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Old 05-16-19, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Radish_legs
Tuesday Night Crit last night B race (my 4th of the year) - 2nd.

Was in something like 3 breakaways, very taxing race, and poor awareness on my part in terms of what was actually going on behind me. But it worked out reasonably well. 2nd time in a row I have come in 2nd. Still have never come in first in this B race. But if I keep at it, one of these times it will work out. The video is the last 5.5 laps, with voiceover. This is my first race since switching from stem from 110 to 140, and putting on 38cm alum aero handlebars. Hard for me to know what the difference is with this setup versus me just being tired and not super sharp. In other words, my power numbers were not so great, my sprint not so great. But it was tiring to be near the front and following attacks the whole ride. But looking at the numbers again. 291w normalized for 40 minutes does indicate I think a fairly hard effort.

Nice awareness of the tailwind and timing of the jump. Did that well. Keep knocking at the door and it'll open at some point!
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