Just flat and windy...
Landry, FRA to Vallandry, FRA Stage 6 of Valle d’Aosta & brooding
Sunday, September 03, 2006
The last stage was a 10 km time trial effort up to Vallandry. I think it averaged something like 9%, not so much, but definitely a climb not to be reckoned with. For some reason time trials and I don’t correspond. I could be the fastest guy on the climbs during the race, but then I get to the time trial and it’s like I’m going backwards, I’m sure that in normal flat time trials its not this aerodynamic set back that I have it’s something mental that’s not clicking. This is why I’ve done some really good time trials and then some really bad ones too… I think it’ll come with time though, the more of ‘em that I do the more chances I’ll have to mull over what went wrong where and how to fix it. During this one, my legs fell fast asleep with 5 km to go, I fought it pretty good and laid waste in the last ~3km. But in the end it was only good enough for 17th place, the Irish guy from La Pomme who I put a minute into in the last 4km the day before on the climb to the finish won… 2 minutes ahead of me! I ended up moving into 12th from 32nd on the 2nd day.
Now I’m back in Girona. The next race is in 4 days somewhere in France. It’s on a circuit I guess with a couple little kickers, it’s 2HC, so it’s going to be one evil little puppy. It’ll probably start raining too, I guess I'm over due for that though. At the moment Girona weather yields 32 C days.
10.09.2006 - 10.09.2006 GP de Fourmies / La Voix du Nord
15.09.2006 - 16.09.2006 Prix du Conseil Général - Tour de la Somme
28.09.2006 - 01.10.2006 Circuit Franco-Belge
Sunday, September 03, 2006
The last stage was a 10 km time trial effort up to Vallandry. I think it averaged something like 9%, not so much, but definitely a climb not to be reckoned with. For some reason time trials and I don’t correspond. I could be the fastest guy on the climbs during the race, but then I get to the time trial and it’s like I’m going backwards, I’m sure that in normal flat time trials its not this aerodynamic set back that I have it’s something mental that’s not clicking. This is why I’ve done some really good time trials and then some really bad ones too… I think it’ll come with time though, the more of ‘em that I do the more chances I’ll have to mull over what went wrong where and how to fix it. During this one, my legs fell fast asleep with 5 km to go, I fought it pretty good and laid waste in the last ~3km. But in the end it was only good enough for 17th place, the Irish guy from La Pomme who I put a minute into in the last 4km the day before on the climb to the finish won… 2 minutes ahead of me! I ended up moving into 12th from 32nd on the 2nd day.
Now I’m back in Girona. The next race is in 4 days somewhere in France. It’s on a circuit I guess with a couple little kickers, it’s 2HC, so it’s going to be one evil little puppy. It’ll probably start raining too, I guess I'm over due for that though. At the moment Girona weather yields 32 C days.
10.09.2006 - 10.09.2006 GP de Fourmies / La Voix du Nord
15.09.2006 - 16.09.2006 Prix du Conseil Général - Tour de la Somme
28.09.2006 - 01.10.2006 Circuit Franco-Belge
posted by Tom Peterson @ 3:23 AM
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