THE PERFECT CLASSIC
EVEN THE MOST OPTIMISTIC OF EVENT ORGANISERS would agree the pre-event weather predictions didn’t look good. A 95% chance of up to 40mm of rain on event day, that phenomenal above-mentioned storm, and frosty temperature forecasts.
But Saturday’s storm passed almost as quickly as it rolled in, miraculously making way for what many stated as ‘perfect cycling conditions’ the next day, Sunday October 22.
As Bowral’s main street was hastily transformed from quaint Highlands village to Gran Fondo and cycling central, the first of the 3,400 eager riders starters to roll in. As they sipped
