Farrar's Diary - A day of rest
I love rest days!
Nothing feels quite as luxurious as spending an entire day lying around doing nothing after nine days of racing. I have been trying to make the most (or maybe I should say the least) of my day off.
A little spin in the morning to loosen up the legs and then a lot of time getting acquainted with my bed. I'm sure it's going to be game on from kilometer zero again tomorrow, so I need all the recovery I can get!
The Pyrénées went well for our team. Christian and Brad did exactly what they needed to do to protect their GC interests, and I think the rest of us got through with minimal damage. Racing up the Tourmalet yesterday had me a bit nervous, as I've never ridden up it without it being a scarring experience. In the end it really wasn't that bad though, I think mostly due to the fact that there was 90km of descending down to the finish. I'm sure had it been closer to the end of the stage it would have been a whole different story.
Now we transition back into some flatter stages, and the race will start to get very interesting. With some guys an hour down on GC the chance of early breaks staying away goes up dramatically. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for a few field sprints, though.
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