Temporarily leading the race around lap 3 of 8, closely followed by the eventual winner Rob Purcell
By Ed.
Weather: sunny
Ground conditions: totally dry
Race duration 50 mins
Key features:
(1) long climb
(2) twisting section through woodland, perhaps 20-30 turns inc at least 6 hairpins.
(3) 3 dismount barriers positioned on a hairpin
(4) long flat field section with headwind (road tactics applied here)
Starting position on grid: 4th row
Finishing position: 2nd (46 seconds behind winner)
Highlights:
The start was a full body contact sprint experience as I went from around 40th position to 4th in 2 mins.
Woodland section involved switching from full gas to cerebral riding within a few seconds. Very easy to get lines wrong.
Final hill – blew the 2nd place rider away with a full on sprint from halfway up followed by Kamikaze descent which included tripping over the barriers and going flying! Held on for the place though.
Effort 10/10
Video. Appearances at: 1.47, 5.43, 7.10 and 8.37
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