mjd1988
Guru
Oh sorry yes agreed! Definitely some, hopefully most, are legitimate
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Oh sorry yes agreed! Definitely some, hopefully most, are legitimate
mjd1988
Guru
View: https://youtube.com/live/c6Kw_rnQZkU?si=lt-c8MkiMerFArUF
This poor guy is v strong but seems to miss the sprint after the legsnapper and the front group forever. Then bram drops back and takes every prime from him and his team
Wow that looked brutal, even though Paul was putting out excellent power numbers up the LS, he was dropped like a sack of spuds. As usual though he clawed his way back into lead group. There was a massive slow down before the mountain climb- expected with the heat I guess.
Bloody good result 👏
Bloody good result 👏
mjd1988
Guru
And fastest flat sprint, legsnapper and 20 minutes KOM by some distance...
I was dying up the second half of that final climb! I took an opportunity to build a 30 second gap on the main group before the climb but couldn't hold it. I was starting to cramp so had to just spin as best I could because if I tried to stand my quads said a big "NOPE"! Great team effort though on a brutal course
HCT had two separate teams in our league but raced tactically together (and on the same Discord chat). In the earlier races they even all had the same kit and just "HCT" in their name so it was very hard to differentiate the two teams. They were told by race control to have ne of their teams change kit for that final race (which they didn't seem too happy about!).
Going into this final race they had 1 team (Auxiliaries) top of the league by just 1 point, and the other (Comets) 2 points above us in 3rd place. So were racing to cement 1st & 3rd overall.
As you can see from the video they raced tactically as one team again, with Comet riders pulling on the front for Aux riders and deciding their finishing order at the end.
I guess there's no rules against doing that but I've not really seen it before in ZRL and I'm not sure I like it! It seems that just by the luck of your club having two teams in the same league you can use that to your advantage and use riders as domestiques or maximise finishing points for a particular team, which seems a little unfair - or a t least not in the spirit of things.
Anyway, as it turned out, despite their tactics the Auxiliaries dropped to 2nd and the Comets dropped behind us to 4th so it didn't work anyway!
mjd1988
Guru
I'm sure my garage wasn't the warmest, it was 17 degrees which was roasting for me but I know London was 10 degrees higher, but I really felt it on that climb! Id gone for pretty much all 6 segments before it so knew I'd suffer but I basically stopped for a while before recovering later on. I actually should have done a bike change on reflection...
I had terrible night sleep last broken with hayfever and waiting for daughter to arrive home from Prom. Got to bed at 3.30am
Wasn't feeling great, convinced myself I'd feel better once got going.
The Chop around Scotlands Loop.
Long time since I had to slump over handlebars for 5 mins after event
Dropped from lead group just as Bs came through. Glad to be honest
View: https://youtu.be/223wtIv8_g8?si=h7o-qd9CI0BiwGyZ
Wasn't feeling great, convinced myself I'd feel better once got going.
The Chop around Scotlands Loop.
Long time since I had to slump over handlebars for 5 mins after event
Dropped from lead group just as Bs came through. Glad to be honest
View: https://youtu.be/223wtIv8_g8?si=h7o-qd9CI0BiwGyZ
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alex_cycles
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- Location
- Oxfordshire
I saw Michael @mjd1988 in a race this morning. It was the latest Z racing. I managed to stay with the Bs up the first two climbs and got dropped at the start of the third. Michael stayed with that group and ended up beating me by a minute well done.👏
View: https://www.youtube.com/live/_OdQUatO1-U?si=sRyf89FJ5VefqsoG&t=218
View: https://www.youtube.com/live/_OdQUatO1-U?si=sRyf89FJ5VefqsoG&t=218
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alex_cycles
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- Location
- Oxfordshire
I watched your event, the two climbs make it a tough event. You did well to hold onto and beat those riders who caught you.
They were working well together on the third climb (second part of second climb, really), so it would have been rude not to get a bit of parasitic draft off them. Each time they edged ahead I figured it was worth burning matches to stay on. Then we had a lovely rest supertucking on the descent and a flat finish.
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