The afternoon stage was super hard with climbing as soon as the flag dropped. I was happy to see search2retain colours in all of the early breaks.
Luke Fetch, Jake and I were counter attacking off the front of the race with some good success. I managed to get a small gap with a few other riders which made the climbing much easier early on as the bunch smashed it up the rolling hills.
When we hit the main climb it ramped up to 20% and my legs did not have the required go in them to hold the front group of GC riders. I was again in the second group and we just rolled over towards the finish.
Luke Fetch on the other hand had what it took to climb into the front group and then attack the GC riders with 20k to go!
He was with a super strong Russian and another rider. Fetchy managed to hold off the peleton and sprint into 2nd at the end of the 'Queen' stage of the tour.
It was another fantastic result for the team and we proved we have what to takes in all forms of the National road series.
More criterium action tomorrow morning which should be fun and another road stage in the afternoon which should mess with my legs and mind once again.
Peace out for another day over in Sunny Tasmania.
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