Originally Posted by echappist

After two laps, tried to get a breakaway going, but no one was working, and pretty soon a ten second gap was caught by the pack. Third time up, i just spun my way up, only to realize i have opened a 5 second gap. I thought, WTF, and gunned for it. Surprisingly, no one chased, and i did the invisible handlebar for most of the lap. At the end of the fourth lap, i think i had a 20 second gap. Coming to the last climb, i was pretty exhausted, but spun my way up with a few out-of-the-saddle efforts. I thought i had a good 10 seconds opened up, so i sat up, did a quick celebration, and people were like, they are coming up. I hurried my ass over the finish line for first with 3-5 seconds to spare. This could have been embarrassing.