When a Boardsie Does the ToI ...

Caroline_ie

I am here at the start of the ToI, working in the press office and I have ran about 15 miles already from one press conference to a meeting, looking for lost journalists and chasing officials, and water bottles. So far I have met David Duffield, David O'loughlin, Daniel Martin and Marco Pinotti. See attached photos. Cavendish has been confirmed but I haven't seen him yet. I will post more from my hotel room tonight... right now I am still running all over the place.

Was not my idea to sit on Duffield’s knees .. he insisted ... I am really embarrassed on this photo ... ( I don't usually look so tense ... bad photo ...)

Oh and apparently I have just missed a race in the parking lot between O’loughlin and Cavendish.

DirkVoodoo

Cool!

Can't see any photos/links though, so I will have to assume that you have imagined most of this until I get concrete evidence!

Weird about the lap thing, was he in lycra? Did he stand straight up after or sit down a bit longer??

blorg

Looking good Caroline, I hope you have a Boards jersey handy! Hope to see you in Waterford tomorrow, understand of course if you are busy, we will try not to get in the way too much!

unionman

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Was not my idea to sit on Duffield’s knees .. he insisted ... I am really embarrassed on this photo ....

Why be embarassed? Look how happy he is:D

Enjoy the cut and thrust of the press office!

TinyExplosions

blorg wrote: »

Looking good Caroline, I hope you have a Boards jersey handy! Hope to see you in Waterford tomorrow, understand of course if you are busy, we will try not to get in the way too much!

She has the mini one of mine to get signed by all our heroes

Hope you're having fun Caroline, I'm enjoying the mms gloating too

Funkyzeit

Class - Very jealous of ya meeting Duffers !!!

I'm volunteering on Sun in Cork but reckon I'l be manning the toilets or something...:o

Caroline_ie

TinyExplosions wrote: »

She has the mini one of mine to get signed by all our heroes

I think this going to be hard ... because I ll be running all over the place .. and been taking photos with my phone too to be faster ... I'm sure i can get Duffield to hold and sign the jersey tho.

emty

Nice pics Caroline,glad to see you are having fun.You deserve it after all your hard work on Sunday!!

TinyExplosions

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I think this going to be hard ... because I ll be running all over the place .. and been taking photos with my phone too to be faster ... I'm sure i can get Duffield to hold and sign the jersey tho.

It's no big deal -even a pic of it with the Duff man would be grand for me

fish-head

Great work Caroline! Hope it all goes smoothly enough for you out there.

patspost

What time does stage 2 start from Thurles?, What time will it arrive in Loughrea, I might try and get near the route to watch!,
Tks

LDB

Sounds hectic Caroline but I'm sure you are having a blast too.
I'm soooooooo jealous!

looking forward to the next installment of stories and photos.

Chips Lovell

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Was not my idea to sit on Duffield’s knees .. he insisted ...

It should be your new avatar picture.

Caroline_ie

patspost wrote: »

What time does stage 2 start from Thurles?, What time will it arrive in Loughrea, I might try and get near the route to watch!,
Tks

Thusrles starts at 11:20, but come earlier.

sy

Did you manage to sneak your bike with you Caroline_ie? Enjoy the fun.

Caroline_ie

sy wrote: »

Did you manage to sneak your bike with you Caroline_ie? Enjoy the fun.

Oh how I wish I did ..

Great stage, up at the crack of dawn, breakie on the Quays, I wasn't able to wander around the start animations ... I had to work at the start line permanence office...

Met Sean Kelly again at the stage finish he remembered us boardsies from Sunday's 160k!

Will post again later.

michaelm

Caroline - if you're travelling with the tour tomorrow give us a beep as you pass through Coolbawn - where? - Ok let me explain - if you look at the An Post map there is only name that nobody recognises, that's us: Coolbawn (pop. 10 - my house, my parents, and two neighbouring houses!). All that Coolbawn has to offer the world is - the country shop, run by my parents and a village pump but tomorrow for me is a big day as after following races at home and abroad for so many years it is great to have an event like the Tour travel through the local area, the first one ever to do so. By the way I'm just in from decorating the pump! See my Flickr page. I Will add the Boards jersey to it tomorrow. I was going to camp out for the night to get the full "Tour" experience but decided to give it a miss! OK reality check needed - getting carried away. Enjoy the rest of the Tour


www.flickr.com/photos/mmolamphy

kensutz

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I am here at the start of the ToI, working in the press office and I have ran about 15 miles already from one press conference to a meeting, looking for lost journalists and chasing officials, and water bottles. So far I have met David Duffield, David O'loughlin, Daniel Martin and Marco Pinotti. See attached photos. Cavendish has been confirmed but I haven't seen him yet. I will post more from my hotel room tonight... right now I am still running all over the place.

Was not my idea to sit on Duffield’s knees .. he insisted ... I am really embarrassed on this photo ... ( I don't usually look so tense ... bad photo ...)

Oh and apparently I have just missed a race in the parking lot between O’loughlin and Cavendish.

Nice meeting you Caroline even if I seemed a bit lost this morning. Those 3am starts aren't good for me.

Oh and btw who was the fella wearing the boards jersey cycling in amongst the teams.

kensutz

If anyone wants to see some pics check my Flickr link below. I'm awake 22 hours but going to upload some in the next half hour or so.

Caroline_ie

kensutz wrote: »

Nice meeting you Caroline even if I seemed a bit lost this morning. Those 3am starts aren't good for me.

Oh and btw who was the fella wearing the boards jersey cycling in amongst the teams.

Yes! I remember you, I gave you a press pass

kensutz

Certainly did, might see you around during the week

Húrin

michaelm wrote: »

Caroline - if you're travelling with the tour tomorrow give us a beep as you pass through Coolbawn - where? - Ok let me explain - if you look at the An Post map there is only name that nobody recognises, that's us: Coolbawn (pop. 10 - my house, my parents, and two neighbouring houses!). All that Coolbawn has to offer the world is - the country shop, run by my parents and a village pump but tomorrow for me is a big day as after following races at home and abroad for so many years it is great to have an event like the Tour travel through the local area, the first one ever to do so. By the way I'm just in from decorating the pump! See my Flickr page. I Will add the Boards jersey to it tomorrow. I was going to camp out for the night to get the full "Tour" experience but decided to give it a miss! OK reality check needed - getting carried away. Enjoy the rest of the Tour


www.flickr.com/photos/mmolamphy

nice work on the pump

kensutz

Some photos from the day

Kinetic^

Nice photos.

I actually caught some of the coverage on TV last night, was decent enough.

blorg

Nice photos, particularly like the one up the mountains.

LDB

Great photos kensutz

kensutz

Thanks and

Cavendish did it again

Gavin

Better mark that as a spoiler or people will get excited !