Zelzate 17/4/2011Hi Everybody,
I have had a rather interesting time these last few weeks....
Firstly may as well start off at the race in Evergem Belzele, was a mid week race with alot of starters which made it particularly hard on this circuit as was mostly narrow roads wit
h a little wind thrown in there to make it a little harder. Any how that race wasn't to be ended up spending the last lap trying to catch a break which didn't happen as other riders didn't want to work so ended up 14th in the end. The next race was on Saturday which meant just takening it easy for the few days in between. Dikkebus was a race over to the west from where I am living altough I was feeling good made a mistake and ended up making a touch down giving myself some nice little grazes so thats enough said about that race onto the following race which was much better at Zelzate on Sunday.
Started the day unsure about racing so rode gently out to see how the wounds were while I was riding, so after a little 20k ride out to the race found that they weren't cause any major problems started the race.
It was a hard race in the respect of the wind on the main road and the number of corners, however I missed the split of riders and there was 5laps to go with nobody real working hard in the bunch to bring it back, so I took off by myself in pursuit of the front group which was not an easy feat, after 1lap chasing had come to within sight of them then with nearly caught them by the end of the second lap when the anouncer said that I was just behind them, they got round the corner and put the hammer down so I spent another lap time-trailing before finally catching them with just under 2laps to go so after that effort just sat on the back and waited they were all getting icthy on the last lap attacking each other and about 1k to go, I took off and nobody followed so came round the last 2 corners clear off the field and put my head down a sprinted all the way to the line where I took my first victory of the season.
The next few days spent recovering and letting the body heal up before racing on Thursday in Bellegem, which was a nice race on what would be considered a hilly circuit for a Belgium race, unfortunately there was alot of starters which made for alot of crashes which I managed to avoid this time however came to the 2nd to last time up the hill gave it all I had but couldn't managing to get across to the front group so ended up just rolling in with the main bunch. Anyway wasn't long till the next race in fact Saturday so just went for a nice easy few hours on Friday. Kalken on Saturaday was a nice race and had a 600m stretch of cobbles in it just to break things up. Anyway line up on the front and took off from the gun as my legs felt great, after a few laps went by a break of 10 riders was established and I was in it and picked up nearly all the primes on the end of the section of cobbles, but coming in to the last lap took it easy and was preparing for a solo effort on the cobbles to the finishline but before I got there disaster strikes as my front derailleur broke the chain came off and twisted up so had to watch the race disappear, so fixed the derailleur and went for an easy ride on Sunday.
So Monday is usually a rest day but not today in fact we had a race in Waddinxveen in Holland a Crit which was 50laps on a small circuit with 8 corners making it vital to stay in the front of the bunch anyway e
arly on in the race picked up a super prime and a little prime before yet again my seat rails broke this time making a rocking chair with 30laps to go so I just stayed seated and used the gears a bit more to stop the seat from breaking completely any way with just 5laps to go had moved myself up to the front where a split happen with 5 of us away, so coming round the last corner in 3rd wheel shot past the guy in 2nd but could quite get the guy who won so with a broken seat not to shaby effort 2nd. So had a rest day Tuesday and race Wednesday in Herzele which again was a gaint field of 199 riders so spent most of the race in the break but unfortunately didn't stay away so ended up finishing in the bunch, as for the last two days have just taken it easy and enjoyed exploring some new roads. Today raced in Valdegem which was race that was pretty hard cause of the wind and feely tight circuit 5.5k 22 times so it turned out to be a bit of a race of attrition which suited me as never further back than about 10th place so think it was with 5 laps to go the last split which unfortunately missed it and had to do a little time trial to catch them and so on the last lap with 1k to go went for a solo effort as had Mario up there as well so the other guy had to chase me which he did and wasted his energy so Mario got the Victory and I settled for 3rd so was a nice way to end the week.
Anyway thats it for now.
God Bless
Chris
I have had a rather interesting time these last few weeks....
Firstly may as well start off at the race in Evergem Belzele, was a mid week race with alot of starters which made it particularly hard on this circuit as was mostly narrow roads wit
h a little wind thrown in there to make it a little harder. Any how that race wasn't to be ended up spending the last lap trying to catch a break which didn't happen as other riders didn't want to work so ended up 14th in the end. The next race was on Saturday which meant just takening it easy for the few days in between. Dikkebus was a race over to the west from where I am living altough I was feeling good made a mistake and ended up making a touch down giving myself some nice little grazes so thats enough said about that race onto the following race which was much better at Zelzate on Sunday.Started the day unsure about racing so rode gently out to see how the wounds were while I was riding, so after a little 20k ride out to the race found that they weren't cause any major problems started the race.
It was a hard race in the respect of the wind on the main road and the number of corners, however I missed the split of riders and there was 5laps to go with nobody real working hard in the bunch to bring it back, so I took off by myself in pursuit of the front group which was not an easy feat, after 1lap chasing had come to within sight of them then with nearly caught them by the end of the second lap when the anouncer said that I was just behind them, they got round the corner and put the hammer down so I spent another lap time-trailing before finally catching them with just under 2laps to go so after that effort just sat on the back and waited they were all getting icthy on the last lap attacking each other and about 1k to go, I took off and nobody followed so came round the last 2 corners clear off the field and put my head down a sprinted all the way to the line where I took my first victory of the season.
The next few days spent recovering and letting the body heal up before racing on Thursday in Bellegem, which was a nice race on what would be considered a hilly circuit for a Belgium race, unfortunately there was alot of starters which made for alot of crashes which I managed to avoid this time however came to the 2nd to last time up the hill gave it all I had but couldn't managing to get across to the front group so ended up just rolling in with the main bunch. Anyway wasn't long till the next race in fact Saturday so just went for a nice easy few hours on Friday. Kalken on Saturaday was a nice race and had a 600m stretch of cobbles in it just to break things up. Anyway line up on the front and took off from the gun as my legs felt great, after a few laps went by a break of 10 riders was established and I was in it and picked up nearly all the primes on the end of the section of cobbles, but coming in to the last lap took it easy and was preparing for a solo effort on the cobbles to the finishline but before I got there disaster strikes as my front derailleur broke the chain came off and twisted up so had to watch the race disappear, so fixed the derailleur and went for an easy ride on Sunday.
So Monday is usually a rest day but not today in fact we had a race in Waddinxveen in Holland a Crit which was 50laps on a small circuit with 8 corners making it vital to stay in the front of the bunch anyway e
arly on in the race picked up a super prime and a little prime before yet again my seat rails broke this time making a rocking chair with 30laps to go so I just stayed seated and used the gears a bit more to stop the seat from breaking completely any way with just 5laps to go had moved myself up to the front where a split happen with 5 of us away, so coming round the last corner in 3rd wheel shot past the guy in 2nd but could quite get the guy who won so with a broken seat not to shaby effort 2nd. So had a rest day Tuesday and race Wednesday in Herzele which again was a gaint field of 199 riders so spent most of the race in the break but unfortunately didn't stay away so ended up finishing in the bunch, as for the last two days have just taken it easy and enjoyed exploring some new roads. Today raced in Valdegem which was race that was pretty hard cause of the wind and feely tight circuit 5.5k 22 times so it turned out to be a bit of a race of attrition which suited me as never further back than about 10th place so think it was with 5 laps to go the last split which unfortunately missed it and had to do a little time trial to catch them and so on the last lap with 1k to go went for a solo effort as had Mario up there as well so the other guy had to chase me which he did and wasted his energy so Mario got the Victory and I settled for 3rd so was a nice way to end the week.Anyway thats it for now.
God Bless
Chris
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