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Swiss Concentration in Les Avants on Sunday 26 August 2007

Sunday 26 August 2007

8.30am, Les Avants, the first participants arrive and are greeted with coffee.

At 9.00am, the 16 members of the CCC and 8 members of the CCR set off for the Col de Sonloup, where the road riders, who will be doing between 40 and 60 km depending on the group, and the mountain bikers, who will be doing 26 km with 3 or 4 passes depending on their fitness, separate. The atmosphere on these pre-alpine trails was excellent, and we took the time to admire the scenery and take lots of photos. A fall (not serious), a puncture and a quick descent to Les Avants where an aperitif followed by a friendly picnic awaited us all.

A big thank you to everyone for your friendliness and good humour.

The youngest participants were aged 9 and 12, and the oldest 76.

CCC Attendance List

The Swiss :

Evelyne Temler, Catherine Mai, Christine Morard, Bernard Besson, Jean-Daniel Biderbost, Jacques Bezzola, Michel Boni, Christian Binggeli, Joseph Charriére, Arthur Ruchti, Patrick Schleppi, Robin Mai and Pierre Mai.

The French :

Nicole Millet, Gérard Fillion-Robin and Régis Paraz.

CCR Attendance List

Rosalba and Claude Logean, Mireille Hemendinger, Rose-Marie and Maxime Régidor, Jean-Yves, Simon and Robin Morard, Jean-Claude Marclay, Antoine Bezzola and Nicole, Jean-Jacques Monod, Christophe Pical.