Originally Posted by
Racer Ex
When you've poured everything you can into a race and your body just won't respond, it's pretty draining. These guys are playing on the biggest stage in the world under a huge amount of pressure, both internal and external to perform. After 5 days at Gila losing the podium spot was totally depressing for a while. I can only imagine how Cadel felt when he got off the bike.
True enough. I've tasted some big defeats, but nothing like that. He'll look back later and be proud of what he's done, but at the moment it's hard to see it.