Ride No. 2

With a head wind blowing six turned out for ride No.2. Voeckler, Lance, Pozatto, Nibali, Cooke, plus the new girl Tina Pic (née Mayolo) (Aileen - that's you) who was definitely riding as Pozatto's domestique. They rolled out along the road heading for the Westferry and whilst the sun might have been out the wind was not playing the game as the gusts were nasty. The group then hit the Westferry and the fun started. Pozatto was first to go then Pic, she was feeling sorry for her team leader. Pozatto was just not looking his usually self out on his winter stead. Summer bike next week Pozatto. Cooke was on fire showing how she won the time trial last week. But further down the Westferry it was down to three, Voeckler, Lance and Nibali as Cooke dropped off the pace as the wind was relentless. The pace kept going up until the three reached the end with Nibali putting hard efforts in, and also up the climb. By the top it was Lance followed by Voeckler and Nibali dropped off the pace hardly able to protest enough that he was saving himself for Sundays race.

The group set off again and first off were Pozatto and Pic. The bunch concurred that Pic showed a huge amount of potential. She later reported how much fun she had. The four stayed together till the Georgetown. First off was Cooke who is riding too dam well, Lance and the group will have to watch out. Then 3 were left flying, Voeckler made a mistake while Nibali and Lance attacked each other and the gap opened but could not get back on, while experience paid off for Lance as he got the break on Nibali. Both riding strong so its going to make for an interesting ride as the group gets bigger.

Post ride, Cooke said it was a course recorded for her. It was a storming ride by all. Pic said "she was on top of Pozatto that night" while she was definitely Pozzatto domestique let’s hope he eats something and brings a summer bike so he is back on form for ride No.3 or Pic may have her own domestique!