Brad Huff on the Tour of MO

Brad Huff--hailing from Fair Grove, one of the few native Missouri riders in the Tour of Missouri this year--gave his impression of the 2008 Tour on his new blog:

I am so glad to have made it through this years Tour of Missouri with much better results and performances than last year. I do not know if you all realize, but this was WAY harder than last years tour as we had to heavy hitting teams going after the big overall victory. Several days in a row the pace was well above normal, even to the fact that one of the heavy hitting Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas came up to me and stated “in America…50% Hematocrit….NO!…..60%!!!!!!….this is crazy!” yes, yes it was Roman! It was great to have such a powerful group this year and for me not to get totally shit canned! I am in such a better place both mentally and physically than previous and it showed.