"The real story at today's Tour de Georgia was NOT the high overall speed of the winning eight-man break, lead in by stage winner Gianni Meersman of Discovery. The Belgian, also the event's youngest rider, handily out-sprinted the rest of the lead group, who covered the 118 miles and four categorized climbs in a rapid average of 25.95 mph. But to really understand what happened today, you should look to the average of the main field -- 23.44mph -- which well and truly explains the 29:07 gap between the two groups. 29 minutes!"