Hamish and I have our bikes. All is good. Simone has a wee chest cold which is not great but she is tough! We are organised ahead of many other teams and keen to relax next few hours, early night and wake up rearing to go! I’m especially looking forward to my morning coffee as I’ve been strictly cut off the caffeine for a week now. All in attempt to get a better effect out of it for the race.

Here is the race details and competitors list: