Last weeks race action

Im sitting inside as a tropical rain storm comes down, watching the start of a grueling Giro d'Italia. 

Go the kiwis ! 

Yesterdays stage was pretty impressive with Ryder and Paolini giving it some real gas on the DH to try and distance wiggins and a few other GC contenders in the final run into the finish. 

Any way back on track, it has been awhile since the last blog update and 2 race reports need doing. Also a little bit of drama thrown in the mix for good measure. 

1.2 Hoboken 1st of May

This race was 170km on a really boring circuit (including 4xbigish laps & 6x10km laps), dead flat and a decent amount of road furniture. From the beginning of the race i was having some issues with my chain. The chain was skipping around like a hyperactive kangaroo. I couldn't give it any power out of the corners. So I was forced to just cruise around in the bunch, but that worked out ok because nothing seemed to be getting off the front. 

At the end I found a gear that was trustable and moved up inside the last 2kms. The sprint wasn't dangerous for a change just strung out so i had no chance to really move up enough. 

Ronde van Overjisel (in Holland)

This is the race that had a few problems, on the long 2.5 hour journey to the race i started to feel really bloated and sick. The problem never eased up the whole day and it maybe even got worse in the race. I got 80kms in and then just pulled over. Its never nice to have shitty days like that but you have to deal with it. 

I have put the problem down to a little coffee shot that I had in the activation sesh the day before that may have given me a stomach ulcer. Im not getting too worried & all sorted now so just have to stay away from the real strong brews (for awhile). 

All is looking good for the upcoming weeks. Cheers 

Bit of action and detour in Maschrit(holland)

Add caption: Team before Hoboken (Antwerpen)