"essendon93" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Well the aim for today was to lead out Gags for a podium finish....just
one problem....No Gags! This meant I had to ride for myself, and quite
frankly I couldn't be stuffed. I was in trouble early when I lost touch
with the bunch after about 6 mins, it took me a while to get going.
Thankfully the bunch eased up after passing D-grade, and I was able to
tack back on. Just kept rolling around until 2 to go, where I was
towards the back, and decided it was about time to move up. I flew up
the hill after the hairpin, settling in to 3rd wheel crossing the line.
Pulled out rounding the sweeper and got to the hairpin in first, with a
couple of riders overtaking me on the inside. Sprinted as hard as I
could and rolled across the line to take my 3rd place....if it wasn't
for bloody Toby getting me on the right, didn't even know he was
there..yes thats right I sat up, and threw 3rd away by 1/2 a wheel.
Still I'm happy with 4th
So Gags you would have had the perfect leadout, maybe next week....then
again I may not be in such a generous mood 😄
Go warwych...first female in D-grade yay 🙂
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essendon93
My second ever crit, so again the thought was just to ride and see how I
went - see if I could hang with the pack this time. Sat toward the back
half of the pack, moved up towards the front every few laps or so, just to
make sure I stayed in touch with the leaders, and didnt fall off the back.
I get the feeling I'm too nice or cautious at the moment, giving way to a
perhaps a few too many riders. I have to practice the hairpin more also,
lose a bit of ground around there.
So I managed to stay with the pack for the whole race, and with 2 laps to
go, I decided to move up closer to the leaders. Pushed up the hill and with
much enthusiasm somehow shot straight to the front of the pack, leading by
about 10 meters orso. I sat up to wait for someone else to jump in front,
and sure enough someone came racing up and overtook me, so I jumped on his
wheel for what I hoped was a nice tow around. As he started up the back
straight, he seemed to lose speed and we got swamped by the bunch again. By
the time we got around to the back straight again, a few riders had already
jumped and I was left toward to the back of the pack, way too far back to
compete so I took an easy spin around and back up over the start/finish
line.
Overall I was really happy with how I went, I guess I have another week to
play with tactics before the break, and hopefully I'll get some time to
practice that hairpin also.
Ash
