Posted: Mon Apr. 19, 2010 10:04 am
Quick race report. The day was beautiful. Sunny and 50 with a little wind. The race course was beautiful. Nice and dry, except for a very short section of mud, fast, but unfortunately not much climbing and almost no technical sections. I have put a lot of focus on climbing and have gotten much better at it so was hoping there would be more.
Race started out very cramped and I got stuck behind a bunch of people that don't know how to ride. They kept crashing on twigs or running into trees, so the first half of the first lap I spent passing a lot of people. Second lap started and I wasn't very far behind the lead group. I started pulling them in and made my way up to 5th place. I was happy to see that my climbing training was paying off as I was actually catching people and passing them on the climbs. Coming towards the end of the second lap, my legs started cramping and I just suffered through it for the last 5 miles. 3 people that I passed on the 2nd lap ended up catching me and finishing 6, 8 and 23 seconds ahead of me.
Finished 8th, 3 minutes back from the winner, so I was happy.
"If you brake, you don't win." Racer Mario Cipollini
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