The Always Present Horner

This year's Tour of Lombardy was a pretty moderate affair, in part because of the lack of stars at the starting line, in part because I'm sure for many riders it has been a long season. But it was very nice to see Chris Horner back in a European race again. As always, he was there to race. Whether he expected to contend for the win I'm not sure (he may have been trying to set things up for his teammate Brajkovic), but he did make a gutsy move on the penultimate climb, one only Cunego and one other rider was able to follow. And he was still in the front lines on the final climb. By that time, the only guy in the field I've ever been in a race with, Mike Friedman of Pittsburgh, had probably already abandoned.