When the rain begins to fall...

3rd day and the rain that came in the day before, stayed for good! It kept raining in Dresden all night long and continued the next day! We started from Dresden with lots of rain and really cold weather. Wednesday's weather (for which we were complaining a bit) was paradise compared to Thursday's! We cycled for several hours under the same lousy conditions. After 14:00 rain stopped and we even got some sunshine at the end (outside Leipzig).

We had one member of the team (Nikos) who decided (correctly) to take the day off. And give a rest to his knee. We had a second team member who decided it wasn't fun to keep getting soaked and called it a day after 80 km. We all came in safely and enjoyed the pasta dinner offered by Cisco. Although tired, some of us took the opportunity to do a small tour in Leipzig. The hotel was in the center of the town and so it was easy to see the old town. We were really impressed by Leipzig! Beautiful city!

The route from Dresden to Leipzig was phantastic and this was no surprise! Big green fields, nice forests, beautiful villages. All nicely organised, clean and tidy. The rain prohibited us from enjoying the scenery but we should it give it some credit because the route is really good, even better than last year's.

On a more personal level, I rode with a small international group (Italians, Dutch, Germans, Greeks). Good team, supporting each other through the difficult conditions. My experience with brevets proved useful (clothing, endurance, having ridden in the past under similar conditions). Got through fairly easily.

Weather will be great the next days so we are getting ready to enjoy even more. Not many pictures available since the rain was an obstacle for that also.





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