Tour ta' Malta: Stage 1

This stage took us along the familiar Coast Road - four laps, 25 km in total.

The women riders were first off. There was a slight increase in wind speed but this was not a major problem on the hillier sections of the course.

Whilst all of the team rode really well, Iona set the fastest time for the whole race - 42 min 34s. However, the Chief Timekeeper took a different view and gave first place to a rider who had not completed the whole circuit!

Tomorrow the race goes to the gruelling St Martin Circuit with its sinuous 2km climb - to be covered six times. The team's plan is to rectify the timekeeper's mistakes and make it obvious which is the best team in the Tour ta' Malta.

Report to follow...

Jon