Is this an IVCA age record for Alpe d'Huez? Some of the younger members took a week in the Haute Alps recently. One memeber, Kevin Simms, seventy and half years old rode up Alp d'Huez on the Sunday in a time of 1 hour 30 minutes. He had his time card signed by the local tourist official as he could not find the clock. So when the rest of the group struggled up a long time after him, we clocked our cards on the official timepiece. All of us smartarses said he had signed it himself. So what did Kevin do the next day? He left the apartment with a witness, Larry Williams, and rode up the mountain again. This ride was timed on the official clock at 1 hour 20 minutes.

The Haute Alps group, note the WW200 jerseys.

The Classiment General for the trip is as follows: King of the Mountains:  Kevin Simms Second Place:  Donal O'Connell Third Place:  Jim Sweeney Most Damage:  Terry Kiernan. He broke the breakfast machine at the Suite Hotel. No one at the hotel got breakfast that morning. Terry won the final overall with this particular trick.	Best Descender: Paddy McInerney Second: Larry Williams (both "dropped like stones") Best Navigator:  Dick O'Brien (remember the tunnell!)
Director Sportif, Interpreter and Tour Guide: Paddy McInerney. Thanks Paddy from the gang. Henry Whelan