Meet more members of the team - Neil Delahaye and Declan Porter

Meet Neil Delahaye - our cycle pro from Sports-Med Ireland - who is accompanying the group and advising on matter technical, mechanical and nutritional as we go along. As the kms progress he is getting the team into shape, as an onlooker it is clear to see his influence in the professional tight group road formations being used to increase the momentum of the group by reducing wind resistance ....and this technique known as the peleton achieved an average speed for the first group today at over 27.6km/hour.....pretty impressive in this weather we think. Neil has some very notable tattoos on his calves - and with the technical progress being made - there is talk of some of molar rollers planning matching tattoos once they hit Wales!

One of the true heroes of the day today was our van driver Declan. On arriving in Rosslare he drove, reversed, 3 point turned his way down the backstreets and cul de sacs of the town to

deliver all of the luggage to the individual guest houses as he followed each cyclist to their accommodation spread over the harbor It just seemed unreasonable to ask a cyclist to carry their bags and suitcases on their backs after 84kms... or maybe we are spoiling them ;))))

and as for St Declan - he's going to do it all again at 6.45 tomorrow morning as he picks up the luggage to take it to the ferry, so the cyclists can drive straight on to the boat..

He deserves his dinner this evening as much as any of the molar rollers that's for sure!!!