If you can't keep riding, they'll pick you up, load your bike onto the truck and bring you in to camp. I'm sitting on the grass at the entrance to camp. Each day, riders and crew gather to cheer the other riders pulling into camp. Whether it's 1 or 20 at a time, a cheer erupts from the spectators. And we know what it feels like to hear that cheer.
Some riders smile as they pull in.
Some raise a fist in triumph. Some choke back a tear, touched by all of the unexpected support from complete strangers.