Wednesday Lee's ride. We went south to Loveland and then came north along Glade road and back over the hills into town. I knew I could ride hard on such a short course so I bridged to an early break in Loveland and started driving it for all I was worth. I was fairly sure we had the group cracked when someone crashed in the main pack (we were going around a hairpin and could see them behind us). We all sat up, frustratingly. Then a few guys rolled away while we were sitting around.
Ride re-started and I got away with 2 other guys from the original break. We were flying into the headwind but then one guy sat up. Two guys in the headwind hurt but we still had a big gap so we stayed on the gas. I just wanted to make it over HTMP before they caught us so we wouldn't have to handle attacks.
We made really good time up the first climb and picked up Don Spence near the top. Then my break-mate hit the bottom of Marina hard and I let him go (rather ride my own pace than crack halfway up). At the south end of the resevoir one guy bridged up from what was left of the main group. He, Don and I rotated, chasing my break-mate. Just before the final downhill I jumped and got a gap. Went through the two corners on the downhill way faster than the other 3 and caught the guy up the road in the process. He was dumb enough to keep riding hard while I sat on him until about 100m to go at which point it was fait accompli. The fitness is definitely coming back.
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