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Found an excellent campsite last night right at the start of today’s stage. This gave us a well earned lie in until 7am. What should have been a steady 120 mile transition day to the Alps on gently rolling terrain with just 2 category 4 climbs turned into a really tough day with strong head and cross winds. This tested my resolve as those who know me, know i do not like flat roads with head winds! The day took more out of me than i had hoped prior to the 3 massive Alpine stages starting tomorrow.

After today’s finish we drove part of the 60 miles towards tomorrows start, parking on the side of the lake outside St Vincent. During the evening we encountered an attack from blood thirsty mosquitoes through a slight gap in the window which required a coordinated tea-towel attack by Jilly and Stu who defeated the enemy.

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