Le Petit Brevet Underway

Spare a thought for Le Petit Brevet riders this weekend, touring round the Port Hills and Banks Peninsula for up to 36 hours. They have 8,000m of vertical to tackle over a 230km course - but the scenery, fine food (like chocolate milk) and good company should more than make up for the travails encountered.

If the organiser (Tim Mulliner) isn't totally shattered, we might see some results (and maybe photos) appear on lepetitebrevet.blogspot.com in the next day or two.