Zach Bell just completed the four-day Tour du Limousin in the south of France. He brings us up to speed on the experience:
That was 4 days of hurt locker … I mean there was some times at a nice easy tempo in this race. However you were almost always going up or going down. Never for TOO long but long enough to notice.
As a team there are some positives to a race like this. I think it brought out a tenacity in every guy that maybe is not always there. When it went hard whether you were at the front or hanging on or chasing on you where pinned. We always hope for results but sometimes when you are trying to build something from the ground up you need to start with progress. I think we certainly saw that this week.
Guillaume came into this week building on form and leaving some disappointment about tour de L’Ain behind. He was impressive. For someone with so few miles in the legs this year he was hanging with some of the best climbers in France.
Will bounced back to ride through a race on some crazy rough roads with residual injuries.
All the other guys here raced through tough moments and pushed to the end of the race.
I feel like I added a new chapter to my limited road racing booklet. After nine race days here I feel like I have started to get a grip on a bunch of new skills that will be important as this team grows and we work towards the goals of having a real European presence. Now we head off for 3 x 1 day races…a whole different can of hurt.
