Taylor Phinney rode 9.2 miles (14.8km) in 16min 36secs at an average speed of 33.2mph (53.5kph). Levi Leipheimer wore his bib shorts over his jersey (more aero) as he didn’t have a Mellow Johnny’s skinsuit (not allowed to wear Radioshack kit in an NRC event) and only lost 2 seconds. I did neither of these things at any point during the stage and that is all that I have to say about that.