Today’s stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake was a flat and fast one. We rode a flat circuit 8 times. The goal of the day was to put Evan in the best possible position for the sprint. The race was very fast and controlled. A break went from the gun, and sprinters teams held the gap close for the first few laps. Then the pace lessened. It was a pretty straight forward day to just sit in and draft, and that is what we did. We caught the break with 1 or 2 laps to go and the pace was pretty slow leading into the sprint. It ended up being a hectic finale, but Thomas, Kyle, and Mattieu helped get Evan into a good position and up for another top 20 placement. Even though it was a fast and “easy” stage I felt terrible all day. My congestion was worse than yesterday. Tomorrow is the final stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake. It is a flat 135km circuit race. Hopefully I feel better than I felt today. We have gotten into Mordor, are on Mt. Doom, and only have to throw the ring in the lava.
Here is a link to my ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/347891355
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