At this you can tell that most riders are rather tired, and our hero is struggling quite a bit too. Tough stages and only the bravest will survive past these climbs.
For the third year we return to Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt, the tour where we took our first general classification victory. It is a back to reality check as our rider is in quite poor form after the Giro, and the body is protesting a little bit at the start. Will we be able to ride ourselves into fitness?
A new contract needs to be signed, as well as warming up for the Vuelta by going to tour of Utah. We hope to find some good form there to be ready for the challenges of Spain.
The Vuelta a Espana starts. Our team sends the worst Time Trial team possible and the first stage is a Team Time Trial stage. My desperate ride to try and get the team to go faster does not help as it makes the team break apart.