We got a little bit of a break today. That is it was head wind for the first 30k’s so it wasn’t from the gun. But, as soon as it turned right it was a full gas party and if you could ride in an echelon you were invited. I made the second echelon at first which then caught the 1st group for a short period of time. Then we ended up changing direction like every 2k left, right, left, right. I came into a roundabout and got slammed into the long way around and that was it for my good position. I later crashed and then got spit out the back of the second group. I was pretty lucky in the crash barely even got a scratch, unlike Nydam yesterday, who DNF’d and spent the evening in the hospital getting checked out. He’s alright just allot of road rash and bruises. But, Bovay crashed out and broke his collarbone today. Not good. Were losing a guy everyday. Wind, Sun, Chaos, dudes wear all white and woman wearing all black, seems to be the theme of Qatar so far.

We went 12th yesterday.

Met and road with the Eddy Merckx today. Qatar is flat and windy. And under constant construction day and night. The roads are nice though. I think we took a total 6 turns in 3 hours as well as a u turn. Flat, straight, and windy. 16mph on the way out 30+mph on the way home. Scott even wore his helmet today.

We just got into Qatar last night. Were staying in the Ritz Carlton Qatar. Nice!

Camp was good. Were heading out today and tomorrow. The guys are looking good and the management and equipment look even better. I feel like we really accomplished allot this last 10 days are on track for a good season. All the guys get along well and everyone seems to take their role seriously. We road kings ridge today with Levi. It was a pretty hard day of steep pitches. A good way to end the camp. Now all the guys who are getting ready for Qatar are going home for a week and then heading out over to Switzerland for a team press shindig before heading down to Qatar. But, yeah, everyone seems to be in good form and good spirits.

Nydam is especially going well, which is good but, the problem is that the better he gets the more righteous he gets. Which isn’t always a problem cuz I usually just put him back in his place but, it gets hard to challenge his whit when your going cross eyed up a hill and can barely breathe let alone talk. So, yeah this might become a problem.

But, yeah it was a good day and a good camp. I am excited for the start of the season.