quick report alpe d'huez day 2

> here are some quick highlights from the day. i will try to get a more thorough report
> out later...it's time to grab dinner.
>
> -gorgeous descent off the backside of the mountain
>
> -long, very hard ride in the alps with 2 big cols to climb...4.5 hours total
>
> -pulling a 30 person pack single file for 20km...amazing tempo workout
>
> -starting the first climb with 10 guys, setting the tempo, watching guys pop 1 by 1
> until
> it was just 2 of us left, before having to ease up for the last km...the legs were not
> happy!
>
> -incredible switchbacky descents that seemed to go on forever...at high speed taboot
>
> -riding tempo side by side with kevin livingston at the front of a double file line
> listening to stories of battles past on the very same roads...amazing
>
> -suffering like a dog to stay in that group further up the climb digging deep to get
> back
> on several times before pulling the rip cord with 2km to go. in that group was also
> christian vandevelde's wife and another ex-postie...not sure of his name
>
> -great lunch at the top, drinking beer and watching the last 90km of the stage on
> tv...great, exciting stage with Lance winning a sprint.
>
> -helicopter ride from there back to the top of alpe d'huez. oh wow, what a view
>
>
> ---more later....and there's a lot more.
>
> tomorrow is the TT up the alpe and there are sooooo many people up here on the mtn.
> what
> a circus!!!
>
>