Day 39 Indianapolis to Richmond.

Diane and I were up at 5.00am to get the hotel shuttle to the station for Di to catch the 6.30 train. There was a little hiccup with the shuttle but we got there in plenty of time and had to say goodbye, after a lovely few days, as I was off to Richmond and Di was off to Chicago and then back to the UK.
After last night's storm everywhere was remarkably dry even though it was overcast and looked like it would rain again. We had a new rider in the group, John Crone from Los Angeles, and he was rooming with Sarge and me to Erie. He joined our usual 3, plus Bill, and we set off. Going out of the city was not too complicated and we made good time. Bill zoomed off by himself after a while and we picked up Fred and later Alan.
The route was pretty flat to start with and a slight tailwind meant we got to the SAG at 39 miles reasonably quickly, but not until after Alan had a front flat, pushing his grand total up to 12.
After that we got to Wayne County (it's amazing first a town, now a county in my honour, there was talk of a state, but I put my foot down), inevitable photo. On the outskirts of Richmond we spotted a DQ so we were all there, but it was more of a booth so we had to sit outside in the shade, rough.
The good news from the tour was that Mark Cavendish had won a stage so us Brits were walking tall.
Today's distance was 77.1 miles.