NICK MULDER RACING

My season is about to wrap up eventhough its only August. My last race is on Sunday, the Ronde van Midden-Nederland a 203km UCI 1.2 race. Im pumped since the form is still good.

Last Sunday I placed second in Ulbeek (Wellen) a Belgian race with 110 starters over 100km. I was pretty active the whole race and ended up attacking at the foot of the climb with about 15km remaining.  4 riders bridged up to me and we managed to stay away. In the last 1km two riders caught me by suprise and attacked. I was forced to close the gap. In the final turn I managed to get in their wheel only to see them both crash on the wet pavement. For me this was a pretty bad situation since I had just towed two riders up to the front two. It was still 300m to the finish. I opened up my sprint but ran out with a few meters to go and saw one rider pass me. Bummer.

Big news is that on september 1 i am moving to Barcelona for 5-6months. I will be following classes at the Universidat de Barcelona. I am super excited to explore this city and train in warm(er) area over the winter! Last winter I broke three bones and put in too few hours so Im looking forward to laying a big base this winter and reaping the benefits next year. But first I am not touching my bike for the month of September! 

From now on I will try to update my blog a little more often and fill you in on my adventures in Spain!!

Adios!