That was tough!

We rode the Vuelta version of the etape yesterday and it was the first time I've ridden the puerto de monachil. It is a tough climb, not very long but even with my girls 39\ 27 gears I was standing more than I was sitting just to turn the pedals. As if that wasn't enough after the massive descent back down, they sent us back up to the ski resort via Guajar Sierra, more standing on the worst climb I've ever done. I got to the top with jumping gears and a chain held together by half a pin. After a shower and some lunch we watched the prologue around the streets of Granada which was great. Alberto Contador was getting mobbed every where he went: by me and my club mates .