NICK MULDER RACING
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Yesterday was the 3rd U23 classic of the season, de Hel van Voerendaal. Yes it was hell.
Our race was 10 laps of a 15km course which featured 4 climbs. The longest climb 1.4km was the fromberg and was where everything really was supposed to go down. But in the end it was the strong crosswinds that really made the race hard.
I felt good the first 5 laps, strangely my pre-race motivation had dissapeared and I was often seen near the back. Every lap, every climb, every windy section, gaps formed and I unrelentlessly closed them. The hardest part was that the feed was at the top of the first climb with 15% at parts but totally open to the wind. So if you were chilling in the back you would have come out of the peloton to the side the wind was blasting from to get your feed. I took one feed and missed the other.
In the end with 2 laps to go I started feeling the fatigue of all my actions and the lack of fluids which resulted in some pretty bad cramps. Up the fromberg I had to let the peloton, at this point no more than 45 strong, go. It was pretty demoralizing because I should have been there and could have if I had a) drank more b) raced in the front. Lessons learned...I guess.
It was however an end to my string of bad luck which have included 4 crashes that have highlighted my spring. Hopefully all the bad luck is out of the way and now I can concentrate on getting results.
Check out the "photo gallery" for some pics of the race...
Later
Our race was 10 laps of a 15km course which featured 4 climbs. The longest climb 1.4km was the fromberg and was where everything really was supposed to go down. But in the end it was the strong crosswinds that really made the race hard.
I felt good the first 5 laps, strangely my pre-race motivation had dissapeared and I was often seen near the back. Every lap, every climb, every windy section, gaps formed and I unrelentlessly closed them. The hardest part was that the feed was at the top of the first climb with 15% at parts but totally open to the wind. So if you were chilling in the back you would have come out of the peloton to the side the wind was blasting from to get your feed. I took one feed and missed the other.
In the end with 2 laps to go I started feeling the fatigue of all my actions and the lack of fluids which resulted in some pretty bad cramps. Up the fromberg I had to let the peloton, at this point no more than 45 strong, go. It was pretty demoralizing because I should have been there and could have if I had a) drank more b) raced in the front. Lessons learned...I guess.
It was however an end to my string of bad luck which have included 4 crashes that have highlighted my spring. Hopefully all the bad luck is out of the way and now I can concentrate on getting results.
Check out the "photo gallery" for some pics of the race...
Later
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