Today I played the cavalier to my bike. After the little difference of opinion yesterday between my and my beloved bike, I tried today to bring our relationship back in order.

My bike was undamaged yesterday, by the way. I rode it again today. It is very robust and can put up with a lot. It has to, when you think of the stresses working on both me and it in sprint or a descent.

Today was not a finish for the classic sprinters. The finale was too hard and was also very fast. Looking at the profile, tomorrow will be hard, too. And the distance of 240 kilometers won't help. I will try to survive as long as I can and gather important race kilometers, which will help me in the next races. Until then!