Pre race
I felt good from the win the day before, but also very aware of the effort I had put into that race and the heat of the day. It was about 29 degrees that day. The race was 62 miles 4.5 laps of a rolling course!
The race
I wont lie I did not feel great for the majority of the race, my legs felt alright but I think the heat was getting to me! Luckily my team mate came to my savour and went back to the team car twice to fetch water, I was so so so grateful she did or I am sure I would have pulled out of the race.
My positioning wasn’t all that great throughout and I sat at the back a bit too much because I wasn’t feeling it.
With about 1.5km to go I was still too far back, another rider launched an attack I think to also move up the group rather than to go off the front. So I just followed her wheel so I could atleast move up. It was a large field so I did not want to start the sprint near the back but thought it better to be at the front and have people come round me rather than have to move round others. She led me out for about a km and then others started to come up around so I just tried not to get blocked in on the left hand side. Overall, I was really pleased to finish in 7th place.
Unfortunately, just behind me in the sprint with about 600m to go there was a horrendous crash with some riders being seriously injured, I hope they all have a speedy recovery!
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