Left Lucca this morning and pulled into our hotel in Bisonne Switzerland just before lunch time. Sat down for a chill lunch with various US National Team staff and riders before rolling out for a ride along the lake. Hello beautiful! The plan was to ride the road course today but it wasn’t easily accessible as the men’s TT was going on on some of the same roads. That’s alright because instead we got to nervously watch it on TV as Zirbel sat in the hot seat until the last 3 riders crossed the line. Zirbel, a newly signed Garmin team member and first time Worlds participant, sat on the leader’s board until Cancellara SMOKED his way into first place by 1.30 MINUTES! And not only did he cruise across the finish line but 100 meters before he got there he sat up and proudly pumped his fists. It wasn’t until the last 2 riders, Larsson and Martin, crossed the finish line that Zirbel was bumped off the podium to 4th place. Although he didn’t medal I can bet that the mood will be high at dinner tonight because he laid down an absolutely superb performance. Nice job, Tom!

Now, just 2 sleeps to go until the road race. I’m hoping my legs hit their peak on Saturday because this race is going to be hard, damn hard. 9 laps, 2 climbs per lap. Trying to keep up with the fastest women in the world. Ouch.

Internet will be gone tomorrow. I’m not paying 25CHF again so you’ll have to keep up on cyclingnews, Facebook, Twitter or some other race website for updates on the race.

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 9:33 am and is filed under On the bike, daily life.