Got a few more pictures from the weekend:
160 starters and i was happy with 5th after the prologue

First road stage, 100km of flat... A group of 15 got away and at first i was happy to let them burn in the sun...

But then when no one was working in the peloton i tried to get across. Didn't work.

Eventually we closed to within a minute of the break which meant i was in 11th overall over night. A solid team TT the next morning kept me within a minute of the yellow jersey.

Sunday afternoon was too hot. I'm sitting second wheel in the peloton here, about to jump out to get my only KOM points of the weekend.

Cramped up with 30km to go so didn't get to meet Miss Lot and Garonne 2011 or Miss Lot and Garonne 2012.

Given this was the same standard of race as i did back in May where i won almost everything i'm a bit disappointed. Only real difference this time was 25C warmer and no heavy rain.
