Race Schedule

Stage 5 is the crunch day to the big mountains.

STAGE	DAY	DATE	DISTANCE
1	Saturday	07/07/2007	123.8 km
2A	Sunday	07/08/2007	92.5 km
2B	Sunday	07/08/2007	7.5 km
3	Monday	07/09/2007	105.8 km
4	Tuesday	07/10/2007	104 km
5	Wednesday	07/11/2007	122 km
6	Thursday	07/12/2007	110.5 km
7	Friday	07/13/2007	106 km
8A	Saturday	07/14/2007	99.3 km
8B	Saturday	07/14/2007	15.5 km
9	Sunday	07/15/2007	116.5 km

Being cool - if we can.

Chris Dodson, long time cycling afficienado and all round good guy, has stepped up and provided the Echelon Project's Espoir Team with Brynje meshed under shirts. Chris is the distributor for this line and came forward with his support before we had to even ask. thanks Chris.

Cyclists put their money where their hearts are.

Peter Metuzals, president of the West Quebec Wheelers, proves that the area cyclists want in on the action and will lay out the money to prove it.
Members of the WQW and the infamous all-cyclist Friday morning hockey gang rallied to Peter's call for support.

A cheques for 1850$ was handed off to John to help with the trip. The sign of support is fantastic and the money will add greatly.

"Right away this helps us stay at the airport hotel during our travel to and from the race rather than taxiing out to an affordable spot. This alone will make a direct impact on the stress of the travel."

Support from the community

Vince Caceres, of The Cyclery has come forward with his support of the project. Vince is providing spare parts and equipment the team may need over the period of a 9-day stage race. This help is much appreciated and right in character for Vince and the Cyclery.

Advice from the master

The team was treated to a few hours with professional team mechanic, Geoff Brown. Geoff is currently back in Canada with the Symetrics Pro Team after having spent the last 14 Canada Days preparing for the Tour de France.

Geoff has joined the Echelon Project as a special advisor and shared his fortune of stage race experience with the team .

Geoff's first race as a team mechanic was with the Canadian National Team at this very Tour of Martinique. So he knows first hand the great event they are heading for. He had lots of advice and encouragement for the riders and support staff. We are another step ahead.

All set to go

Today I recieved an email confirming that all systems are go and someone will be at the airport to meet us.
We are set to fly from Ottawa - Chicago - overnighting in San Juan Puerto Rico before leaving for Fort de France, Martinique.

We leave the 5th, arrive the 6th and the race kicks of with stage 1 on the afternoon of the 7th.

From then on our Amazing Race continues a full 8 days finishing on the 15th.
Mountains, heat, and the challenge of crossing the finish line finish each day.

Huge steps forward in the cycling careers of all involved in the team this year.

The project is underway.

Echelon Project's Martinique 2007 blog

The journey starts with some good planning and preparation.