Sorry for the recent lack of blog posts. I have been feeling rather unmotivated to write.
Its hard to sum up a stage race in a few words, but I will do it anyway...
First stage: attacked half way though with 1 other rider, got caught by a group of 12 stayed away to the finish, got last in the sprint (12th) but ended up with KOM jersey
Second stage: Didn't make the split in the crosswind to a group of 15, chased all day, ended up finishing 36 seconds down, lost KOM jersey because I couldn't sprint well enough at the top of climbs
Third stage: Rode like a complete idiot, and missed several chances at making the front group, including the obvious split up the Mur de Huy (1300m long 9.6% average with 800 meters at 16% average), started the Mur at the back of the group and couldn't ride up it fast enough to catch the lead group. Lost 2.5 min
Forth stage: felt good, but race got cancelled with 40km to go when an tragic accident killed a spectator, the trailer off of the broom wagon fell off and hit him
Fifth stage: hot day, felt kind of crappy, suffered like dog for the last 50 km trying to stay with the yellow jersey group of about 10, made it to the finish, only to find out that 15 riders had gone up the road early with 2.5 minutes of the peleton
Overall it was kind of a mixed bag. I blew the third day pretty bad, and my GC hopes with it, but at least I had a day on the podium.
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