What cyclists say about the 44-mile Tour de Tortola?
BY DEAN GREENAWAY Louise DePuy, St. John U. S. Virgin Islands, 10th overall in 2002. “I just thought ‘That full course is really going to hurt me today. Let me stick to something I know I’m capable of,'” she explained of her decision to do the women’s race in 2003. “Of course when I finished, I thought ‘Why didn’t I do the full.’ I’ve been a couch potato lately and you got to have a lot of respect for this course.” BVI Cycling Federation President David Thomas. “There’s no easy course in doing Tour de Tortola. Once you have to go up Windy Hill, it’s going to kill you.” Phillippe Leroy, 2nd place finisher Tour de Tortola 2003 “I couldn’t climb well today,” noted Leroy in his first tour in three years. “It’s as tough as before. I would love to win it once. That would be nice.” Andrew Young, 2003 Champion “It’s a great race. Well organized. But, I got a bit of a shock losing the time trial,” he said. “I had to go home and think on how I’d outsmart Phillippe. I tried to go fast and wear hi
