Just got back from racing the fastest race of my life. It was a 112km of road the on to this really tough finishing circuit with crazy steep climbs.
As i was lining up at the start i was looking around at the amount of riders wearing arm warmers and vest when i was 30 deg. I have heard its so the cover up bruises etc on arms so it is pretty easy to spot the cheats.
The race started with very high speeds as everyone wanted to be in the break.
First 10km Average speed 56kmph
First hour of racing av 48
With the race so fast it was hard to hold good position. I was hanging in the peloton fine until a guy in front of me came across onto my front wheel I rubbed it for a bit until hitting the deck and bringing another rider down, the other guy that came down in the crash then started to kick my bike which was pretty gutting because i was still on the ground.
I pulled out because bike was pretty screwed. The rest of the team made it to the finishing circuits but where dropped and made to pull out by the fast moving broom wagon.
Pretty amazing experience though as riding with some top teams and Italy itself is amazing will put some pics up of the place we stayed.
chur
