Brad Huff Cycling

So another phone call from Brad, but I’m not going to try and sound like his words this time…
More tough stages (5 & 6) in one day, a brutal stage 7, and a total count of 3 crashes (2 in a sprint finish) with 6 body parts mangled and 2 demolished helmets for the Tour of Normandie Wonderboy! 
Stage 5 finished with Pate taking an 8th place finish and Brad crashing in the pack? “…into a French ditch!”  Apparently that means nasty and filled with mud since it has rained the last three days and Brad chased back on with one side of him caked in crud!  Stage 6 ended in the next crash as Brad was taken out by another rider while going for a stage win, WHICH of course he would of won!  Clay says: “hmmm, he’s got to learn to fix that…”  So, he now has very scabby elbows,  knees, and shoulders, and 2 smashed helmets.  And then the lovely stage 7–Brad attacks and gets off the front in a 4-man breakaway for about 130 km.  The group gets a lead of about 6 minutes when an attack splinters the 4-man group with about 60 km to go, leaving each man to his own TT until the end.  The course finished on 3 laps of a 6ish mile loop through the town of Bagnoles de l’Orne.  With 2 laps to go, Brad has a minute and a half up on the peloton.  Halfway through the last lap, he’s down to 30 seconds.  “I looked back and could see the racers faces…” FREAK OUT!  Brad finishes in fourth just as the pack catches him!  “You don’t understand how hard it was to stay in the break,” was repeated at least 3 times.  He is currently in 2nd place for the sprinter jersey, behind the race leader, Reus.
Three days in the yellow and green jerseys, two sprint finishes crashed, and STILL a great tour!  One more day, one more day…Best of luck, Bradley!  We in Springtown love you!     

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