TJ Woodruff ONLINE

Today wasn’t quite what I had in mind, but there’s always another crack at it tomorrow… It was a nervous day on the roads out to the Mogollon climb and it took a fair amount of work to cover the 87 miles getting to the base of the climb. On the way up things started all right, but shortly after beginning the second half of the climb I hit the limit of how fast things could go. Getting dropped isn’t fun but I kept it together and got myself to the top the best I could. Part caloric deficit, part altitude, part ? got the best of me and I wasn’t my best those last 6.7 miles of today’s stage. A couple of small breaks were away and some riders survived to finish amongst the leaders today while others popped on the climb. Tomorrow ought to be a good one with several climbs along the route. More to come, -TJ

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