Rouvy – GRC Sunday Race: Colle Monte delle Forche, Italy.
15.8km
293m climbing
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Feel a little tired following yesterday afternoon’s Stelvio race and racing Colle Tre Faggi a few hours ago
maybe some bonus routes if the stream doesn’t break
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race starts 11:06
11:39 my 5 seconds of glory – briefly making my way to the front
15:15 I allow myself to get caught so that I have a group of riders to work with. At least that was the initial plan.
by 16:03 I have dropped down to 20th and allowed that group to take the lead.
bit of steep section when I launch an attack and I am down to 13th place by 18:24
10 second breather after the last attack. I had two riders level with me at 18:27 to at 18:36 I launch a second attack. I knew that they would be tired too, so just a matter of willpower.
23:06 This is my 3rd race in 24 hours – including two mountains (Stelvio yesterday and coll tre faggi this morning). I gave my full effort to both races, so at this moment my legs are tired and my heart rate has been above threshold for most of the race. I am a few metres from the top of the climb and my only goal is to begin the descent before getting caught. I have a 15m gap with two chasers
27:18 descent is over. On the flat / undulating section for the rest of the race. 6.5km to go . I let myself get caught again to benefit from some drafting.
28:26 think i just ran out of energy and lost a few places. My own fault for slowing down a minute ago to work with a group
Alex catches me at 29:51 and is moving fast. The other two are over a hundred metres ahead, so I have no choice but to jump on Alex's wheel and try to work with him.
36:00 Alex and I are still working together, slowly gaining ground on the two ahead of us. at 36:08 they are close enough to launch a full effort attack and catch. 30 seconds later and I have just passed them. Just a short descent and then a short climb. This is were my pre-planned final attack was going to take place – on that final climb (indicated by the orange mark on the route profile – bottom right of the screen).
37:50 final sprint. 120m to go. Rider a few metres ahead of me
46m to go I am level with them. 2 secs later and 10m ahead