Tom Boonen as we all know and Mara Abbott at Redlands.  Abbott crashed and broke her collarbone early on, lost the jersey to Kristen Armstrong in the ITT and held on for second yesterday.  Tough woman.

A couple of seconds associated with no shame at all.  Both despite crashes that would pout most on the sidelines.

I have long seen Abbott as a class act.  Like Boonen, she just rose another notch in my book.  (I am a fan of her because she climbs like I do except God gave her the body of an elite rider instead of a barely Cat 2.  We even look similar on the bike uphill - except that grace bit.)

Ben