NICK MULDER RACING
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So ive finally been able to turn my bad luck this season into another
result. Today I finished 6th out of 110 riders on a challenging course
in luxembourg in the soaking rain.
While my team mates were hanging out in the team bus before the start I decided to go warm up despite the pouring rain. I knew that in hard races like this a group goes and stays away. I wanted to get into the move.
On the first rise on the first of 10 10km laps I put in a attack to test the legs and see if I could create a separation. I got about a 100m and was quickly joined by a continental differdadge rider. Unfornutaley I was totally demoralized when we took the turn and looked further to see a long 3km climb. As I was already riding at my max I wasnt ready to blow up this soon.
Luckily I started the climb with the first because it felt like my legs seized up, the cold rain running over my legs didnt help. On the descent where we were going 90kpu I saw some gaps forming and used my 71kg to fly past the climbers. Across the start finish a group had slipped off the front hovering 10 seconds in front of us. Since my team mate Tjarco was there I knew that it was a good move. I tapped my team mate Tom and quickly flew past our group and bridged the gap. We kept the pressure on and rode the climb at a decent pace, not too hard 400wish. But we quickly got a 1 minute gap.
Fastforward a few laps with 3 to go. I continue to work but a lot of riders are skipping turns. Since Tjarco is really strong I continued to drive the break. A lap later after the decent on a slight rise to the start finish Tjarco attacks and gets away with 3 other riders.
My team mate Tom and I disrupt the chase and they quickly get 30 seconds. Its all out attacking now, I follow and neutralize most of them. On the climb Tom attacks twice and I follow dropping a few riders. Then 5km later at the start finish Tom goes again and I let him get a gap, the rest is almost in tears swearing at me in many different languanges including kazakh
Anyway on the climb its basically 4 vs. 1 but I
cover everything and then go myself and drop the riders in my group.
Eventually finishing 6th, 2nd U23. Snagging a result and 85 euro.
I also got a 5kg pot of Nutella.
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While my team mates were hanging out in the team bus before the start I decided to go warm up despite the pouring rain. I knew that in hard races like this a group goes and stays away. I wanted to get into the move.
On the first rise on the first of 10 10km laps I put in a attack to test the legs and see if I could create a separation. I got about a 100m and was quickly joined by a continental differdadge rider. Unfornutaley I was totally demoralized when we took the turn and looked further to see a long 3km climb. As I was already riding at my max I wasnt ready to blow up this soon.
Luckily I started the climb with the first because it felt like my legs seized up, the cold rain running over my legs didnt help. On the descent where we were going 90kpu I saw some gaps forming and used my 71kg to fly past the climbers. Across the start finish a group had slipped off the front hovering 10 seconds in front of us. Since my team mate Tjarco was there I knew that it was a good move. I tapped my team mate Tom and quickly flew past our group and bridged the gap. We kept the pressure on and rode the climb at a decent pace, not too hard 400wish. But we quickly got a 1 minute gap.
Fastforward a few laps with 3 to go. I continue to work but a lot of riders are skipping turns. Since Tjarco is really strong I continued to drive the break. A lap later after the decent on a slight rise to the start finish Tjarco attacks and gets away with 3 other riders.
My team mate Tom and I disrupt the chase and they quickly get 30 seconds. Its all out attacking now, I follow and neutralize most of them. On the climb Tom attacks twice and I follow dropping a few riders. Then 5km later at the start finish Tom goes again and I let him get a gap, the rest is almost in tears swearing at me in many different languanges including kazakh
Anyway on the climb its basically 4 vs. 1 but I
cover everything and then go myself and drop the riders in my group.
Eventually finishing 6th, 2nd U23. Snagging a result and 85 euro.I also got a 5kg pot of Nutella.
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