Tour de Georgia

The Tour de Georgia took priority over school this week. The guys went to the Team Time Trial on Thursday. That was the first one in the US since 1994. Road Atlanta was the course, but backwards from what the cars typically race. These elite athletes would have so much speed on one portion of it, the turn would be quite dangerous. Keith, James and Christopher had a great time being so close to the action and seeing riders that they have heard about.

The next day, their cycling team did a dedicatory ride to the start of the stage. One of their members had a brain tumor removed last week so they did the ride and took an autograph book for the pros to sign. They also had the chance to line autograph alley. Christopher was very particular about from whom he wanted autographs. James, on the other hand, got them from anyone he could. I was particularly impressed with the Toyota United team. They had more team members take time to give autographs and several of the team actually took time to talk to the kids. James got quite a bit extra attention because of the rather large cast on his arm. When they found out it was from a bike race, they were very impressed. One in particular, Ivan Stevic, talked to both James and Christopher. He found it hard to believe they had a bike small enough for Christopher to ride.