De Bortoli Tour Pictures

My first road race for the season, and boy did it hurt!
Stage three grupetto.

Stage 3 dirt section, lots of fun, but a bit scary.

Me shagged out on the dirt, not long to the finish.

How I spent most of the race, out by myself bridging between small groups on the road.

This is during the time-trial, and pretty much set the stadard of pain for the whole tour. It was my best stage (being pretty flat), managed to catch and put time into my front marker (who wasn't having a great time of it). But anyway, rode pretty well.

I raced in the teams race on Staurday and went back to C grade on Sunday, but whatever grade you were in it was a hard ride.

good training though