One of Parker’s sisters rode the 25-mile race. She chose to ride in the 11-mile race because of a knee replacement, as did her brother, sister, niece and her niece’s boyfriend. Mattapoisett native and current Fairhaven resident Pauline Parker rode with a number of family members as part of the Ray’s Angels team, in honor of her father, Ray Lemieux, who she described as “an avid biker in Mattapoisett.” Others have more of a history with the race. The two said that they hadn’t done any training for the race, but that they perhaps should have. “We were thinking of signing up for one of the longer races, but then we were like ‘let’s be realistic,’” Rachel said. “It’s a unique fundraiser,” Rachel added. And it’s good that it’s for a cause,” Kira said. As of the morning of the race, the event had also raised over $11,000 in funds.įor some participants, including Kira and Rachel Charrier, this year marked their first time doing the bike event. The riders, from nine states with about a hundred tri-town participants, also ate 1,198 scoops of ice cream. You’ll be in for a much longer ride.”Īnderson said that the event was going well, and that it had a lot of riders, with 360 registered in advance. He also advised participants in the 19-mile race: “don’t take the turns marked 50.
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In telling participants how to read signs, Anderson explained that “the tip of the arrows point you in the direction of your next ice cream cone.” He also infused some humor into standard race instructions. In addressing riders before their tours, Marc Anderson celebrated the recent start to a bike path between Neck Road and Depot Street in Mattapoisett. The fourth annual Tour de Crème launched riders on 50-, 25-, 19- and 11-mile courses on May 19. MATTAPOISETT - Some 360 riders travelled 9,914 miles in Mattapoisett and surrounding towns, visiting ice cream shops in a fundraising tour to benefit Mattapoisett’s bike and hiking trails.
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