New Interview with SBS – Post Stage 13

Caught up with the SBS guys after todays stage – You can check out the interview HERE

GAME ON ……

Yesterdays stage was Game On from the Get Go – Stock Standard TDF Mayhem. The last climb was fierce and again VDB was there in the thick of it. My intuition tells me this race is about to explode after todays stage. Someone is going to hit the switch and turn it up a mega notch!!

The parents are in town!

Having my parents following me at the tour at the moment has been a real treat. Even better than that will be when my brother get here in a few days too. Living as a professional cyclist means a lot of time away from home, so having a chance to hang out with my family before and after some the stages this year is great.

Todays stage is going to be really fast I feel. The last climb is a Cat 2 that ends about 3km from the fnish so it will surely make things interesting. It will be full alert and ready for anything – with the folks here I’m excited.

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Break 1 Break 2 Break 3 …..

I think I was in nearly every break this morning apart from the one that succeeded. That’s cycling though and it comes down to a bit of luck at times when your trying to get away in that early break.

My Team mate Mario Aerts however did make the break of the day and once it got away the Saxo Bank controlled the front and it was a pretty steady and easy pace all the way to the finish line. I am sorry if it wasn’t the most exciting day to watch from the couch but in the end it was like a recovery day for some of they guys who were struggling after yesterdays epic.

Unfortunately Mario couldn’t get the stage win but still finished in 5th a whopping 14 minutes ahead of us. The rest of the team kept close to VDB and guided him to the finish.

Tomorrow looks like a day for the sprinters and after looking at the profile it might a bit of fast stage with the only real climb all over with by the 56km mark of the 184km stage. Keeping VDB and myself out of trouble will be key ……

VDB holds tuff – I am finding form!

Stage 9 surely did not let any one down as far as a epic is concerned. That last climb and the pace that we traveled up it was immense!!

Rest day before an Epic Stage

My rest day was pretty relaxed! Went for a pedal down the hill to loosen up the legs. Rode into town and and caught up with some people for a drink then rode back up to the hotel, for an afternoon with the osteo and recovery before today’s Epic stage!

VDB looking Strong – Next few stages …

Well after the first real GC Test Jurgen VDB looks tight and strong! He rode a solid stage and finished with the main guys and there wasn’t many of them. Including in the GC guys that didn’t finish at the front was the american guy I finished with… Lance Armstrong. He had a bad day with crashes and we ended up finishing 11:45 behind the eventual winner Andy Schleck.

SBS Interview – Lloyd looks for Morzine Opportunities

Check out the story on SBS – Cycling Central

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Chatting with Ozcycling – Bring back the Biff!

Chatting with Dan Jones from Ozcycling about the biffo that happened after yesterdays stage!

BRING BACK THE BIFF – CLICK HERE

Cycling Tribe Interview

Hey Guys, Did an interview with The Cycling Tribe.

CHECK IT OUT HERE