Just quickly folks, bed is calling my name tonight.
Well the Vuelta most know of with high temperatures and late start times has kicked off.

And damn is it ever hot, with 40+ degrees we have had a couple of energy sapping days. The so called flat stages, were actually very lumpy and didn’t make for easy going.

Today my legs felt completely empty as we arrived at the finish circuit, though I was quite happy there were a few others feeling the same, so we took a quiet ride into the finish. That didn’t stop the sun from continuing to bake us though, as I consumed what would have been at least my 20th biddon for the day.

Tomorrow we are back on the TT bikes for a lap around the Valencia water front, though don’t expect anything from this young kiwi. I’ll be rolling through the stage just to keep inside the time cut an try and recover before we hit the first of many mountain stages the following day.

Back soon

Yours

Tim