LIMBC stage 4: The King of the Mountain is....Dan McConnell!!!

With an early start of 9am for stage 4 and all competitors taking on the course at the same time chaos was all part of the fun of the 14km of rolling hills before the main 14km climb.

Dan asked if I wanted to go on the attack with him before the hill and with the legs that I had strapped on this was probably a good idea. Dan and I had been violently ill on stage 1 and have been in full recovery mode since then. So we both thought 'what the hell' and I followed Dan's move off the front.

We had a sneaky disguised helper of Andrew Mock slowing the bunch up a little for us which was very appreciated as Dan and I swapped off to get a gap on the main bunch of MTb riders and a guest appearance from Chris Froome. We managed to sneak away to a handy lead by the 14km mark and then we hit the hill...

I instantly knew that the legs didn't have the go in them required to fend off the chasers and told Dan to give it what he had and see if he could snatch the stage away from the big boys.

I was caught at around 8km to go after riding to my heart rate and keeping it under control. I then tapped up the last 7km or so to save the legs for the short track tomorrow. As I crossed the line I herd that Dan had got the stage by 30seconds and the KOM Jersey. Another successful day in the Aussie camp showing that we would have had some real GC contenders if the sickness and mechanicals hadn't plagued our camp.

So that is the latest from Langkawi. Lach stayed in the main bunch and had a few attempts to get off the front but Karl Platt and Burry Stander were all over him. Karl got 2nd and Burry got 3rd on the stage in the end.

Ciao for now, I hope the Aussie crew can light it up again tomorrow :-)