I'm not going to lie, I am a little surprised and excited about some news I received last week. The following was emailed to me from Cycling Queensland:
Now I want to be really clear and say that I didn't request this. The state handicapper reportedly completed a big review of all the gradings and made quite a few changes. This is obviously based on some of the good form I showed at the recent Battle of the Border tour.
I am absolutely stoked about this! It means that racing will be a LOT harder now, but this has been a goal of mine for a long time and to achieve it makes me very happy. February 2012 = Masters B, May 2013 = Elite A. You have to be happy with that!
So my first Elite A outing was the Metropolitan Championships. 115 km (five laps of a 23 km circuit) with some nasty little hills. I rode pretty well, but went out the back door on the third lap. I wasn't alone though, and looking at the result sheet only 27 / 54 got to the finish.
I'm really looking forward to more racing against all of these nineteen year old whippets!
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