stage three

70mile road race with 6 major climbs. I started the day in the yellow jersey and also leading the KOM competition. My job for the day was basically to make sure i was there for the finish and try and maintain my lead in yellow. the climbs were steep which shattered the bunch each time. we had Tim Swain get away in an early break and he spent up until the closing 3miles on a steer step climb. he did a fantastic job and picked up 3 KOM's so now he is leading that competition. mark Hekman made a break away in the last 20miles to go, they stayed away and held a 50 second lead. I lost the yellow jersey at the end of the day although finishing 5th in the stage and felt great. We now sit 2nd and 4th on GC. 1st 2nd and 3rd in climbers jersey. and first and second in sprint jersey. the Yellow is what we wont so for the next three days we have our work cut out for us with 2 crits and one not so hilly road race left.