Raced the 80 km Avanti Handicap at Lowood yesterday with about 220 other punters. I was very happy with my group / handicap (I felt very comfortable). I was in group of about 15 riders, chasing 20 minutes to the front and 17 minutes in front of the scratch group. Our group dwindled to 7 riders by 20 km, but we worked really well together (with just a little verbal encouragement / abuse from self). We ended up sprinting for 19th (I came 2nd in our group sprint and was 20th overall). We were actually only 22 seconds off 2nd place at the end and if you hadn't worked it out, we didn't get caught by anyone; which is always nice. Great news is that top 20 paid so I was in the coin! The second photo is actually my bunch finish. It was nice to have a strong sprint in this race as I have been finishing awfully up until now.
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