Day 3 - Newhaven to Oxford

Night 3 (for the drivers) provided the accommodation and sleep on the trip so far made even better by Team Simpson's decision not to leave until 9am. After filling the van up with fuel (fuel gauge now working again) it was a quick clean of all the bikes, fitting new pads on Toms bike, truing a wheel on Tony's bike and adjusting Mark 'Daffy' Leyland's front mech.

The team set off at 0910 about an hour behind the first team off and we screwed up the navigation straight away (sorry guys). After a few early hills to test the legs it became obvious from the live tracking we were watching that the guys were making great progress then Rick had another puncture (Ricks Dad - he needs that puncture kit). A decision was made to have the morning break there and then and Ricks tube was changed.

The lads continued to crack on and reached Guilford for lunch which we took at the station and included a quick tweaking session on Ricks bike. Not far out of town the team passed the other two teams in quick succession and put the hammer down all the way to the end taking another 40 minutes out of them.

We had another puncture with Tom in the centre of Woking and a swift bit of teamwork resulted in the team being watered and the wheel changed in under 2 minutes.

To be fair to the guys they did try to be humble but it didn't last long.

The victorious team.

Stats for the day.

Punctures: 2

Crashes: 0