The event was off the scale we had been here for 2 weeks to limit our traveling, and we watched the event take shape the track change daily.
So our race day rolled around Katie was up 1st at 10.02am starting 2 mins behind the elite women she got down to business early and moved up well, however it turned a bit pear shaped for a lap or 2 losing huge amounts of time to the riders in front, in making some time consuming mistakes (her lap times tell the story). After running around for the first half I watched the end of the race from big screen from here I could rest my legs while watching the racing unfold. I got my lunch and I look up to see Katie had pulled it back together, and pulled back over a min on the group of girls in front of her, her laps only got faster on the last lap pulling the 5th fastest lap time and stomping home for 9th, she had moved up to 8th on the last lap but cramp on the last climb thought 9th place was better. So im stoked for her but she wanted better. :) And I reckon better is what will come with the winner of the race today was only 40 seconds in front of her in the race we ballsed completely up 2 weeks ago in Ostrava....
Katie rolls the inside line moving up in the start lap
On to my hurt fest... 2pm, called up 77th with like 10 rows in front of me and 4 behind I was dreading the start loop it was perfect for the fully grown man to pound me. It was a wide and fast road with 2 power climbs in it, and lots of space for me to move up and back as it was, I was moving up lots but it kinda stayed even with the other chaps rolling around me, the laps were short and we were out to do 7 plus the start lap. After a few mins it went into the 1st single track from the start loop, and it bunched up hard we were barely moving as frustrated as I was there was nothing I could do about it on an 8 min start lap I lost 2 and a half mins, Not Ideal... I was in 100th place. As soon as the track cleared a bit I was on a mission every group I caught I didn't wait a second, I just kept on rolling past and attacking the off my wheel.
Every lap I moved up spots but the damage had been well done by now. My lap times were faster than my position every lap so it is very frustrating to see. I moved up to 77th in the end back to where I started. I had given every thing and got a hole lot of nothing I race with my Garmin and I defanitly was in the red the whole race with an average heart rate of 183 that is my threshold so that was mint to see. So all in all good race not happy with the place though at all. Its a world cup though and its all about the start it always has been so...
Sorry cant sort Videos and pic's now way to tired, and have a splitting head ache I will try do some at some stage just come back and check it out latter in the week.
Chur
Carl
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