Schedule: Friday: 10:45am SGT, Thurs: 9:45pm EST (27th December 2019)
Race Reoprt:
It was kind of last minute decision to race this since it was a short course and featured the fearsome final 2 km.
Ok, signed up "B" as always (been meandering in there for very long) and found the competition were not there until the final minute. Prior that, I had already done my warm up in London map so its all systems go.
Boom! Off the blocks I quickly settled into my TT pacing and kept the w/kg steady while checking out my competition. ADI from Team Poland and Mike Watson were the closest 2 rivals on this race. So I had to look out for them.
First 6km blam went uneventfully then came the finale climb. The moment I hit the gradient my lungs went into overdrive. Telling myself to stay calm, I kept my breathing more controlled and soon its an evenly spaced out effort to the top.
At the finish line, I went for a full on sprint to the line. Only later did I find out Watson has pipped me by 4 seconds for the B win.
Nevertheless, pretty happy to carry the weight of our Asenders Team [AsC] into this event and still managed a 2nd place on the podium.
Here are some nice screenshots of the beautifully renditioned Bologna map.
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