Tyler Farrar won today. The race report is here at Cyclingnews. I watched the last hour or so. Tom Boonen fell pretty hard and must have hit his head or something. He led the sprint out from way, way too far out and then when he realized it, he just quit pedaling. It was interesting watching him take his time getting back on his bike and chasing. He even changed one of his shoes before he reconnected with the field.

I’m not sure about how well lead outs actually work. I still think that free lancing a sprint works out better most of the time. That is unless you have train of 6 guys going 65 kph in front of you. But, no teams seem to have that completely together so far this year. I would prefer one fast guy around me with a km to go and if he has a chance to keep me out of the wind until the sprint, then that would be good. But, trying to stay on the wheel of only your team mate for the last couple km’s takes a ton of energy. It is much less energy intensive just floating at the front. Tyler timed it pretty well.

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Drove out to Battenkill for the next two weekends. I’m still not there. I went through Philadelphia and bought some new wheels and tires for my van. Picked them up in Bridgeport at 9pm and headed North. Got caught up in torrential rains the whole way. I had wicked tailwind because of the storms. I have 700 miles on this tank of diesel. That is something close to 23mpg which is pretty good for a full sized van. Diesel is .50 a gallon more on the East coast. Harsh. Going to preride some on the dirt sections this afternoon. It’s not supposed to rain, but it is supposed to be pretty cold and windy (30mph). Should be a good practice race from next weeks 200km Battenkill UCI race.

Bromont thinking he isn't going to make the cut. He did.

Awesome double rainbow in Ohio.

Ebay wheels and tires. Very good deal.