Felt pretty strong today - I guess a good night's sleep helps! Started the day in the 5th or 6th group and after a few km's dropped the peloton and rode hard to catch the front group. Was in the first group to hit WP 1 at the 63 km mark after ab 1 hour 45 minutes or so. Then took it easy for a while, but.the legs just wanted to gallop, so off I went chasing peloton to peloton. Hooked up with a group of 3 who suggested we ride echelon due to the cross-wind. Rode.with them for a few km's until I lost them when they took a wrong turn at a round-about just before WP 2 at the 92 km mark. I waited a bit but turns out their way was a shortcut... I got to the WP but didn't see them, so not sure if they carried on or what. Eventually, one of the guys showed up... Then rode easy with a group for a bit, but I couldn't sit back on the hills, so ended up doing my own thing. Passed a few pelotons - I always tried to lead, and would hover at the front, but they never wanted to follow, so I would press on. Caught up with another couple of guys who seemed fast, so rode with them for a bit, riding nearer to the centre of the road when it was my turn to maximize the draft in the cross-wind but eventually dropped them at about the 154 km mark. Caught another guy on his own with about 20 km to go, so suggested we take turns leading. We pushed hard into the strong wind until the last km or so. That worked really well. What a great day - a tough wind with lots of rolling hills, especially the last 125 km's or so, but the legs felt good and I like a bit of a fight! 😀 Got 3 Top 10 trophies, and was 1st for the day on one of them which was a 3 km climb.