It was a pretty uneventful day today. And short too, just two and a half hours. As is sometimes the case in races like this, too many people wanted to be in the break, which leads to absolutely everything getting chased back. I gave it a couple shots myself, but nothing lasted more than a few minutes. A small break finally got away late, but it didn't made it far. Near the end, I tried helping out in the sprint leadout for Freddie, but I only managed one pull on the front before the Astana team swarmed us and I got out of the way. So the team really didn't get anything out of the day, but it was good to get started nonetheless.

Off the bike, things have also been going well. It's a welcome change from the Tour of California, where uncertainty and controversy dominated the leadup, while bad weather, crashes, and illness were the theme for the race itself. Here, the sun is shining, and everybody's healthy and in good spirits.

I just got silly-string attacked by Creed and Hamilton. Time to sign off.