Just finished up the third stage here in France. Had a pretty shit tt yesterday and afraid that I’m getting sick again, but Kiki came out with a fantastic ride for 5th place and is in 3rd on gc. Today was a long boring one with astana on the front until 40k to go when we hit 3 hills. A bit of a throwdown on the first ended up with a little group off the front and astana down to 2 guys. I got on the front with them keep things close and to give Kiki an easy ride into the next kicker. Mid-way up I got popped and rolled to the finish easy. He finished up a few seconds down on Kloden and we’re not sure but hopefully held his spot. We’ll see soon.

Tomorrow is another chill one early but ends with some viscious finish circuits. Then a few chill days at home in girona to nip this cold at the bud before it grows into something worse.