Ride Saturday, August 20

Saturday’s ride from Starbucks will start at 08:00, as usual, and the route will be Revenna Trail counterclockwise. It should be cool with mostly cloudy skies. The wind is expected to be light from the NE again, so you’ll have a cross headwind for most of the first half of the ride, which means you’ll want to do a counterclockwise rotation to share the work. Remember, that it’s fastest for everyone if you keep a steady pace that everyone can do without getting dropped. As the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race.

The Vuelta a España starts in less than a day with a team time trial on the first day, so watch that to see how to do a good pace line and how even the best in the world can drop riders early and pay the price with a slower time. The race starts in Utrecht, which hosted the world championships last year, then it moves to Spain during the first rest day, Monday.