By Michael Joanisse
I weak up. I want to go back to sleep...I think everybody does. Yesterday was hard and I can feel it in my legs. My whole body is tired and tells me not to ride. But that's what makes you a strong person or a weak person. So you take your bike and you go on the starting line, no matter what. After half of the race, I'm on a breakway again! I knew it was going to make it to the line. But, I'm telling myself : "What are you doing there, weren't you supposed to be tired today ? ..." Well, I don't know, sometimes your motivation gives you extra power. We were over 20 riders to get away. We caught the 3 riders up front. For the first 15km, the group was being pulled by the Kazakhs guys. They were keeping it at a speed over 55km/h, I was spinning my 53/11 for a while! I tried to keep myself for the final sprint, but at this point in the season and in the tour, my legs were out of gaz and I could not battle for the podium spots.