rushi and Nishad accompanied him till the finish of the ride.
After the ride, the oath taking ceremony was supposed to be held. But when I went in to speak with the organizers, I saw a bunch of women fighting over a second place finish for their kids. That was keeping the organizers really busy and looked like it would take up a lot of time and everyone was hungry too. So we just decided to head out to the nearest hotel for breakfast.
Here are a few snaps from the ride, enjoy!
Most of the morning involved standing around and chatting away.
Ravi fixing his Meridao 880's flat tyre while he had time. Samim's Specialized Tarmac is in the background which he's been racing abroad.
Venkatesh's Colnago World Championship model.
A very expensive parking lot! Luckily none of the bikes got stolen.
Nilesh entertained the crowd with his stunts on Venkatesh's Kona
Suveer (yellow+black jersey), Francis (red), Murali (White) and Deepak
More cyclists, waiting for the short sprint after the runs
Mini Nilesh! He even challenged Nilesh to the longest wheelie competition
Faiq and Mahtab
Most of the cyclists after the ride, some more people still missing.
Mahtab and Kavitha
Shariff, who is a 85 year old cyclists led the way out of the stadium.
Nishad and Rushi cycled along with Shariff till the end.
