Coming into the race this year we talked about ideal situations. At the top of the list was Svein taking the GC lead in the Time Trial. And that is exactly what happened today. Svein ripped the race a new one winning the stage by 40 seconds and going faster than Ben Day's impressive time from last year. Coming into this block of racing Svein was quietly confident with the indicators he was getting from training and we were hoping for the best.

We have to eat a bit of crow from yesterday however, we didn't think Colex would go quite as well as he did. The Tecos rider is just 7 seconds behind Svein in the GC now.

The next three stages will be extremely hard with TT1, Tecos and Sparkese — all strong teams — with riders in contention. Throw in a few wildcards like Frank the tank or even a Chris Newton and who knows. The guys are motivated as hell. We have an exciting bike race on our hands. Stay tuned.

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