ToC Stg4 and Giro Stg11

Columbia/HTC tried to go from a little too far out...

Giro Stg11

Again...no embed, but follow the link to watch the Stage overview from Universal.

A couple of things about the Stage...
1)The guys doing the voiceover for Universal should be punched in the neck. Too excited and yelling for no reason. Phil and Paul don't lose their shit...
2)Quit calling it a 'break' people! If 50+ dudes get away, it's the bunch. The guys behind made a mistake and got dropped.

I did the HoP+ yesterday. I'd planned on making a couple of sharp efforts, and did, including one that was courtesy of the USPS. I caught a mail truck as it turned out of the distribution center on Saxe Gotha. A right turn towards 321 and it was on! The driver rolled it up slowly and set it at 50-55kmh for the length of the road. The trusty Cateye said we maxed out @ 68.7kmh.
It was only a few minutes, but it definitely blew the carbon out of the pipes! Good stuff!

I'm holding judgment on the purported 'FloydGate' emails. A year ago, everyone thought he was full of shit. Now, a few emails get tossed around and everyone thinks he's the truth. Which is it people?
I'm not so stupid to believe that cycling is clean, but there are certain guys that I flatly refuse to think that some of the guys mentioned were systematic dopers.
We'll see...