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[Dorset Boy]

77:37 for Pacific Pursuit yesterday averaging 3.9 wkg during Stage 4

 

[alex_cycles]

77:37 for Pacific Pursuit yesterday averaging 3.9 wkg during Stage 4

Haha that agrees with Eric then. 3.9 is good.

 

[alex_cycles]

This morning's DRS double-header...


View: https://www.youtube.com/live/VZ6PoRF8Pwg?si=5eaBqLdUF8n5DPOw&t=348

 

[mjd1988]

Fun ZRL course finishing on volcano climb was a good end to a decent series.

We didn't really have a consistent team out, I was the only rider to do all races and maybe one other guy did 4. Pipped the final sprint but we finished a distant 3rd in the league series, never really being in it which is a shame. Still, legs feel good and sprint power definitely there. Going to try and have a healthyish November ahead of Christmas to try and get weight down and back in B but it's a tall enough order

 

[13 rider]

Fun !🤢🤢🤢. My team managed 2nd with only 4 riders to top the league by 6 points with a possible rerun of last week's race . All Four of us scored FTS on all the climbs ,I got top FTS of the Jarvis lap by positioning my self just off the back as we entered then getting top 2 FAL as I think a few people were unaware of the lap segment and didn't contest it .

 

[steverob]

This morning's DRS double-header...


View: https://www.youtube.com/live/VZ6PoRF8Pwg?si=5eaBqLdUF8n5DPOw&t=348

What happened on Montmartre Alex? I was watching almost live (you were already on the TT course when I tuned in so rewound it a few minutes to see the start) and clearly you were saving yourself for the segments, which worked great on the sprint, but despite Strava saying you got a PR on the climb, it wasn’t good enough for a top 10? I can only guess that loads of the others were also targeting the climb.

 

[steverob]

For my DRS team, I did okay in the first race; tried and failed a breakaway with the ghost powerup, got minor points at the 2nd and 3rd sprints, then finished mid-pack as I was supposed to be saving myself for the iTT (oops!). Didn’t matter as the rest of my team were on a tear so I ended up not being in our top four scorers anyway.

The iTT was a lot better though - admittedly my type of race but still really happy with how it played out. Stuck to my power plan out the pens ignoring those who raced away knowing I’d grind them down eventually. Didn’t really try on the FTS and still got 9th and at the FAL I was in 4th but it was the same points for 3rd so I didn’t bother chasing the guy 1 second ahead, saving as much energy as I could. Bottom of the climb I was in 5th (teammate had caught me) and I absolutely went for it - 360W for 3 minutes. Passed three riders to finish 2nd, 3rd on FTS (PR by 20 seconds) and 2nd overall on points as well.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyunJkRFWw

 

[alex_cycles]

What happened on Montmartre Alex? I was watching almost live (you were already on the TT course when I tuned in so rewound it a few minutes to see the start) and clearly you were saving yourself for the segments, which worked great on the sprint, but despite Strava saying you got a PR on the climb, it wasn’t good enough for a top 10? I can only guess that loads of the others were also targeting the climb.

I just ran out of juice having scored on all three segments in race 5 and got FTS 1st in race 6, I had nothing left half way up the climb.
I still got third in the green jersey though, having missed Richmond. I possibly might have got 2nd if I'd done that race.

There is only so much you can do. Can't have it all (unless you're a sandbagger, that is )

I did manage 11.8 for 5s and 11.1 for 15s on that first segment in race 5 though. In raw Watts it was equal PR, but I've added 4kg so in W/kg it wasn't.