Workin' for the man

Well the major GC shake up prediction was correct. Today was tough no matter how you slice it. From the gun we put Billy and Dan on the front to help the Health Nuts set tempo. I think we averaged 30+ mph for the first 1:45. Over the top of the first climb Wherry, Baj, Baldwin, and some Navs made it over first with the second group containing Frank, Dustin, Health Nuts, and myself. On the backside we nailed it with Dustin and I trading pulls with Mr. Wattage (O'neil), TJ, and Louder. You ever been on that group ride where the guy in front of you is pulling super hard and you are struggling just to hold his wheel... well that was what I felt like pulling through behind O'Neill. We were gaining time on the lead group when we went off course and lost about 25 seconds. This allowed a group of about 25 to catch us that contained Henderson of HN and Shriver. So we had three to work up front. The second climb caused us to lose Dustin and others. By the time we hit the bottom of the third climb the 2:30 gap was down to 1 min. As we started to climb, I blew. I cracked harder than I have in a long time. Matt lasted almost to the top of the climb and did the same. This left Frank to fend for himself. He did a good job and is in 7th on GC tonight. He's just a few seconds out of first and there are tons of time bonuses up for grabs tomorrow, so my works not done.