suntour stage 5
well i woke up this morning and i was shattered, for whatever reason i just didnt sleep well and had bloody sore legs.
the stage on paper didnt look so bad, only one cat 3 climb after 35km, but i found out in the morning that the 2 guys going for the KOM jersey were tied on points, so it was game on.
we hit the bottom of the climb, and i made it about halfway up and then they turned on the gas, i could see it splitting up infront of me and just had to dig hard over the top so i was still in the convoy with about 15 others, and thankfully i did, and spent the decent in behing the SRAM neutral support car ( who was a brilliant guy, on the opening day when it was super windy and there were guys in the gutter in the gruppetto, he would drive the car up beside us so everyone got shelter, and would yell out the window “pulling some good hard laps for you boys today!!!” and he was always on hand with cokes or water ) until we hit the flat and got onto the back of a group, which all eventually formed back up into one bunch.
the cross wind today wasnt to bad, and i wasnt really put into any trouble when it was in the gutter but i just had the worst legs, just a case of getting to the finish and not getting dropped as we were flying along and time cut would only be about 6 min or so.
coming into 10km to go, dream got into a nice wee move and took off for the line, unfortunately he crashed on the final bend when he punctured right in the corner in the rear wheel, and boof down he went. i finished safely in the bunch and stayed upright to live to fight another day, hopefully with a new set of legs. dont think ill get a leg rub tonight, sometimes a hard massage will knock me about and block my legs up. who knows, im just happy that i could grind the day out without getting put into too much difficulty. another day done
the stage on paper didnt look so bad, only one cat 3 climb after 35km, but i found out in the morning that the 2 guys going for the KOM jersey were tied on points, so it was game on.
we hit the bottom of the climb, and i made it about halfway up and then they turned on the gas, i could see it splitting up infront of me and just had to dig hard over the top so i was still in the convoy with about 15 others, and thankfully i did, and spent the decent in behing the SRAM neutral support car ( who was a brilliant guy, on the opening day when it was super windy and there were guys in the gutter in the gruppetto, he would drive the car up beside us so everyone got shelter, and would yell out the window “pulling some good hard laps for you boys today!!!” and he was always on hand with cokes or water ) until we hit the flat and got onto the back of a group, which all eventually formed back up into one bunch.
the cross wind today wasnt to bad, and i wasnt really put into any trouble when it was in the gutter but i just had the worst legs, just a case of getting to the finish and not getting dropped as we were flying along and time cut would only be about 6 min or so.
coming into 10km to go, dream got into a nice wee move and took off for the line, unfortunately he crashed on the final bend when he punctured right in the corner in the rear wheel, and boof down he went. i finished safely in the bunch and stayed upright to live to fight another day, hopefully with a new set of legs. dont think ill get a leg rub tonight, sometimes a hard massage will knock me about and block my legs up. who knows, im just happy that i could grind the day out without getting put into too much difficulty. another day done
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