| Tour Francia 08 - 1º Rest Day |
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| Monday, 14 July 2008 | |||
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After ten days of competition, we have reached a rest day. This a day that gives you time to do a lot of things. We have tried to keep the same routine as a competition day, but we exchanged the competition for a press conference with all the media present in the Tour de France. In this press conference, evaluations are made about the ten stages that have already been raced and some are also made about the next eleven days leading up to our arrival in Paris. It is a day with plenty of interviews and these are mainly personalised, which means that you have to give the same answers to the same questions rather a lot. It is nice however, as the press like to personalise their interviews and to do each one according to their own style, which makes the day entertaining. It is also a very important day for the team and for riders who may feel a little overwhelmed by the press. After the press conference, which lasted around an hour and a quarter, we had a bite for breakfast, got changed and went out for a little “bike ride". We did this to remember how you feel on the bike and how your legs can ache. Today we were accompanied by our sports directors, who joined us on their bikes. I hope that this outing will help them make decisions in a calmer way when they're sitting in the car. After the training, which lasted an hour and a half and around 50 kilometres, we ate lunch and this was almost identical to the meals we have before or after races on competition days. Afterwards, we were awarded with the token prize of a little siesta in our beds. Normally we have to do this on the coach, as there are many journeys to the hotel after each stage. Afterwards, as always, we had a massage, physiotherapist session and started to think about tomorrow’s stage.
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