so today was all about suffering up a huge mountain and seeing just how well you climb against a bunch of 130 lbs. guys. the answer? not very well. i did a great climb for me, rode hard all the way up and had energy to pull through on the flatter part after cresting. i was a bit bummed that it put me into the second group and more then 3 minutes down, but that's also due to the front group being driven by protour riders and my group being driven by Slipstream. nothing against those guys, they rode as hard as they could, but it's honda civic Vs. Nascar. so my run at the top of the leaderboard is over, and this means one thing: go for the break! we have a few more opportunities so you'll see Priority Health get a bit more aggressive.

as for everyone else, Omer was hurting after his big break yesterday and had to pull out, great job though dude you did an awesome ride into Sacramento and you should be proud. And Emile has finally succumbed to his wounds, he suffered long and hard all day to get the ride done only to be time cut along with a bunch of other sprinters who suffered up steep hills with him. S'all right, there's gonna be plenty of races better suited to his abilities and i know we're gonna win a lot of races together.

and now, time to get some sleep.