Well, today went a WHOLE lot better than yesterday. We swept the podium and not in the order that any of us would have expected!
Jeff had a time trial epiphany today. Riding his first ever dedicated TT bike, he won this 18.5 mile second stage! I (Kevin) was 2nd, 11 seconds behind and Mick was 3rd. Mike Hernandez surprised all of us (and possibly himself) by placing 4th.
The course was spectacular with a good mixture of flats and rolling sections and included two climbs to spice things up. Pacing and knowing when to parcel out your effort level was very important.
At this point everybody on the team is in much higher spirits and our legs feel better after two stages than they did before the start of the race.
Stage 2:
1. Jeff Angerman 45:18
2. Kevin Metalfe 45:29
3. Marco Hellman 45:48
4. Mike Hernandez 46:17
5. Clint Chase 46:28
6. Dan Martin 46:45
GC got a lot more interesting (from our point of view at least).
1. Dan Martin
2. Jeff Angerman 1:43
3. Marco Hellman 2:13
4. Kevin Metcalfe 2:38
5. Clint Chase 3:15
6. Roger Stevens 3:24
..
8. Rob Anderson 3:35
Stay tuned for tomorrow's report on stage 3: The Wy'East Road Race- 89 miles and 9000 feet of climbing. Ouch!!
Kevin and Jeff
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