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Cheers Matty

Thanks EZ! It's been quite a while since the last time I managed to go that deep. I hope it's a sign that my form is finally coming back..

Hey Darren, thanks! Zwift gave me a 235 watts after the test. I am doing a training program on the Training Peaks and according to that metric it's 251 watts... The way I felt today, I would be quite optimistic to actually hold 235 watts an full hour. Not so sure if I could do it with 251 watts too, but maybe...

@@GeorgAndTheBike Nobody can hold the ftp for one hour 😅😂

Yes, for sure. But it's nice to imagine the number could be correct 😉

Yo, Lee! Thanks, mate! It was tough, but I guess that's the way an FTP test needs to be

True. It feels like you are part of the movie Interstellar. While it's an eternity for you on the "FTP-test planet", it is just a few minutes for the rest of humankind... LOL

Yeah, the perfect soundtrack for me :-)

@@GeorgAndTheBike Do you let it pick the next up like a song radio?>

@@tefer1982 YT Music has some nice Rammstein playlists. I start the "shuffle mix" and let it play. I ended up with "Links 2 3 4" which is f...ing great in the live version

Cheers mate 🙏I was several times dead and dropped, until there was really nothing left at all. Sadly this climb just is a bit too long for me in my current form to stay with the front group. Need to find these missing 10% again...

Oh, damn, so we are in the same category now 🤦 you will smoke easily 🤣

@@GeorgAndTheBike I don't think so, I am at the bottom of that category, at least in terms of the initial seeding.

Cheers JD 🙏Fight to survive until nothing left in the legs. That's how we do it 😎

Thanks Neil 🙏 we missed you in the race! Hope you are doing well

@@GeorgAndTheBike I'm fine thanks unfortunately couldn't get on because of stupid work! Take it easy 👍

Cheers Simon 🙏 I will miss Category C even more... I thought it would be a long term relationship, but Daddy Zwift had other plans for us 🤣

@@GeorgAndTheBike Sometimes these relationships are not meant to last but the memories do. Unless your old like me and you forget what happened 5 mins ago 🤔 😂

@@psymanj73 Luckily I didn't end up getting a "Cat C 4 Life" tattoo

Hey Melissa! Thanks so much! At least I can say I gave it all :-) How are you doing?

Cheers bro! Looking forward riding soon again with you! Keep it going!

Hey Melissa! I would love to have had your climbing strength on this course 😎. I good to hear that your recovery is going well 💪 looking forward to see you 2025 in Watopia again 🥳

Thanks Nathan! Brutal it was and punching was all I can do at the moment 🤣. Need to get my baseline up, to be able to compete on the highest level of Cat C again

Cheers mate! This 2nd climb really stretches out, so that it's a bit too long to just "power through" (at least for me). But if you were with the front group until the end of the climb you made it longer than I did. See you hopefully in one of the next races!

180 riders is crazy, but I also like the challenge it brings. Yes, winter season is coming and with the current temperatures it feels like half winter already. Just a bit pissed about not being able to hold power more consistent...really need to find some more watts

Thanks EZ 🙏 not the best positioning for the sprint but power was quite good 😊

Thanks JD 🙏 always appreciate your support in the live chat and also helping with the comment here on RUclips to boost the channel 🤗

Cheers Nick! Pushed as hard as I could after that kind of race. So I am happy with the Top 10

The small details, that make a big difference !!!

Cheers mate 🙏 yes, that's was f...ing painful indeed. But it was worth it 😎

Cheers! Very happy with the result! Cat C is very inclusive on w/kg nowadays ... LOL I see you were 2 minutes faster... Damn!

This time I was the 50% Master... LOL

Cheers mate 🙏 Yeah, were quite some watts to bring for that race. And 146 starters made it super fast from the first meters on. But also as the time was important for my position in the ZRacing GC, I concentrated much less on efficiency than I would normally do 😎 See you in Watopia

Thanks JD and see you in Watopia 😊

Thanks Darren 🙏

Honestly, when you sent me the clip… I was crying my eyes out. You’re a true gentleman and I love the KaBoom family. I’ve watched this clip a few times and the determination to win was incredible 🔥🔥🔥 I’m sorry I can’t be there to fight for the GC tomorrow, but I’m 💯 that you’ll bring it home for the team! I’ve got a tough road ahead, as been here before with the ACL… but I’ve beaten it before and have no intention of fading into the shadows and will get the operation, complete my recovery and get back on it and be on your wheel next year ❤️

I only can imagine how devastating such an injury - especially at peak form - must feel. So sending you some positive energy and support was for me the obvious thing to do. I will do my best to bring the Top 10 GC result home for the team! Keep fighting and I hope to see you back on the bike, as soon as your body allows you to do so #MelissaComeback2025

Cheers JD! Yeah, Eric played the "sadistic card" with that 4th race this week :-). The first 3 races were exactly what I needed and I am super happy with the results. Unfortunately the last race costed me the GC podium, but the legs were just empty at that point.

Enjoyed our own race to the finish on race 4 😀

Cheers Kevin! Was some tough racing to start the weekend 😂 and our private race finish at the end - which you clearly dominated! - was fun 😎

@@GeorgAndTheBike would say I dominated.. just survived lol 🤣 Ride on 🤘🏻

Thanks 🙏 I am quite pleased with my performance, but your result with the technical problems, is just next level. Let's see what we can do in a couple of hours 😎

Cheers Simon 😊🙏

Cheers DG

Servus! Danke Dir 🙏 ja, die Lücke war a bissl unnötig, aber ich war schon so am Anschlag, dass einfach keine Power mehr da war. Gratuliere zum Upgrade in B. Da hast du jedenfalls was gut zum in die Pedale treten vor Dir 💪 vielleicht sehen wir uns ja demnächst mal in einem Racing Score Rennen (bin derzeit bei 516 Punkten)

Cheers mate 🙏 felt quite okay, but still missing the last edge. Yeah, when guys start to sprint and you just wanna survive 🤣

Nice race from you too! Then I am happy that I was of help to your sprint 😎 I was so at the edge, that I just went without really much tactic/positioning in the sprint

@@GeorgAndTheBike I was too! The only reason I could pull out a sprint is because I didn’t try to chase the front group on the descent! Good race man, hope to do it again soon.

Yeah, that was a good strategy to sprint at the end of the last climb - I had no energy left at that point :).

Great to be racing with you again! You are smashing it 💪 true, at the downhill it would be nice to get a short breather, but it feels like there is more pushing downhill in the races, than it used to be before.

Thanks 🙏Super strong riding from you too. See you hopefully soon again on Zwift

Hey EZ, thanks buddy 🙏 I thought people would start sprinting immediately, but as nobody was going, I had to improvise 😉

Cheers Nathan 🙏 I am having more fun back in Cat C 😎

Thanks Rob! Booom it is! Paris is great for some sprint fun :-)

Cheers Bro! I saw you in the lineup. Great to race with you 😎 close sprint it was 💪

Thanks Melissa 🙏 Yeah, with the power ups it can be a thing specially in the sprints I managed also to simply forget about them 🤷

Hey JD! Sorry for the late reply, must have overlooked this comment. Yeah, that was a tough one, but always keep fighting. Happy if the video helped you in the recon

Cheers Simon 🙏 the support of the guys in the live chat and knowing that you and others will watch the video later, really kept me going. So thanks to everyone for this huge motivation 💪

Thanks so much for your support in the live chat. 🙏 Helped me a lot to keep going

Simon, always great to read your comments 😊 it makes me smile, even if my legs aren't ready for "master performance" at the moment. 🙏

Thanks a lot 🙏correct my position wasn't the best by any mean going into the petit KOM. I was kind of expecting to get dropped and so it happened 🤷. ITT my time would for sure be worse without draft and others to pace on. See you in Zwift

Hey Peter! Because I thought the course would be Douce France 🤷🤣

@@GeorgAndTheBike hahaha 🙈