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Omloop van Medel
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Well let me quickly fill you in on whats been up since my last update.
1. Im out of school. Yes! Summer! Looking forward to my family visiting and going up north to the farm for a weeks.
2. Omloop van Medel 182km
Sweet u23 race through Dutch poulders and on dikes. Not too much wind so echelons didnt play a huge role. My role was to get in the break with my team mate Yannick. Basically I attacked from the gun and got away for a while. Was brought back, then we turned onto the dike and it was just a flurry of attacks at speeds above the 55. I somehow ended up being in most of them but nothing got away. I had to bridge three times which really took it out of me but it ended up being useless. Unfortunately my first attack I drove it really hard through a pothole and cracked a carbon rim. Ended up riding like that for 50km, rubbing breaks everything. Didnt notice it until I switched it.
Once I got back to the field through the cars the winds started picking up, this was after 100km. The peloton got slammed into the gutter and gaps started forming. I quickly rode to the front and went with a few attacks. A group of 9 formed in front of us with a team mate and the national champion. I was 50m from closing the gap but just couldnt make it. Then a group of 6 caught me with a rabobank and the leader in the u23 competition. We drilled it and it was pretty obvious I was strongest but the cooperation was bad and the rabobank guy wasnt doing shit. After a good hour of chasing we got to the local circuits which we had to complete 5 times, the gap was less than 30 seconds but grew again as riders were skipping it turns.
Then on the final lap of the local circuits a big group with most of the continetal riders bridged up. I chilled and attacked as hard as I could with 1km to go but got pulled back with 10m to the finish. FUCK. oh well finished 19th, but I had legs to win. My team mate finished 3rd. A good day for our team.
The following day was another u23 classic and I felt great but the rain was terrible that the race was extremely sketchy. I rode the first kilometers in the first row which didnt make it bad but as soon as we turned onto the cobbles I flatted and my race was more or less over. I rode back to the last group but since the cars werent allowed to pass I had to ride back with these losers...I basically pulled a group of 30 around for an hour. We averaged 50kph for the first 2 hours and couldnt close the gap to the peloton. Damn cobblestones.
At least the chase showed that I wasnt tired from the day before because I hit 367 avg and 390 normalized for my peak 30min. Again...had legs to win.
I will update more when im back from "training" more like riding from coffee shop to coffee shop
1. Im out of school. Yes! Summer! Looking forward to my family visiting and going up north to the farm for a weeks.
2. Omloop van Medel 182km
Sweet u23 race through Dutch poulders and on dikes. Not too much wind so echelons didnt play a huge role. My role was to get in the break with my team mate Yannick. Basically I attacked from the gun and got away for a while. Was brought back, then we turned onto the dike and it was just a flurry of attacks at speeds above the 55. I somehow ended up being in most of them but nothing got away. I had to bridge three times which really took it out of me but it ended up being useless. Unfortunately my first attack I drove it really hard through a pothole and cracked a carbon rim. Ended up riding like that for 50km, rubbing breaks everything. Didnt notice it until I switched it.
Once I got back to the field through the cars the winds started picking up, this was after 100km. The peloton got slammed into the gutter and gaps started forming. I quickly rode to the front and went with a few attacks. A group of 9 formed in front of us with a team mate and the national champion. I was 50m from closing the gap but just couldnt make it. Then a group of 6 caught me with a rabobank and the leader in the u23 competition. We drilled it and it was pretty obvious I was strongest but the cooperation was bad and the rabobank guy wasnt doing shit. After a good hour of chasing we got to the local circuits which we had to complete 5 times, the gap was less than 30 seconds but grew again as riders were skipping it turns.
Then on the final lap of the local circuits a big group with most of the continetal riders bridged up. I chilled and attacked as hard as I could with 1km to go but got pulled back with 10m to the finish. FUCK. oh well finished 19th, but I had legs to win. My team mate finished 3rd. A good day for our team.
The following day was another u23 classic and I felt great but the rain was terrible that the race was extremely sketchy. I rode the first kilometers in the first row which didnt make it bad but as soon as we turned onto the cobbles I flatted and my race was more or less over. I rode back to the last group but since the cars werent allowed to pass I had to ride back with these losers...I basically pulled a group of 30 around for an hour. We averaged 50kph for the first 2 hours and couldnt close the gap to the peloton. Damn cobblestones.
At least the chase showed that I wasnt tired from the day before because I hit 367 avg and 390 normalized for my peak 30min. Again...had legs to win.
I will update more when im back from "training" more like riding from coffee shop to coffee shop
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