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Today it gets hillier still as they race from Newtown to Abergavenny, with a hill finish and a day where anyone who wants to take control of the GC in the race should make a move. Expect more than just drilling the front of the peloton from Wiggins.
Meanwhile in Spain Froome showed some form and attacked the Vuelta on the mountain climb of Stage 16. He failed to unhitch Contador, but has jumped up to third overall and now sits only around three seconds behind Valverde in second, although still over a minute and a half adrift from Contador. While all of that might have been interesting it’s not as fun as what was going on behind as two riders came to blows during the stage resulting in them both being disqualified.
For my part I found that a week in Wales dramatically spoils you for the less interesting riding that anywhere near where I live can offer. I tried some therapy with a ride around Princes Risborough. I’d struggled with this one before in the deep mud of December a few years ago, and was interested to see the way it would ride in the dry. I started stunningly well by heading off in the wrong direction and having to backtrack in order to follow the directions in the book I was using, but then settled into the ride which is broadly flat and pedally, offering a long cruise with some hefty hills rather than a technical challenge. I was overbiked for the ride really, with my suspension barely let out and the saddle dropped maybe three times on the fun downhills that broke up this less technical end of the Chilterns.
It was a ride where I struggled to find a rhythm, and is no Welsh mountain ride, but still there’s something good about being on a bike at all.
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