Oliebollen ride

🏃 10 mile (nearly)

Stof happen

Hansl

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P. 23, first placed in the group finished p. 11

Happy with the result. Not happy with the cramps towards the end. Especially as this is the first stage of 6. Probably because of the first hot day of the year in combination with too much caffeine. I train a lot to cope with exactly this, but it hasn't helped really.

The race plan was to stay in the main group until the final long climb. That plan went well on the first climb, I sat relatively relax in the first group. But the plan started to fall apart in the decent. I had to avoid a crash, which resulted in a chase on the flat towards the second climb, costing a lot valuable energy. On the second climb, I had to let the first 15 go. As we approached the last climb, few riders were disturbing the group for their teammates in the lead group. As a group of 7 we attacked, and I was able to ride away from that group on the climb and reach the top in 11th .
This was probably not the smartest thing to do. In the 40km downhill to the finish, the wind was coming from the front and I had the most serious cramps in a long time. Most of the group came back and I finished in the group, which means a lot of energy wasted.

Tomorrow time trial. Not by best discipline and a bit worried after the cramps of today. Need to work hard on my recovery 😴

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