Day Two of the Tour De Rock kicked off this morning, and riders are making their way from Port McNeil through Woss to Sayward, a total of 142 kilometres.
Vista Radio’s Nicholas Arnold says it was a day of highs and lows and a massive donation from the community.
“Port Alice gave us a donation for 15 grand, which is really cool when you realize that there’s only 800 people who lived there, so it worked out to about, like, $18.00 per person was donated to us,” he said.
Arnold says the Tour has a long-standing relationship with the community of Port Alice and it’s not usual for residents to raise a lot of money to kick off the Tour.
He adds that the outpouring of support for the riders was “cool to see” as people were pulled over on the highway cheering on the team.
Morale remains high on the team despite heavy rain. “All night we could hear the rain pounding on the roof of the gym that we were sleeping in and so I was expecting to have kind of a miserable first day with all the rain, but we got out there and we were having fun.”
The next leg of the Tour will see the riders make their way south, stopping in Woss at the Community Hall for lunch and then on to Sayward for the night.
Tomorrow they will stop at Sayward Elementary in the morning and then start the journey to Campbell River.
