Today we finished the first race of the year and for me my first ever Pro Tour race. We finished of with an 85 km circuit race in the city here. We again missed the main break and had to chase, we are getting pretty good at it, haha, but after that we had it [...]
Failed to post a stage update yesterday because all my attention was directed at maximum recovery for the evening after a hard day of biking. It was said that yesterdays stage may have been the hardest stage in TDU history as it was 140 km of insane cross winds, crashes and chasing. It was on [...]
Another hot stage down under today. The raced covered 145 km with three and a half 20 km finishing circuits which had a 5 km uphill stretch to the finish that we were hoping if raced hard enough could unglue some of the sprinters. The race got going again quick as we got a big [...]
Today marked the first race of the 2009 Pro Tour and things happened quite quickly when a a couple of riders shot off the front straight after the neutral. The pack didn’t seem to interested and let them get a maximum of about 6 minutes over the 140 km stage. Things were a little boring [...]
Last night marked the beginning of this years Tour Down Under, although not counting towards the overall it gave the chance for riders to open up the legs a bit and for the sprinters to flex their muscles. It was a fast circuit of just under 2km that was packed 6 deep by spectators the [...]
The first race of the season is always an interesting one, especially this year as this will the earliest I have ever raced on the road not to mention at the Pro Tour level. There is still an ora I am getting used to with races at this level, riding in a field made up [...]
Yesterday was a real scorcher, 27 Celsius at 8 am and high of 42, it felt like a hair dryer blowing in your face all day long. We rolled out at 8.30 am and the last 20km of the 4h ride was the hottest temps I have ever ridden in, applied sunscreen 3 times on [...]
