As I had feared the stage started at a FURIOUS pace. And we were really struggling to hang on. There was however soon a split and I thought we'd settled nicely into a swiftly moving bunch. It had rained a bit overnight so it wasn't as dusty as previous days.
Unfortunately the start proved a bit much and the previous days niggles got a bit much and we BLEW after only about 10k. This was a major disaster! Imagine having to put yourself through 120k's feeling that you didn't have the strength to do another one! And then chuck in a few mountains in between (2000m). Most people would have quit!!
Fortunately we hung in there. Funny thing is it was really one of the nicest stages (scenery, surface, climbs etc)! We finished just under 7hrs but dropped us back a few spots to 111th. Back to C batch. I'll be honest that this is a big disappointment to me but probably the best thing for preserving the physical resources of our team!
Tomorrow of to Grabouw. A shorter stage (only 91k's), but I have no doubt it will be challenging!
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