24 April 05: World Cup #1, Spa Francorchamp
My goal for this first race was just too try and preserve a reasonable start position for the next world cups. I had not raced the previous two weekends, which I usually need to gain good speed. My body feels like it has recovered from my flu, but I have a very annoying cough that will not go away.
The race course was held on the formula one track, which was very impressive to see. We started on the same start line as they use, which then has a nice small climb before flattening out. I was in a good position until the flat section when swarms of riders passed me as my legs were lactating to the max. I could do nothing, and had to settle for around 50th place into the first singletrack.
From here it was a tough battle of small climbs and very technical single track. I was coughing a lot and even spewed up a few times, so was going nowhere. Finally I settled for 40th position.. a bit of a disaster!
Julian Absalon won, which means he is now olympic champ, world champ, and world cup leader... who can stop this guy?!?! Well, good for Bianchi that's for sure. (As was Di Luca's pair of wins last week!)
Now I really have to focus on getting rid of this darn cough, and trying to get some speed together before Madrid in a couple of weeks.
Bye
Kashi
My goal for this first race was just too try and preserve a reasonable start position for the next world cups. I had not raced the previous two weekends, which I usually need to gain good speed. My body feels like it has recovered from my flu, but I have a very annoying cough that will not go away.
The race course was held on the formula one track, which was very impressive to see. We started on the same start line as they use, which then has a nice small climb before flattening out. I was in a good position until the flat section when swarms of riders passed me as my legs were lactating to the max. I could do nothing, and had to settle for around 50th place into the first singletrack.
From here it was a tough battle of small climbs and very technical single track. I was coughing a lot and even spewed up a few times, so was going nowhere. Finally I settled for 40th position.. a bit of a disaster!
Julian Absalon won, which means he is now olympic champ, world champ, and world cup leader... who can stop this guy?!?! Well, good for Bianchi that's for sure. (As was Di Luca's pair of wins last week!)
Now I really have to focus on getting rid of this darn cough, and trying to get some speed together before Madrid in a couple of weeks.
Bye
Kashi
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