Stage 1 (fri)
Prologue .8km Hill climb
Finished in 36th 14secs down on leader and last years U23 mtb silver medalist Alexis Vellimouz (very handy climber)
Stage 2 (sat)
55km flat.
Not much to report here except. One little cross wind section near the end of the stage that split the bunch a bit but luckily we managed to get munch time. All i can say is that the Frenchmen out there dont know how to hold a wheel very well in a cross wind its unbelievable tbh.
Stage 3
75km
Break went before the main climb of the day and the yellow and a hand full of others bridged on the climb. Sam was the only one to make the front group. the rest of the team in second bunch.
i was happy with how the my climbing went on the main climb of the day to hold on to the front of the bunch.
Stage 4.
130km.
The final stage with heaps of hills. very very hArd. was just hoping to stay with the high rollers as long as possible because i new the last 50km where going to be extreme. i managed to stay in main group until the second to last climb where i lost contact. i was catching groups on the flat and descents but got a puncture up final climb and had to get wheel change, then a crazy motor pace downhill and then onto the motorway at 90km. PRETTY insane spinning going on. So that was it really pretty pleased with the tour considering the amount of climbing in there ended up 42nd was hoping for a bit better but there are more races to come. Really enjoyed the change in scene from one day races as tours are always a lot more intense and exciting. Cant wait for the up coming tour in June where the hills are smaller and there is a 18km ITT.
check out>http://www.tourdujura.com/ for a look. (photos and what not)
cheers for reading.
Kieran
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