The morning stage was the first criterium of the tour and it was balls to the wall from the gun! Attacks were coming quick and fast. I tried to get away a few times but missed the main move.
The break went out to 20sec before fly v got an express train firmed at the front and bridged the gap in 4 laps! With 3 laps to go I blew a tyre and took a lap out, then I snuck in on the last lap and rolled in top 10. This didn't count and I was relegated to second bunch :-(
For the arvo stage I tried to bed borrow and steal a tyre from other teams with no luck. Brodie gave me his Zipp well and it was game on again.
Stage 5 was comparatively flat with one climb 5k from the finish. My legs were rubbish, but I still tried to launch off the faint and Gilbert it off the print for a sneaky break away. I went too early and blew mid way up the climb confirming my suspicions of crappy legs.
I almost didn't tuck back in with the bunch but held on to finish with the main peleton.
The stage was easier with fly v controlling the pace after a break got away.
Hopefully I can get something happening in one if the up and coming crits :-) should be fun anyway.
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1 comments:
not quite mountain biking is it?
Still time to get those legs right
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