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.