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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Riverside, California
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Bikes: Trek 2100 Road Bike, Full DA10, Cervelo P2K TT bike, Full DA10, Giant Boulder Steel Commuter
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It really sucks being off the front.
I did it in my last race to win a prime... slightly over 2 laps off the front was very very hard. Time trialing skills are super important but even more is your anaerobic and muscular endurance skills. Once I was off the front doing 27 - 29 MPH solo I was already well above LT so I just went harder and harder.
The reason I was able to stay away though is I have 100 percent confidence in my cornering and bike handling skills, I was taking corners at 26+ MPH solo with no problems. I was able to at one time get 1 minute of the entire cat 5 field.
Do not go right away, feel the field, see when they slow and that is when you strike. Once you get a gap then just go as hard as you can, the more gap you can put on the field the better you will do...
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