Oscar Sevilla Sportive August 09

Well its been a long time since my last post.. It summertime and im have some hols But Ive done plenty of riding. I never keep a tally but id guess ive done maybe 1700 km in the last 20 days all with guests and all in the hills so come Sundays sportive i was feeling very strong ..

Here we are at the Oscar Sevilla sportive 9th august 09.. Photo time outside our sumptuous one star hotel at Ossa de Montiel .. In fact the hotel was great.. and good cafe first thing in the am

If you cant remember or just dont know Oscar Sevilla has raced as a Pro rider for Spanish squad Kelme (very nearly winning the Vuelta back in 2001 I think,, ) & Team T Mobile along side TDF winner Jan Ullrich.. Oscar currently races with the American Rock racing team and wins plenty.


His sportive has long been a fav ride of me and Monica,, It was her first full sportive a few year back. So this year we were really pleased to have the company of some of the club guys.. Ken, Graham & Bob..






More team pics here we are in this years Sevilla sportive jersey.. a different colour each year..









The ride is 115 km and always very fast,, no monster mountains in this one just hot & windy .. about 500 riders..










Heres Graham post ride looking forward to his Paella & beer














& Monica receiving her winners trophy from Guti Gutierrez ( 2nd overall in The Giro de Italia 06) his currently rides for Rock racing along side Oscar Sevilla












More pics at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/CicloCostaBlanca/OscarSevillaSportiveAugust09#