Highlight reel:
01:08 Start!
02:25 Hard downhill drive – I was trying to stay efficient
04:40 Oooops! Slipped off the back
05:45 My penalty for trying to do as little as possible!
06:20 back on – match burned!
08:45 Learning not to hang at the back – especially when Burrito used
17:40 Let’s all complain about the pace of the start of this race (voice and messages) 🙂
19:00 I’m outed as points leader 😀
23:40 Ghost attack made the group panic and surge – no intermediate sprint points here
29:55 Feisty Joe!
36:35 Ramp out of the Desert puts manners on early breaks
39:00 Last chat before things go nuclear
40:15 Out of the saddle and up the hill!
41:50 Tired legs from this weeks threshold sessions starting to complain and I sit and drop the power
42:35 Decide I need to hold onto these riders so continued the burn
44:00 Strangely, I managed to flush out the legs and up the wattage again
44:40 Recovery, at last – I had a man up the road, no need to work
47:55 last uphill drive to hold the bunch
50:00 draft draft draft
51:30 back together, teammate back in the bunch
51:55 I spot a ghost attack (Kinning Cycles) and move to the front to signal the group early
53:10 Lewis cramps – attack “unrewarded” 😀
53:20 CN!D calls team orders and sends two riders to the front to chase the attacker
54:35 CN!D get the rider to within 2s and calls off the work
54:50 CN!D launch one of their riders up the road to the attacker
55:20 Flamme Rouge – 1km to go!
56:30 Finish lols