Last week was….fun. A stressful, aggressive race to be sure but when the legs are feeling good and the team is strong then bike racing is much more fun. Had fun contesting the bunch sprint on the first road stage, downhill run that was all about position into the final 200m. I tried coming around Ben Jacques-Mayne but I had the 53×11 spun out for all I was worth. It appears that I stick my elbows out when I am at max cadence. Huh. Put in a smoking tt, finally am feeling super with my position and really took advantage of a course that suited me. Came out of the start of the tt at max effort, cracked a bit in the last few km but really feel like I put everything I had into the pedals. I also rode the double all carbon trispokes in the tt. Super fast and light combo, I’m definitely digging on those wheels. Came second in the  30 km TT, just behind TT specialist Nathan O’Neill. Sitting 5 seconds behind O’Neill on GC, I attacked and attacked over the next two days but wasn’t able to get away from Nathan and the Health Net boys. Well done to them for riding a super strong race. Very happy with how the Navigator boys fared as well, 2 stage wins and teams GC.
Feeling quite smashed at the moment but am hoping to recover from Hood and build on the form a bit for my next race-Nature Valley Grand Prix.