Matson 300 Team Camp: Day 2

Team started out together today and headed up Unicoi Gap. A very nice ~10 mile ride to the top of the gap, with about 6 of that classified as climbing. Over the top we went to new road that the Tour de Georgia will be using. When I say "new", I mean I haven't been on it before, but Owl Creek Road ended up providing an interesting little climb that the pros will have to traverse right before heading up Brasstown.

Owl Creek is a nasty little climb of maybe a mile or so, but relatively steep. If the peloton hasn't split by this point of Stage 6 of the TdG I would imagine the attacking here would be fierce.

After Owl Creek the team split into 2 groups. One group wanted to go up Brasstown, while the rest wanted more distance and steady climbing. The long group did four gaps and ended up with 70+ miles for the day, while the Brasstown group ended with only about 45 miles after a newb in that group nearly puked trying to get up Brasstown.

Did get some more video though coming down Woody's Gap. The TdG will descend this same mountain, though with a closed road I am sure they will be moving a lot faster than we did.