Well so far has not been Ideal for myself but more will come. Yesterday was a 10km TT. It was going to be hard with basically all of Trek Livestrong dominating their TT bikes and going really fast. I managed 21st which was so/so but I know if I had taken the corners like I had wanted to i could have shaved off around 10 seconds, so that was frustrating.
Stage two was way more disappointing. There was supposed to be 30km of crosswind after 11km and we were all riding the front with Raymond off the front but the crosswind never came. Instead we were all welcomed by a nice tail wind. It was really nice. After 80km we had been told it would be all crosswind but instead it was head wind which was really nice. Basically everyone on our team thought it would be headwind the whole way to the finish so we became a little complacent and quit fighting for position. We came around one corner and I saw Rabobank amassed at the front and the only thought that came to mind was "F$#K" and sure enough the race was split. Howes and I worked hard to close gaps to get to the second group... As soon as we got there that group split and we were screwed. I kept working hard trying not to loose hope... From here on out though I can only race aggressively and try to make up time before we hit the hills in Limburg. Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully Holowesko Partners can ride the race that we are all capable of.
On another note, congrats to Trek. Their team rode the front all day for Phinney and he came up with the goods for them in the end. Super impressive!
Well its time for a massage so I'll try and update some more later this week. Keep your fingers crossed.
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