I have been kindly offered a guest team spot with Toowoomba's Team TLD Racing for this series. I expected the standard of racing to be well above anything I have done so far on the comeback trail and I was right.
Stage 1: 15km Individual Time Trial
49th place (108 starters) in 22 min 25 sec. Just like last week at Ipswich, I just didn't 'fire'. Not a great course for me (was quite hilly) but all the same, I just didn't perform like I should. Not a total disaster, but not great either.
Stage 2: 105km Road Race
We did the same course from the time trial seven times. The hills were not especially steep (all done in the big chain ring) but the pace was very fast which made it tough. I was caught behind a HUGE crash with 1km to go so was given bunch time. There were two riders away and seventy or so of us left in the main bunch, so I was pleased with that finish.
Stage 3: 105 km Road Race
This was a 20km loop we did five times with a small circuit to get to the course. It was much harder than yesterday with a nasty little climb we crossed five times. I was actually dropped on lap three and did a mad dash through the convoy to get back on. A large group of fifteen rode away and I finished in the main group of about sixty or so riders. Like yesterday, I was very happy to finish in the main pack; especially after getting dropped at halfway.
So overall, I'm feeling pretty pleased with how it went. An 'okay' time trial and two solid bunch finishes in some very good company. I need to get that time trial right though...
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