Giro di Jersey
Hello readers,
Laura and I did the Giro di Jersey points stage race. Laura was coming around after being sick, and I was using the race as a good preparation for Fitchburg. Coming into this race I wanted to race aggressively so no one had an easy time during the race. There were three stages spread over a long weekend.
Friday was a 15K TT on a rolling course. I managed 3rd. and Laura was right there in 4th. Not bad considering that was her first road TT, and she did not use a TT bike.
Saturday was a 32 mile RR on a pretty flat course with one stair step climb in it. We did 3 laps on a 10.75 mile circuit. I planned to make the race hard on this climb, and I got away on the second lap for a while, but the field chased me down. With Laura's help, I tried the same move again, but a few of the riders were ready for the move so it did not work. The race came down to a field sprint, and Laura won! I got 4th. Laura moved up to 2nd in the overall classification, and I maintained 3rd.
Sunday was a 20 mile circuit race. It was 8 laps on a 2.5 mile circuit. The start was early (8am) which meant we all did not get a whole lot of sleep. In the beginning a launched a few attacks, but the group was ready. The group did not want to have a hard race so when riders were not attacking we were pretty much coasting. I was going to launch an attack with 1K to go, but since we were racing so slowly the group would have been rested enough to react to the move. So I decided to wait for the sprint. I wanted a clear run to the line so I lead through the last two corners, and from the last corner it was 300M to the line. That is long way to sprint, but I give it a try. Laura and another rider (Jacki Crowell) were able to come around me, but I held on for 3rd. Laura won again with a tremendous, and moved up to first overall! I maintained 3rd overall.
It was a fun race, and was good to meet Edwin Bull who manages VanDessel Sports. He raced the pro 1,2,3 race. Juice Plus was able to give a good showing on top of our VanDessel bikes!
Rachel
Laura and I did the Giro di Jersey points stage race. Laura was coming around after being sick, and I was using the race as a good preparation for Fitchburg. Coming into this race I wanted to race aggressively so no one had an easy time during the race. There were three stages spread over a long weekend.
Friday was a 15K TT on a rolling course. I managed 3rd. and Laura was right there in 4th. Not bad considering that was her first road TT, and she did not use a TT bike.
Saturday was a 32 mile RR on a pretty flat course with one stair step climb in it. We did 3 laps on a 10.75 mile circuit. I planned to make the race hard on this climb, and I got away on the second lap for a while, but the field chased me down. With Laura's help, I tried the same move again, but a few of the riders were ready for the move so it did not work. The race came down to a field sprint, and Laura won! I got 4th. Laura moved up to 2nd in the overall classification, and I maintained 3rd.
Sunday was a 20 mile circuit race. It was 8 laps on a 2.5 mile circuit. The start was early (8am) which meant we all did not get a whole lot of sleep. In the beginning a launched a few attacks, but the group was ready. The group did not want to have a hard race so when riders were not attacking we were pretty much coasting. I was going to launch an attack with 1K to go, but since we were racing so slowly the group would have been rested enough to react to the move. So I decided to wait for the sprint. I wanted a clear run to the line so I lead through the last two corners, and from the last corner it was 300M to the line. That is long way to sprint, but I give it a try. Laura and another rider (Jacki Crowell) were able to come around me, but I held on for 3rd. Laura won again with a tremendous, and moved up to first overall! I maintained 3rd overall.
It was a fun race, and was good to meet Edwin Bull who manages VanDessel Sports. He raced the pro 1,2,3 race. Juice Plus was able to give a good showing on top of our VanDessel bikes!
Rachel
posted by Juice Plus+ @ 7:36 AM
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