IT'S A LUXERY FOR SURE, BUT WORTH DOING...
I'D SAY NONE OF US WILL EVER EXPERIENCE the thrill, challenge, pain and heartache of a grand tour, but one of our local kids, Young Kevin...
... is riding for DSM in the Tour this year.
So, Iet me put it a different way.
If you ever have the time, money and wherewithal to do a stage race...
... do it!
I mean it.
It will be one of the best racing memories ever.
I imagine big multiday rides like RAGBRAI deliver a similar sensation.
Get up.
Ride your guts out.
Clean up, check over bike.
Recover, recover, recover and do it all again.
It is truly my favorite type of vacation,
with the dudes,
geeking out.
And, watching the tour right now I'm trying to imagine what is going through everybody's heads.
One year, we completed all 8-9 stages of the Tour of California.
We got up early, and rode the same course.
I was wrecked for racing,
the rest of the year.
The tour kids have now been at it for 2 weeks.
Tomorrow is a rest day.
But, here are the two heads I'd like to be inside.
On Twitter, I commented on a post that Tadej's attacks were getting less and less fruitful. Nobody agreed with me...
... in fact, they disagreed with me.
The two subsequent days have shown the attacks to be useless.
In fact, he lost a second.
In 36 hours, that is going to change radically.
My prediction:
Jonas increases his lead.
Either way, Tuesday's stage is going to be riveting.
There are 10 seconds between 1st and 2nd.
And, 19 seconds between 3rd and 4th.
Two, twodog races.
Epic.
Which brings me back to why stage races can be super fun vacations...
... the drama,
the lead changes,
even for amateurs, is the best.
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I've done these:
Cactus Cup - MTB
Tucson Bicycle Classic - Road
Leadville Stage Race - MTB
Need to find a grave one for next year... the one in Oregon looks epic.
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165.6
8 hrs
0 RaceDay Ready Circuit
20 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling
Podcast:
https://www.strava.com/athletes/10248