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In this episode I talk to Kiran Kumar Raju or KKR as we lovingly call him. KKR was the tour director of Tour of Nilgiris 2024. Both KKR and I have long relationship with Tour of Nilgiris. He started his journey in cycling as a volunteer at TFN 2010 and since then he has played many roles at the tour. From being a route marker to taking part in the tour as a rider after becoming a National champion in MTB, to now taking on the role as a tour director, he has seen the tour from various perspectives. In this episodes, he shares his perspective of how the tour and he himself have evolved over the years in various aspects. It was super fun talking about my favorite bike tour, Tour of Nilgiris with one of my favorite people, KKR. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
0:00:00 Intro
0:05:00 Various roles that KKR played at TFN
0:06:15 Kiran's first time on Tour of Nilgiris in 2010 as a volunteer, a marker
0:11:00 Marking team, most invisible and visible team on the tour
0:14:30 Missing 2013 and riding TFN 2014 as a fulltime rider,
0:17:00 Nandi race 2011
0:19:00 His first tour as a rider TFN 2014
0:23:50 Support stations evolution at TFN
0:29:00 Race segments at TFN
0:33:50 Is Tour of Nilgiris only for the pros
0:37:00 2016 TFN coming as a rider
0:40:30 Coming back in 2023 and 2024 as Tour director for Tour of Nilgiris
0:43:20 Sweep vehicle is there to support you
0:46:00 Hospitality support at TFN
0:48:20 People behind TFN over the years
0:52:00 Origin of TFN in 2008
0:55:10 Closing
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