Gila--Day 1 Time Trial

Overall, a good day of the team. I placed 6th (39:47) and am 1:30 down on time. Other times for the team are:
Jones: 4th (38.59)
Cole: 9th (39:59)
Hamilton: 15th (40.30)
Iles: 17th (40:38)
Alex: 46th (43:17)
Kris: 52nd (43:58)

There were 84 starters, and 82 finishers. I had my best time trial ever, and was able to catch 5 guys (less than 2 seconds from a sixth). More importantly, I rode a good pace the entire course, stayed aero the entire time, and stayed focused.
Alex and Kris were the two guys on the team who didn't have aero equipment other than clip-on bars, so their times were nothing to be ashamed of. I heard second hand that Hamilton dropped his chain off his front chainring twice, and had to stop at least once to fix it. Given this, he had a excellent ride to place 15th! Now the climbing starts.
Yesterday was kind of crazy with stuff to do before today's stage, so sorry for not much info. I should have better race descriptions of the other stages, so keep checking back.