The dirt road wasn’t that bad. The gravel is packed in pretty well. It wasn’t that wet and there were only a few corners where there was a little bit of mud. The hardest part was that you couldn’t stand much out of the saddle because you would lose traction. For me, it was like a rest day, but it will be decisive for the top GC guys. Anyone who’s not on it will lose time.

-Steve Cummings, Team Barloworld

The final kilometer in four and a half minutes! Contador running a 34×30!

Obviously I don’t follow the Giro closely, though I would if it were like this more often. As is there’s too much certainty, makes road racing too much like golf.