Rode with Nell. We timed it very well, and made it to the women's KOM#1 (top of GMR) not long before their arrival, and then had exactly the right amount of time left to comfortably make it to Cow Saddle before the men's arrival there for their first KOM. We saw lots and lots of friends and acquaintances, and Cookie's Corner on the way up to the ski lift was pretty interesting with the loud music and nearly naked guy dancing! Nell had a slight mishap and banged and bloodied her knee again when restarting near the approach of a steep swithback. :-( We reached the finish at the parking lot for the ski lift with too much time to stand around and wait, given the temps, except that Francis spied us and came and gave us VIP passes, so we were able to eat some hot food and drink some coffee, and were somewhat sheltered there. A lot of friends were also inside the VIP area! Pippa and Duncan were also there as Duncan was given 2 passes via Amgen's Breakaway from Cancer initiative, and that could have been a nice coincidence, except Duncan gave me the cold shoulder and so Nell and I diplomatically headed off to another area. Nell rode strong and it was a very good and interesting day! https://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/route-2019/mens-stage-6-may-17-2019