Pasta, Pasta, Pasta and More Pasta
I am learning so much everyday but the one big lesson I have
learned here at the Giro Donne is to never call a stage a Tea Party like I did
for stage 5. Since then it has been full
gas racing from start to finish. Today
was nothing different. The race was over
130km from Voghera to Castagnole Delle Lanze.
Again the stage started extremely fast with a lot of teams trying to get
into the early break. A break of about
10 riders did eventually get away during the first half of the race. The profile of the route changed from a flat first
half to a more rolling and hilly second half with one significant category 2
climb 11km from the finish. The bunch
split a couple of times before about 15 of us, including all the race
favourites, got away on a section with rolling hills. We caught the breakaway just before the climb
and several groups formed on the climb and the downhill towards the
finish. Ashleigh Moolman got her 3rd
top 10 finish with a 9th place today. I finished in 22nd place with
riders 16th-23rd all 3:43 down on the stage.
Today was a long day with an hour and a half transfer to the
start and another hour and a half transfer after the stage. We got to the hotel tired and hungry but
nothing a massage and yet another huge bowl of pasta cannot fix. I must say that I am reaching the maximum
pasta intake capacity slowly but surely. Luckily I avoid this dish at all times when not racing. Really do not
know how some of the ladies here eat pasta for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We just heard that they added 12km to the original 116km
route for tomorrow from Crugnola Di Mornago to Lonate Pozzolo. It will be another long and hard day of
racing.
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Voghera Town Square at the start of the stage today
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