24 HOURS IN BOL d'OR BLENDER
P74
Feature
TUESDAY
—OPEN TESTING
We get a total of four hours of testing
today; two hours in the morning and
two in the afternoon. Melodie is first
out. She's getting close to her times
from our test here a few weeks back
when, on what should be her last lap
of the morning session, she tucks
the front in the last turn.
The team works hard to get the
bike repaired and instructs me to
just do an out and in lap to be sure
everything is in order. Once they've
given it another once over, they set
me free, but a few laps later my fun is
interrupted by a red flag. After the of-
ficials cleaned up the track, Jolanda
finishes out the session.
During the break before the after-
noon session, I'm talking to Melodie
about her crash. She's taking it really
hard. I try to explain that, in my opin-
ion, the front end is really soft and
that these things happen. I explain
I'm just happy it's happened now and
not in the race. I reassure her it's
fine and that no one is angry. It's one
of those moments where I'm really
aware of the unique things (read:
out-of-control emotions) about being
on a team of all girls.
Paris sets off for 24 hours of
glorious, satisfying misery at the
2019 Bol d'Or 24 Hour.
