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Day 1: Overlooking Corsair Bay where the mini-tri prologue took place.

Day 1: Overlooking Corsair Bay.

Day 1: The Corsair Bay beach.

Day 1: Setting up transition for the mini-tri prologue.

Day 1: Gordo and Shanelle suiting up for the freezing cold swim.

Day 1: Mary Jones - this woman is tough!

Day 1: Scott and Gordo pre-race.

Day 1: Shanelle and Gordo post-race in Sumner managing to stay out of the wind.

Day 1: End of the mini-tri prologue at Coffee Culture in Sumner.

Day 2: Heading out of Christchurch, the guys rolled to the turf for an impromptu bathroom break.

Day 2: Bicycle row at the Culverden lunch break. There were 25 riders on the tour, and another two for the weekend only.

Day 2: For KP and Phats - Gordo and Scott posing with the Red Bull girls at lunch.

Day 2: In Culverden, Scott assuming his usual lunch break pose.

Day 3: Getting ready to hit the road in Maruia Springs.

Day 3: Trish and Mel at an aid station stop in Reefton. The ride to here was awesome!

Day 3: Wy, Trish, Mel and Mauricio at the Reefton stop.

Day 3: Mark, organizer and tour supportman extraordinaire. Just don't ask him the distance, terrain or weather conditions. ;-)

Day 4: Horrific weather in Otira. Too bad near-gale force winds don't photograph so well.

Day 4: We took over the local pub in Otira and changed into dry clothing.

Day 4: Then hung out trying to keep warm while waiting for Peter to make the call on Arthurs Pass.