
For all but a few, the last 5kms a large bunch ride. Trigar attacked at around 3kms to go. I wanted to cover it alone so waited for him to get a gap and to see if anyone else would chase. I launched my bridging attempt, but that made the group respond. Up the long drag into Roachford the pace was on, finish line in sight, and I led out all the way. Trigar jumped and I had nothing to respond with - he is too fast for me! I kept the rest of the 20 or so riders at bay for second across the line from our bunch and being a 'scratchie' that gave me 2nd fastest time for the day. Not bad, but no prizes for that. Sutherland blew a rear tyre with 100m to go, rest of scratch were somewhere in the mix with the 4min bunch.
So all up, 40.3km/h and over 300W average for 1hr42mins. Hard? Yes, too hard! Saturday night I ended up with a head flu - off to the doc yesterday to see if I can keep it away from my lungs, fingers crossed! Northern Combine ITT champs this Saturday and Mansfield to Mt Buller Thursday week.
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