Short, flat stage in Adelaide. Just gotta keep the floor clean and we should have the win.

Breakaway got away. What else is new?

You know, I really like this jersey. Maybe I'll keep it.

Anyway, the break was caught with 25 km to go and it was actually shaping out into a straight forward mass sprint.

3 trains popped up with 5 km to go. Belkin, Giant, and Trek all were up front with 3 rider trains. I tagged along on the Trek one just for the ride.

Sinkeldam surged ahead with his leadout with 1 km to go, and Veelers was in the perfect position. Luke Rowe tagged onto his wheel but didn't have much to come around. Belkin was still there but didn't have momentum, and Trek was slipping fast.

And as expected it was Veelers who pulled away for the win! Rowe, Markus, and Gavazzi fought for the podium spots.

But who cares?! Because I just won the first WT race of the season! What a way to kick off the year! Hopefully it will all be as successful as this race!

Just barely missed out on the KOM by the way. Didn't even notice.

Thank you for reading! Next time it will be February, for Vuelta a la Region de Murcia! See you there!

It's been a month since I last raced, so I can't say I;m in the best form. But this small classic is leading me into the heart of my season, and for that I can't wait! Also, the photo at the top of this post i likely not the actual logo for this race, but as I could not find an image of the actual one, this will do.

Some mountains in the middle and a short hill at the end. We brought a lot of manpower for a small race here, which hopefully will turn the team out for a win. Unfortunately, the team hasn't won anything since Down Under. Hopefully that can change.

As you can see, we put a lot on the table for it. here's the full squad.

However, there is stircit compeition here. Purito is here with Katusha, Kreuzinger with Saxo (Oops Tinkoff), and Horner for Lampre. Among others.

*** Rodriguez, Martin, Kreuzinger
** Horner, Mollema, Gesink, Schleck
* Brajkovic, Duarte, Kiryienka, L.L. Sanchez, Sancho (:P)

See you after the race! Wish me luck!

Some mountains in the middle and a short hill at the end. We brought a lot of manpower for a small race here, which hopefully will turn the team out for a win. Unfortunately, the team hasn't won anything since Down Under. Hopefully that can change. And yes, I just copied that from my preview. :P

We managed to get Howes in the break as an insurance policy.

Up the mountain we built our team near the front, hoping to just keep stable unless it came to something else.

And boy did something else come. Up We though the climb had gone smoothly, until Caleb went back tot he team car after the descent. According to them, Joaquim Rodriguez was up the road, and had 2 minutes!

With 25 km to go, we still had 3 men fresh and ready at the front. Lachlan said he felt good, so he shielded me while Tommy D, who said his legs were mush, used up what he had to try to reel in Purito.

And he did. It's likely J-Rod realized his attack wasn't going to work once the time started coming back. What a shocking attack from the race favorite, but I didn't mind! Before this, the early break had been reeled in easily as well, with Alex not working with them.

Take that Skyborgs! We flew up the mountain! Maybe Danielson's legs weren't so bad after all! Lachlan would take over at the front. There was 3 km to go!

1.5 km to go, Lachlan had cracked and I surged ahead., trying to pull a gap, and I was getting it, but Frank Schleck was glued to my wheel.

But with under a km to go, I accelerated, and he couldn't match the pace!. I was sprinting away!

And I took it! Another win in the record books!

Behind, Schleck just managed to hold off Kreuzinger for 2nd place.

I'm undefeated in overall victories this year! Maybe we can keep that going in Tirreno!

Well that's it. Finally time to start the WT season of Europe, with Tirenno - Adriatico! See you there!