Great seeing you race with Rob again - his attack at the end really got the pack working and you did great holding on until the finish - and you beat him!
It’s always fun to race with him, he definitely animated this one a lot! I know he easily beats me in a sprint finish, he was just trying to go for it all, but I’ll take it 👍 fun race overall
I just did this race with more than 150 people and the same as in your race the attack started 2.5 km before the end. I couldn't keep it up for that long. 10th place is great. Congrats !!
Yeah, it’s a flat course but that small climb starts at the 2.5km to go mark. Anyone who has some extra energy or not a great sprint will most likely go from there. It’s a pretty successful strategy to take away everyone’s sprint, certainly left me with nothing left 😅
Hey, it’s great having you back in B, I hope that means this is the first of many races to come! I enjoyed watching back from your perspective as well 😀 you were as efficient as ever, even with your two big attacks
Yeah, I can’t say I know anything about bicycle maintenance. Might be something to look into now that I’m biking more often 😅 the noise is the chain rubbing on the front derailleur whenever I try to put bigger watts down.
Man your heart rate is very similar to mine in these races. Mostly z4/z5. Is that something that can be worked on? Would love to be able to ride some races in mostly z3/z4.
I think it’s a mix of having a naturally high heart rate and also being undertrained 😅 Unfortunately in these flat races, there’s just no recovering once my HR gets too high. Being in the bottom of a category power-wise just makes it a brutal struggle, so I’m sure training more would help alleviate that haha
Haha, I had no idea live that I beat him, thought he was gone! He’s so strong, but good to have him back in B animating the races 👍 really enjoyed racing with him
@@CaedmonCycling I think he was a bit overoptimistic that the bunch would let him get away with it, but it was certainly entertaining. After he blew out you are passing him just after 27:04 (the guy with the Afro and the blue Zwift jersey on the left of you)
Everyone going at different time always. Great timing for the sprint. Great result 👏
Yeah, it keeps in interesting for sure! Whenever someone goes long, it immediately becomes a sufferfest to the end 😅
Great seeing you race with Rob again - his attack at the end really got the pack working and you did great holding on until the finish - and you beat him!
It’s always fun to race with him, he definitely animated this one a lot! I know he easily beats me in a sprint finish, he was just trying to go for it all, but I’ll take it 👍 fun race overall
Unlike me, you knew your power-ups. Thanks for shouting out on what the steamroller does 😅
Yeah steamroller is one of the lesser seen powerups since it only works on cobbles. But still good to know 👍
Top 10! Awesome!
Thanks! I saw you got a podium in last week’s race, keep it up 💪
I just did this race with more than 150 people and the same as in your race the attack started 2.5 km before the end. I couldn't keep it up for that long. 10th place is great. Congrats !!
Yeah, it’s a flat course but that small climb starts at the 2.5km to go mark. Anyone who has some extra energy or not a great sprint will most likely go from there. It’s a pretty successful strategy to take away everyone’s sprint, certainly left me with nothing left 😅
Top 10!! You really pushed through the last 1.8k - well done.
Yeah, that was a brutal finish and I just had no sprint in me 😅 that’s 3 straight top 10s though. I’ll keep building!
Great to race with you at last!! I was thinking it would’ve been nice to tell you my plan, but you knew well in advance!
I’ll be back to get my revenge!
Hey, it’s great having you back in B, I hope that means this is the first of many races to come! I enjoyed watching back from your perspective as well 😀 you were as efficient as ever, even with your two big attacks
Well Done Dude, That was a Great race!! 💪
Hey thanks, congrats on the awesome result!!
Your bike sounds like it needs some love C.
Yeah, I can’t say I know anything about bicycle maintenance. Might be something to look into now that I’m biking more often 😅 the noise is the chain rubbing on the front derailleur whenever I try to put bigger watts down.
@@CaedmonCycling I worry you’re losing some valuable wattage with that sound 😀
Man your heart rate is very similar to mine in these races. Mostly z4/z5. Is that something that can be worked on? Would love to be able to ride some races in mostly z3/z4.
I think it’s a mix of having a naturally high heart rate and also being undertrained 😅 Unfortunately in these flat races, there’s just no recovering once my HR gets too high. Being in the bottom of a category power-wise just makes it a brutal struggle, so I’m sure training more would help alleviate that haha
You beat Rob! (has obviously nothing to do with him killing himself while trying an MVDP breakaway 🤣)
Haha, I had no idea live that I beat him, thought he was gone! He’s so strong, but good to have him back in B animating the races 👍 really enjoyed racing with him
@@CaedmonCycling I think he was a bit overoptimistic that the bunch would let him get away with it, but it was certainly entertaining. After he blew out you are passing him just after 27:04 (the guy with the Afro and the blue Zwift jersey on the left of you)
I know he would’ve easily beat me if he just sat in for the sprint, so I’ll take the win where I can get it 👍
How the hell do you stay with the pulse of 190 for so long? Jesus 😮😢
It’s definitely not sustainable up there haha, I was struggling 😅
Well done. But if you can still tell us 'I've nothing left' you do have something left.
That is true, I like the way you think. There’s always more left, it’s just my brain telling me that there’s nothing 👍