Well on Sunday I had the Top Simpson Junior RR. I was expecting it to be much tougher and so stayed in the bunch saving myself for when would really string out and split. The last lap suddenly came and I realised I should show my face a bit! It had come round very quickly. My idea was more to keep it together for Jonny at the sprint but someone sat up and a gap formed, I swept up a few guys and formed a break of around 7 for about a minute but this got brought back. Gutted.
A lap before I got caught in a crash at the feed station, it happened just by Jonny, and just in front of me, I didn’t come down but the peleton split with me on the wrong side and so I chased to get back on thinking it would split and annoyed I was on the wrong side. As I got back on the front group slowed and it all got back together anyway.
Then when I wanted to go again half a lap later, I got boxed. The bunch sprint I half heartedly attempted and didn’t lead Jonny out as he was on the other side of the bunch: quite a few basic errors by me. Jonny had the legs for the bunch sprint and perhaps with a bit of luck would have got it. It was close I think. He got 4th giving him 17th.
Next race is Oltey support race and then the Nationals. =)
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- Me towards the front of the peleton.
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- In the middle, with the bar tape unravelling which is now fixed!!
Tags: Junior National Series
