Went to Childers for this race over the weekend. The 74 km course had to be changed to a slightly shorter (but harder) one at the last minute, due to the 140 mm of rain that fell over night. There were 42 starters and the front markers had 36 minutes head start from the scratch bunch. I was in the third last group to leave, 11 minutes in front of the scratchies. Scott Davis (who has just finished a long career as a pro with Team Astana) was in my group. Scott is an old mate so it was great to catch up with him. He's still as strong as an ox. Our group worked very well and we never looked like being caught by the two groups behind us. We caught everybody except four front markers who stayed away. I ended up in a big group of about 25 and finished 3rd in that group up a very hard uphill finish for 7th overall. This was by far the best I have felt in a race so far and am very pleased with how things went.
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