Da-ba, Suchdol, 15.8.2010

Kat. A: 1. Kuře

M99: 2. Vyhup, 3.Kajman
Ž: 2. Lucka

Hruška: Tour de l'Ain - Stage 3

Apologies - super quick update because I must sleep! Boy, profi cyclists have no idea how good it is to have logistics and all covered....it's been a real challenge to plan each day, get to start, get back to hotel, etc etc. I got a somewhat central hotel location but still must drive at least 1:30 for tomorrow's stage, and it starts at 8:30!

Hruška: Tour de l'Ain - Stage 2

I have survived day 2 in decent form.  The rain stayed away thankfully, and the field was a bit smaller than yesterday.  As expected, totally hectic from the start today....we would have been close to 42k in the first hour except for a "cote" that broke up the pan-flatness.  It also broke up the field and I could not stay at the front.  Regrouped with less than inspired riders - no one really wanted to keep the pace up except for me and another guy...finally some others caught up making a group of 20-30 and paced to finish.  I attacked on a hill approx 5k from finish and broke up the group...10 or so left toward a fast downhill, and nasty uphill last 500 meters....I attacked again and won from this gruppeto, though a small consolation as we were pretty far behind.  135k in 4 hours, approx 34 kph....first finishers around 3:18!!!!  (...and the pros finished today at 3:02, so they can feel safe that I will not challenge them).