what a wild day, it was definately not a processional behind the Discovery train today as CSC went nuts and attacked for the first 2 hours solid. the pace was good on the first KOM and then the second and third i just left it in the big ring and went as hard as i could. Jens Voight was personally throwing down HUGE attacks and decemating the field in true hardman fashion. the pack was halved with maybe 60 riders or so at 1:45 back at the biggest gap, a break was finally let loose and of course it was the one right after my break got brought back. i couldn't jump on everything, and i was a bit toasted by that point, actually pretty happy for the pace to cool down a bit. all the riders off the back came back soon after, but i ws expecting another round of huge attacks when we got to Balcom Canyon.

but the Discovery team had enough to set a good tempo, and CSC didn't launch, so there was not much action until the finishing circuits. CSC salvaged the day with a great win by JJ in a hectic finish, and they certainly did not go down without a fight. i was stoked to finally feel like i was racing and get some speed going.