Final Day for the US end!

Beautiful weather and scenery lent itself to the final ride here in the US...

During the last few segments...

Eric Pilaud getting ready to join the team in Santa Barbara!

Maria Elena and Rodrigo replenishing before they hit the road again

John aka our very own Lance Armstrong

Jose marches to his own beat

Sag stop and a picture of the group:
Julio, Rene, Maria Elena, John aka Lance, Mark, Eric Pilaud, Bob, Andrew, Phil, Rodrigo, Jose and at the forefront Ray

A break and a picture
Left to right: Rodrigo, Mark, Bob, Andrew and Jose

Shots on the side of the road... hey, where's everyone else?

Pit stop, everyone?

Phil and Mark on the road

Some videos of the ride:

Eric joining the group

In the meantime... Families and employees of Moorpark and Goleta were waiting for the riders:

Eric Hencken, his wife and daughter waiting on the riders to arrive

Families and employees waiting for the riders to arrive

The riders arriving into CST Goleta:

At the front: Rodrigo, Maria Elena and Ray

Lance / John coming through the end with Andrew's girls cheering the riders on the finish line!

And a video from the riders point of view:

Andrew and his family at the end of the ride

Jose, Andrew and kids

Ray is on the floor! Has been riding for 3 days now!

Never would take Eric for a Pink Floyd fan, but here you have it!
Autographed t-shirts for next year?



Sag Support from TJ - Goleta



The entire team that rode the final day in North America!
Including the associations that sponsored the event and whom the donations will benefit.
FANTASTIC JOB TO ALL THE RIDERS AND ORGANIZERS!!!

Message from Dean to Jean-Marc Hubsch !

'A very big THANKYOU to Jean-Marc Hubsch and everyone at BEI Sensors for organising a very memorable reception and night out in Strasbourg.

After covering so many Kilometres, iwas fantastic to experience such strong welcome.

The trip around Strasbourg made us all realise how beautiful it is, with great monuments, excellent Choucroute, not to mention the beer!!!'

Wieder zuhause!

Alle deutschen Teams sind gesund und munter in Minden angekommen.
Danke für die tolle Zeit.

Ihr wart unglaublich!

Die ersten sind angekommen. Kavlico-Boden unter den Füßen.

Während die Ersten schon fast zuhause waren, standen die anderen noch im Elbtunnel im Stau.

Zusammenfassung eines Wochenendes in einem Bild: Fahrräder, Angel und DAS isotonische Getränk.

Die Freude ist groß. Auch das letzte Team ist wieder zuhause angekommen.

Auf die Brätzel! Fertig...Los! Motivation auf die deutsche Art!

Was macht man als Team der Helden, wenn man einfach nicht mehr kann.
Man sucht nach dem besten Motivationsmittel, dass es in Deutschland (neben dem Bier) gibt.

Improvisation ist alles.

Wenn Techniker und Mitarbeiter der Qualitätsabteilung auf einanander treffen und nach Motivation suchen... Es ist einfach zu komisch! Schaut euch das Video an und kommentiert es bitte.

Fahrradhelm? Angel? Bretzel? Was braucht ein deutsches Bastlerherz noch, um glücklich zu sein? :)

Final Day for North America... First leg!

Pre-ride John / Lance rallying up the team before they get on the ride!

From earlier on in the morning... The early risers on their way in!

Bob Ciurczak rolling in... Steve and Lance getting ready 

Mark Urban arriving and joining the group

Getting ready!

It's a little brisk this morning!

Beth, Alexandra Salazar and Mark

In line and ready to go! Beth, Jose and Andrew

Group photo before they take off to the first sag stop of the final day for North America! Go team!!

Left to right: Maria Elena, Omar, Rene, Rodrigo, Andrew, John aka Lance, Jose, Bob, Ray, Julio, Mark and Phil

CST China Badminton Tournament !

The finals badminton challenge in China was held respectively in Huizhou and Shanghai on Sep 26 after work time.

In Huizhou, totally 12 employees attended the match including 2 Sales Engineers from Shenzhen and other office staffs went there to support the badminton game and act as referee, score keeper, logistic officer and rooter.

The match was adopted the latest <International Badminton Competition Rules>, single-elimination system win 2 out of 3 games, counting to 21 points for each play. There were 4 players who took part in the Single competition group, 4 teams took part in the Double competition group and 6 teams took part in the Mixed Double competition.

In Shanghai, the “Friendship Cup” was also held by 9 employees. 2 of their running kilometers contributed to global guesses game.

The passion to participate in the badminton challenge is lighted. All of players tried their best to show a perfect technique and made this event a big success. All other participants also supported a lot on this activity. Our total distance was 108.09km.

This is a really exciting CSR activity to promote CST China. Let’s all cheer for the players and the supporters.

US - Day 2 Sag Stop Videos

Andrew on air during the ride stops!

First Sag Stop

Sag Stop #3

Sag Stop #4

Final stop... Until tomorrow!

CST India : Day 2

We had good rest after a nice dinner with some indian dance numbers. Most are still active to do the next leg an today is bright nd sunny which may effect how much we can do. Energy levels are high and we expect to complete by lunch time for nice lunch.

US - Day 2 Segment 3 - Dana Point to Redondo Beach

The team excited and ready to go!
Left to right: Maria Elena, John aka Lance, Omar, Carlos (their sag support) and Rene

Can you tell we had absolutely beautiful weather today? And this is the coastal view of the cyclists from the roadside.

All smiles!

Posing by one of the marinas on the route

Under a bridge! 

Bike check on the coast

GREAT JOB TO THE TEAM!!!
We definitely hope the weather is as good to us as it has been this entire weekend!