Tom Peterson of Peterson Bicycle flew south on Tuesday February 15th ahead of the Portuguese early season stage race Volta Algarve. Having just finished the Tour Mediterranean Tom had no expectations coming into the race other than to help his team mates throughout the race and perhaps try for something towards the later part of the competition. Unfortunately on Monday the 15th Tom began to feel a bit of a head cold coming on. He raced Tuesday and tried to recover over night but the illness only increased and he was forced to abandon by not taking the start Wednesday morning. Tom said “It’s really a shame. I felt great coming out of Mediterranean and I really was excited to have a go here. Portugal is one of those countries you don’t get a chance to race in often and I always relish the opportunity. Unfortunately I picked up a bug straight after Med and that has only escalated. Perhaps I should have quit the 1st stage half way through instead of pressing to the finish and hoping to feel better the next day. I probably just made things worse.” Tom will fly home on Thursday morning and begin to rest up and recover for his next race: the one day Spanish classic Classica Almeria.
-Peterson’s PR Team
