The final stage of the Adelaide tour was set to be flat out. The Budget Forklifts team was only 11 seconds from the lead with Blair Windsor, yet Euride still had three riders on equal time in first position. The KOM and sprint king jerseys had not yet been decided which made for a fast days racing.
Everyone lined up early trying to get prime position on the front of the bunch and fighting for that front position made for a quick start. Straight away I was pushed to the back, not the best position yet nor is it the worst. Being near the front was where everyone wanted to be which is the cause of crashes, ridiculously slow corner speeds and a lot of unnecessary power being wasted. On the back I was able to leave some distance and corner faster, roll a lot more often and just relax, not having to waste the brain power was something I had been working on of late. Attempting to move up one lap I reached the top 30 riders up the Gorge Rd climb and this gave me confidence for later on. I slipped back towards the rear of the peloton and reassumed what I was doing before.
Only 7 laps into the 22 lap race just after the finish line I had another bout of bad luck with a rear flat. No lap out so when I had the rear wheel it was go time, chasing and chasing but no luck, I tried to survive as long as possible but eventually I was pulled out by the officials.
All in all I had a good weekend, hurt a lot, had a lot of bad luck but there's always next time. A massive thank you to Lightsview and Corsa Cycle Centre for all of their help in setting up the team and the support they have given to everyone in the team.
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