Cows 'n stuff

I've got some 12 hours before the start of the worlds now. To say that I'm a tad nervous is abit of an understatement... I took a look at the start list and there are 178 riders, previously 180 before two of the Brazilians were caught doping. I presume that the whole race is going to be exceptionally nervous with the wide variety of fitness and experience within the peloton. You've got guys from Africa to Korea to Indonesia who you could guess and probably be right that this is their first race of the year... Then you've got the euro bunch who'll be racing like everyone's been racing in europe their whole life. So it'll definately be a wicked little ride.
On an entirely different note, I've noticed that this place is totally covered in flys. At any given moment at least 5 "house flies" can be spotted in a room, and they'll probably all be on your arm. I presume that this is due to the over abundance of cattle in the area. Whatever, I guess... It's just that I seem to have got the one room by the boiler room so it's quite hot and I prefer to open the window to allow for the cooling effect to go into action... of course the flies come in... so it's a lose, lose situation...