Tour of new braunfels 3s. Field stacked 75 deep supposedly 60 miles. 2x 30 mi loops.
First half rolling, but net climbing. Second half rolling, but net descent.First 10 mi I was dying but eventually my legs opened up. The goal was: don't do anything n the first lap, wait for a break with slipstream dev kids to go on the second lap.Well, a couple got away and stayed away on the first lap. Plan now destroyed, second plan: experiment try to get off the front. Halfway through second lap, I jumped. Got about 10 seconds on the field and stalled there. I was in my iab being very aero. Eventually I couldn't hold it and got swallowed.
I was absolutely astounded at how quickly I recovered.. Like 1 min later I was back to normal ready to go again. The key to this race was that with a big field you get stuck in position - narrow roads.
So, although I was ready to go again, I didn't get the chance until about 6km to go. 4 of us jumped and got a gap. Two guys just died during their pulls... Myself and the other jumped Around and kept going, but were caught not too long after
The finish was a **** show. No open road and about 40 survivors jockeying for position. I made a big effort at 1200m to go, then a guy came around and knocked my handlebars out from me. Kept it up, rolled in 15th.
I was never in trouble. Lgs felt amazing. I concentrated on doing as little work as I could. Happy. Bottomline: I need more experience off the front.