Watching the Giro yesterday was driving me crazy once again. I can’t stand the normal formation of these 4 riders breaks. Day after day they are riding in double echelon. What a waste of energy. It just doesn’t work. It makes everyone more tired and the break slower. I took some snap shots of the screen to show what I’m talking about.

Here they are riding like this forever. At least two guys in the wind at all times.

Yep, more riding in the wind.

If you look closely at this shot from above, 3 out of 4 riders are in the wind. Diamond shaped, new formation.

Then here, the field, with HTC at the front chasing, riding single echelon. This is normally the proper way to tempo, but if they had a couple guys from other teams helping, then could be riding a double echelon.

Here are some photos from the ToC of Taylor Phinney’s TT bike he’s going to use in a little while, and a couple others. I think Connie, Davis, Eric, Heiden, Och and Steve Bauer all look great. Live coverage begins at 3:55pm CST.

Ready to roll.

Glad he got to ride the National Championship paint job a couple times this season. Maybe he'll win it again in Greenville in a couple weeks.

Taylor's parents, Connie and Davis, along with Eric Heiden.

Davis, Och (BMC Team owner), and Steve Bauer.