of the road. The smoke made it difficult to see padded barriers in the center median. Some guys just barely missed it. All this was going on just as we were heading full speed into a roundabout. It really was amazing no one got seriously hurt.

These have been some tough days at the office. But our team does try to relax every night after dinner. Before we eat, we're all caught up in the hectic scheduling of massage, chiropractic work, getting bandaged by the doctors, etc. No one has a free second until well after 10 PM . But by late night, we all try to regroup outside. Our team bus is pretty comfortable and it has become a tradition that we wind down our days here at the Tour watching a movie, the race highlights or just hanging out together out in the parking lot. It sounds kind of funny given all the time we spend in the bus transferring to and from the starts and finishes. But I guess it's the closest thing we have to home at the moment. So it's kind of become our rolling clubhouse.

Tomorrow is going to be another long windy ride. Hopefully we'll see some sun.

Thanks for reading.

Tyler Hamilton

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