Cozza in typically good spirits despite the terrible weatherSteven Cozza was on the front again in the Tour of California today, this time for stage three. Marking an early escape of Scott Nydam, the current KOM leader, Cyril Lemoine of Credit Agricole and Paul Martens of the Rabobank squad, Cozza did his share of work until he and his breakaway companions were dropped one by one on the way up the Mount Hamilton climb by Martens.
He explained just how it was out on the road. “I crashed in the beginning of the race. My teammate was trying to fix my radio. He reached into my back pocket and a Gerolsteiner rider (Bernhard Kohl) came up on my left side and hooked my bars and took me out. Kim Kirchin went down too, he was just layin’ there hurting.”
After getting back on his bike, Cozza was plain mad. “After the crash I was super-pissed, so I just started going with all the break aways and finally the one with the three guys (Lemoine, Martens, Nydam) went away and got a good gap. So I bridged up to them and saw they were just cruising. No one was driving any more than anyone else. Nydam was going for the KOM points and we let him have them, we didn’t care. Then we hit Mount Hamilton and Martens attacked. I couldn’t really hold his wheel so I just got in the zone and got into a good rhythm.”
Cozza didn’t like the Mount Hamilton and Sierra road climbs all that much. “Those were hard climbs, that stage was definitely not meant for me! I think the descent off of Hamilton is too long. We were descending for what seemed like forever. There was too much downhill on this stage.”
As for his teammate Tom Danielson, whom Tyler Farrar called out after stage two as a rider to watch, Cozza explained that “I think Danielson had some lower back trouble. You never know when you’re going to have a bad day. Unless you’re Lance Armstrong, you never know. But we have a bunch of other guys that can ride for the GC so that’s good.”
Cozza has had his share of bad luck with crashes in this year’s Tour, but didn’t seem too concerned with going to the ground. “I don’t know, I’m startin’ to feel kind of like a rag doll. At this point I may just keep it goin’ and not worry about crashing. It seems to be helping my motivation so I may just keep it up.”
After the race was over, the youngster headed back to his hotel room where someone special was waiting for him with a welcome surprise. “My girlfriend Kali is doing great, she brought me a whole pizza, and I ate the whole thing!”
For the rest of the evening, his plan was simple. “I think I’ll go back to my room, comb my mustache and put my legs up.” Rest easy Steven, your fans and Euro Peloton will be looking for the “Mustached Marauder” in tomorrow’s queen stage!
He explained just how it was out on the road. “I crashed in the beginning of the race. My teammate was trying to fix my radio. He reached into my back pocket and a Gerolsteiner rider (Bernhard Kohl) came up on my left side and hooked my bars and took me out. Kim Kirchin went down too, he was just layin’ there hurting.”
After getting back on his bike, Cozza was plain mad. “After the crash I was super-pissed, so I just started going with all the break aways and finally the one with the three guys (Lemoine, Martens, Nydam) went away and got a good gap. So I bridged up to them and saw they were just cruising. No one was driving any more than anyone else. Nydam was going for the KOM points and we let him have them, we didn’t care. Then we hit Mount Hamilton and Martens attacked. I couldn’t really hold his wheel so I just got in the zone and got into a good rhythm.”
Cozza didn’t like the Mount Hamilton and Sierra road climbs all that much. “Those were hard climbs, that stage was definitely not meant for me! I think the descent off of Hamilton is too long. We were descending for what seemed like forever. There was too much downhill on this stage.”
As for his teammate Tom Danielson, whom Tyler Farrar called out after stage two as a rider to watch, Cozza explained that “I think Danielson had some lower back trouble. You never know when you’re going to have a bad day. Unless you’re Lance Armstrong, you never know. But we have a bunch of other guys that can ride for the GC so that’s good.”
Cozza has had his share of bad luck with crashes in this year’s Tour, but didn’t seem too concerned with going to the ground. “I don’t know, I’m startin’ to feel kind of like a rag doll. At this point I may just keep it goin’ and not worry about crashing. It seems to be helping my motivation so I may just keep it up.”
After the race was over, the youngster headed back to his hotel room where someone special was waiting for him with a welcome surprise. “My girlfriend Kali is doing great, she brought me a whole pizza, and I ate the whole thing!”
For the rest of the evening, his plan was simple. “I think I’ll go back to my room, comb my mustache and put my legs up.” Rest easy Steven, your fans and Euro Peloton will be looking for the “Mustached Marauder” in tomorrow’s queen stage!
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