Hugh Trenchard

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Santiago Botero (former Tour de France stage winner, but suspended for drug infractions) from Rock Racing took the first stage, Levi Leipheimer (4th in the T de F) last year was 5th. It may have been Chris Horner (15th in the Tour) that crashed, since he ended up 12 minutes back. I was 71st 2mins 30 back of Botero. Will Routley (Symmetrics) top Canadian, in 24th position. Trevor Conner was 51st, while Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) was 100th. He may be suffering from Nationals, and we might expect to see him recover and come around for some better stages in the following days. Average speed for Botero was over 133km was 47km/hr, and not much slower for the rest of us finishing within a few minutes of him. The course was a very large loop, with some tailwind and headwind, so the fast speed is not attributable to a tailwind – there were just that many strong riders keeping the pace high.

Tomorrow’s stage has a 16km climb leading to the finish, so times will be spread out that much more. I have no expectations for myself. So far, I’m still happy to get through each stage within the time cuts.

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