Thanks. My room mate managed a gold, but slower than last year. He was suffering too, and had to stop three times for the toilet. I've added up what I ate during 11hrs riding, and it was 6 small pieces of bread, 2 small wedges of cheese, 1 slice of fruit cake and 4 High5 energy bars. Plus 8 bottles of drink. I wonder what I was burning as fuel that day. One of our party has a calorie burn counter on his computer, which reckoned 6000+ for the ride.

Some photos of me looking very pale on the ride. First 2 are Alpe d'Huez, next 2 almost at the top of the Galibier, last 2 on the Glandon.

http://www.photobreton.com/consulter/images.asp?ListeFichierID=1262384,1272359,1282663,1283697,1283836,1309715,1309763#