It’s barely 12 hours, and the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team will be off and racing. The 2011 Crocodile Trophy rolls out of the Esplanade, neutral until a lookout above town. The real gun goes off from here, and it goes up. We even go over Northern Queenslands highest point.
We are all keen to get started, here’s a word from the team members:
Graeme Arnott: Bit worried about tomorrow’s stage. Everyone will be itching to boost on the first climb and day. It takes me a while to get going, so looking forward to getting a few days into it.
Pete Figg (Team Support): Nervous for the boys ahead of a difficult stage tmrw. Final packing and preparations being completed tonight. After a beautiful few days in Cairns, tmrw the Croc proper begins. Lets ease in with the first few days and then – all being well – there will be some great stories to share.
Justin Morris: It has been great fun hanging out here in beautiful Cairns, hence I am a bit sad to be rushing off so soon. Quick prep of tomorrow’s stage this morning was eye opening to say the least. It is going to be a tough 10days in the saddle, but the scenery here really is spectacular, hopefully that eases the leg pain.
Mike Blewitt: Coming this far north in Australia is a first for me. And like any traveling/racing trip, my mind has wandered a little and I have been thinking of what else I could be doing besides bike racing. But this close, you start to get the whiff of racing and it’s pretty hard not to be excited about racing hard for 10 days with mates.
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