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Day 6 – Giro d’Sardinia Camp 2011

Today’s race was a shorter than yesterday’s marathon. Only 109 Kilometers were on the docket with about 2500 feet of climbing with the main climb of the day starting at kilometer 25. Not wanting to push my way to the … Continue reading

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Day 7 – Giro d’Sardinia Camp 2011

Today was a “living the dream” kind of day, 113 kilometers with about 3,400 ft of climbing. We started with a long section of flat riding. I didn’t start at the front today, but neither did Max. We both started … Continue reading

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Day 8 – Giro d’Sardinia Camp 2011

TTT day. The top 12 teams get a time bonus today while the rest of the 70 or 80 teams just maintain their time, no time losses. Our goal is to finish as high as possible and possibly take some … Continue reading

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Day 9 – Giro d’Sardinia Camp 2011

The Mountain Day is today! This was our only day that had a remote start. We drove 60k’s to a mountain town and then started out on a single road that, after 5k’s of slight up-hill, had a 10k descent … Continue reading

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Day 10 – Giro d’Sardinia Camp 2011

We woke up to very strong winds and cloudy skies. The rain was supposed to hold off until later in the day. This was the shortest mass-start race of the week at only 40k. Since the overall General Classification was … Continue reading

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