So the first stage was pretty hard, mainly because of the rough cross winds. I was riding well and some people got gapped off so myself and 10 others had to chase back on. At the base of the finishing climb I was in the front group of maybe 40, but of course i was 3 riders too far back and a mile into the climb there was a crash. So I had to stop and walk over the people on the ground; i was feeling good and definitely think I could have atleast been up in the top 20-25 on that climb.
Stage 2 I crashed on the decent and had to chase back on by myself in a tail wind section, that sucked. Got back in and just finished in the peloton.
Stage 3 I felt alright, i could tell I was using someone elses TT bike but not too bad. At least I had a TT bike (thanks Peter)
Stage 4 just sat in trying to conserve for the last day.
stage 5! I was good over the first climb, I felt good but it was hard. I was gapped off on the downhill mainly because I was lacking the balls and then once I saw the crash it made me think that my feeling of the decent being sketchy was legitimized. On the second climb I was with Baldwin and some other good riders but soon remembered that I was stuck with a 42x25 and was grinding at 55 rpm when they were at 75-80 rpm. I decided to take it a little easier because grinding so hard was not feeling so good. On the last climb up to Pinos Altos I rocketed up there since it was shallow enough for my gear to be alright. So I felt really good and I finished strong, did 3800 kjs.
Now I am at home just enjoying summit county, but not enjoying the mass amounts of snow we have been receiving and more is on the way! Apparently this is all due to Global Warming. Weird, warming=snow?
I came across an interesting article while I was perusing my friend Alex Howes blog. Go and read the article, kinda paints a gloomy picture of the future!
Walker
