3a - timetrail 13,6km
result: 25th
feeling: heavy and lazy legs
mood: dissapointed

3b - 92km with 755hm (hight meters)
result: 12th
feeling: better, helped Kirsten from my team to a 3rd place in the sprint
mood: better 

Tomorrow
last stage: 98km with two climbs, one 3rd and one 1st category
after race: dinner with my Baskian familly :)

Emma

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Another top 10 place on todays stage…
Attacked on the last climb and got a good gap to the peloton.
Luperini jumped up to me and short after that Vos, Hausler and Guderzo came… Couldn´t follow their tempo and had to let go :( But better to try and lose than to never try at all!
Tomorrow we have timetrail in the morning from 13,6km and then a stage of 82km in the afternoon.
So keep your fingers crossed.

Result stage #2.

Emma

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So short, only 76km.
First stage is always hard, have two traveldays in my legs and for me it´s normal to struggel a bit on the first day.
Had two climbs in todays stage and after the first one I was in the first group together with 13 riders. The finish was uphill and my legs was a little bit in shock on the top. Especially when the other girls started to sprint…
Finished 8th 1.14 min behind Marianne Vos, who attacked 18km from the finish.

Result stage #1.

Emma

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After a long trip in car to get here it´s nice to be back… Back to where I have spent alot of time with my first professional team, Bizkaia.
Last time I was her it was to celebrate the wedding from my old teammate Maitane and her husband Joseba. Best wedding ever!
And now i´m here again, not for a wedding (I think!) but for the stagerace, La Bira. We start tomorrow and last day will be Sunday. Did this race three years back and I really liked it, even though I spent most of the time in groupetto…
Hope for some nice days of racing and some good results!

Emma 

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