The U23 riders form Clif Bar (Blake, Joe, and I) had a nice beating by the Trek and Garmin development teams in the U23 Road Race. The circuit is rolling with some tough little climbs, and the teams set a steady fast pace to keep the early breaks in check. High altitude and dry dessert heat kept us uncomfortable.
I attacked midway through the race to form a break of 3 with a strong Bissell. We were taking even pulls, but we never got much of a gap and got reeled in 10 miles later...
After that, I realized that I had decent legs, and tried to conserve, but also not get gapped off as riders were getting popped on every rise. 8 bottles of water, and 6 shot blocks later, I was still hanging on. On the last lap Joe was still with me but not feeling well. Going over the last climb with 5km to the finish there was Ben King off the front and then a Garmin and another dangling just off the main field of about 30. I had legs to move to the front, but then got stuffed to the back after a flurry of attacks.
It ended in a lame bunch sprint of twig-ish climbers--pretty entertaining--I ended up 24th
I attacked midway through the race to form a break of 3 with a strong Bissell. We were taking even pulls, but we never got much of a gap and got reeled in 10 miles later...
After that, I realized that I had decent legs, and tried to conserve, but also not get gapped off as riders were getting popped on every rise. 8 bottles of water, and 6 shot blocks later, I was still hanging on. On the last lap Joe was still with me but not feeling well. Going over the last climb with 5km to the finish there was Ben King off the front and then a Garmin and another dangling just off the main field of about 30. I had legs to move to the front, but then got stuffed to the back after a flurry of attacks.
It ended in a lame bunch sprint of twig-ish climbers--pretty entertaining--I ended up 24th
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