I drove in last night to The Dalles, that’s right “The” Dalles because any other place called Dalles just isn’t. I came in from the west on 84 and hopped on the old Columbia River Gorge highway at Mosier. I wanted to see what kind of descents this Cherry Blossom stage race was going to offer the riders.
There have been lots of posts and blogs and just a ton of talk about the climbs of this race and how they will affect the race. That descent coming off the Rowena visitor center is enough to make a tour rider pucker. The roads are so narrow that two mini’s couldn’t pass each other. The roads are covered in sand dirt and boulders that would be hard to miss. There are tough switch backs and with only one lane action crashes are eminent.
I am not nearly worried about the climbs to make it to the finish it is going to be how many times I can pick my bike up out of the ditch or off the pavement without it being in too many pieces to ride.
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