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After riding around Bendigo in Western Victoria, I moved on over to Adelaide to ride the stage of the Tour Down Under. Having ridden last years Etape and London 100, I was hoping for a similar experience, it kind of was, but there was also havoc out on the roads !!! It wasn't a closed road event, we shared a freeway for the first 13ks which was uphill and then we hit the country roads. There were cars behind us, trying to overtake and cars on the other side of the road !!! The police did stop the traffic at intersections so that we would have the right of way
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3545112
It was a pretty fast route, but could have been faster with closed roads. The KOM section up to Myponga dam was ok, but the views out to the coast were great. Amazingly, I did not see any accidents. I completed the ride, dragging my girlfriend as I am her dedicated domestique in 6 hours. The food at the end was pretty crappy but after an 1.5 hours rest, we headed on back into Adelaide. The total distance for the day was 239ks, pretty big effort for her to average 25kp/h for the whole day
http://www.strava.com/activities/108573098
I think I would do it again, as it was kind of fun and it beats cycling in the cold Northern winters !!!