What a week 5 races in the last 7days an my birthday. Here's a pic of me up the road yesterday chucking a bottle off.
Start off with last wednesday the last race of the series at Dienze I was leading into this race but all turned to custard on me as legs were good but wheel wasn't so lets just leave it at that.
Thursday was slightly better with a 15th place in a race in Deerlijk.
Friday and Saturday just did some nice easy rides.
Sunday was my Birthday so of course had to have a pre race meal from the bakery today man it was delicous.
Race was at Knesselare which was a good 1hour ride up the cannal to get there.
I had a bad start to the race puncturing with in the 2nd lap so managed to get a wheel change and time trial back on which lucky for me was the peleton slowest lap of the race but in saying that there is no convoy so it was a solid effort.
Spent the next lap at the back, started moving through up to the front as saw it was starting to split up so got to the front and started to roll with team mate Mario to break the field up an sure enough that happen caught the front of the race.
Kept the pace on then that pack split down to 6 of us with 4laps to go so that stayed away 2 more went off the back so there was only down to 4 of us where they sort of Tag teamed me as 1 of the dirty belgies had paid the others out and I didn't know as they weren't racing like they usually would if they had done that.
So basically 2 of them went up the road an 1 just sat on me so I tried making him roll by letting the gap go out to maybe 300m with 2k to go but he just sat there so pulled it down to 50m with 750m to go then swung over he still would roll through. So left it to 500m where I went as fast a possible flying past the 2 guys with 20m to the line unfortunately the other guy who had a free ride rolled me by few cm.
So close yet so far away.
Tom sorry about the wheel that I borrowed after I punctured spoke loosened up during the race lucky it was only just hitting the brakes a real little bit unlike the other day.
Not to bad of a way to celebrate your birthday.
Had a nice we dinner that night to celebrate as well.
Now Monday was pretty good race as well ended up getting up the road at the start of lap 2 with a group of 4 of us but shortly was down to 3 then he punctured an I was just down to 2 where we were caught mid race by a group with 6 so there was 8 of us then that end up only been 5 going into the final lap so after going into the sprint led it out for team mate Mario as had arrangement with him. He Won I finished 5th and got 4 primes so was nice day at the office once again.
Well deserved rest day today.
God Bless
Chris
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