Tea Party
When I looked out my hotel window this morning and did not
see a hill in sight I was sure that it would be a day for the sprinters. For a moment at the start of the race I
thought that I was back in Belgium between the windy corn fields. One rider, Tiffany Cromwell, of Team Orica
Green Edge got away about 20km into the race and the bunch seemed happy to let
her go. By the look of things the
general classification riders were taking a “rest’’ day. The rider quickly got a huge gap on the bunch
which by that time settled nicely into a tea party vibe with people chatting
along. It was only in the last 10km that
the pace picked up again when the teams were trying to set up their sprinters. Cherise Taylor did an amazing job navigating through
the treacherous bunch to finish the race in 10th place. The rest of the team, including me, all
finished in the bunch. Tomorrow should
be another relatively flat stage that starts in Modena and finishes 122km later
in Salsomaggiore Terme.
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The difference between the after race snacks of the riders
and the staff
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