Had my first 1 on,
Wednesday last week down south in Martigues really nice atmosphere and a super nice course.
Race started at 8.30pm
Not a huge field but heaps of Martigues riders so I knew it was going to be difficult to control all of them. I started out riding super hard and aggressive to try and split a group off the front but kept getting bought back by Martigues, after my adrenalin had worn down a bit I moved to mid bunch and sure enough the good move went away with 11 guys, so I tried my hand at a solo bridge but they were moving.
Ended up getting a nice little lead out from my team mate and got 2nd in bunch kick for 13th. Also nabed 2 primes!
Sundays Crit
Was another 1 down south in the region of Montpellier, we drove down on Saturday evening to stay in Olivier's (DS) parents holiday house. Early morning start still. Was another scorching hot day, so lucky it was a short race only just over 1 hour.
Not heaps to say, apart from it was a really dodgy course and guys were washing out and snapping bikes and hitting building etc.
I placed myself at the front avoided crashes and then me and a few others got away, I was struggling with the heat a bit, but thought I could get up for the win. But with 10 laps to go after doing a full 1km lap turn, I got jumped and didnt have the gas to get back up to him. I suffered around the last 9 laps or so to take 2nd.
Also after the race the FFC(national federation) wanted to do some anti doping.
Normally just a urine sample but today was my lucky day, Blood samples! So after a bit of waiting around (as per usual) I went into some dodge little kitchen to get the blood taken and then sent off.
Thats all
Just 1 race next weekend and nothing through the week which is a tad frustrating when everyone else is ripping into it, but thats life.
KH
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