Tweets on 2009-04-30
not feeling so hot, headache, sore throat.. hoping I can come around… #
Start of stage one delayed and shortened due to snow at higher altitudes, should be a sprint for Tyler and a bit more recovery time for me.. #
Archive for April, 2009
Tweets on 2009-04-28
Waiting for our flight to Geneva, Tour of Romandie starts tomorrow, had starbucks this morning, forgot how massive the coffees are, yuk.. #
The Queen, she is cruel..
Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the queen of the classics and she lives up to her name. Like true royalty she is the most beautiful race penciled on the race calendar and also the one that should be most respected, as many men have been humbled by her ferocity. I quickly learned this as we rolled out of the historic downtown [...]
Tweets on 2009-04-27
Ryder rides to an impressive 11th today, great ride, super #
Tried hard for the break today in liege, after 2h of trying had avg hrt of 170bpm, didn’t make the break, haha, then went on Dan duty… #
Tweets on 2009-04-25
Did recon of the last 100km of liege today, going to be a long hard day on sunday.. #
Tweets on 2009-04-23
On the bus ddriving to the start of Fleche, a little foggy but hopefully burns off, could be a good day for Ryder today… #
Legs were lacking a bit today in Fleche, another solid day, Dan and Ryder rode strong, would put some money on Dan for a solid ride at Liege #
Tweets on 2009-04-22
Can’t believe the sun is still shing it to belgium today, 3 days in a row of sun, is that a record up here? #
Amstel Gold
We arrived at the start town of Maastricht on a cool but sunny Sunday morning for what would be the start of my first major classic, the 260km Amstel Gold race. I was slightly anxious yet overall was feeling surprisingly calm for the first of the three Ardennes classics this week. I have always dreamt [...]
Tweets on 2009-04-20
First Amstel done, ooouufff, started to lack a bit of go at 245km, beautiful day, beautiful race, #
259km, 6h 40min, 240w avg power, 147 bpm avg heartrate, 4800 KJs, 3200m climbing..the experience; priceless… #
And so after all that they bung up the results and give my placing to Ricardo, haha, the dutch, always looking out [...]
Tweets on 2009-04-19
Sunny here today in belgium, on the bus driving to the team presentation for Amstel Gold, nap very apealing right now… #
Looking at the route book for Amstel, 260km all within a 40km square, haha, oh and don’t forget the 31 classified climbs… #
