Did another road race this past Saturday. Racing Pro 1/2 is def a different animal. Saturdays race was a hilly course so it suited me well. I decided I was going to make something happen instead of waiting. We came to the first climb which was fairly long and avg 12%. I moved to the front and tapped out a mental cadence holding steady at around 16.5mph. This put alot of people in the red but I didn't attack as most would be expecting it. About 1/2 mile later there was a steep short climb(18%) but not one you would expect an attack on. So I went. A couple of guys jumped on my wheel and I heard "he have a gap, let's work". We started do short balls out pulls rolling in the low 30's. The gap held at 15 seconds forever. Slowly but surely the gap grew. The wheel truck was pulled and was now behind us and we started getting time checks from the moto. The gap grew steady to 2:30 seconds. Came down to 3 of us at the end. To my dismay the finish was a down hill finish and a 50 mph sprint is not a good thing for me. I was happy tho with a check and on the podium.
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