another nearly full gas the whole way attempt. Inspiring man. I'm trying to figure out how to not go full gas as I always die off in the end cuz I got nuthing in the tank. Great ride! You should consider doing a group ride with your subscribers/followers. I'm sure you'd wipe me all over the road, but it'd be fun!
A brutal route 😱 I died so early on that I nearly got lapped. Winner in my race finished in 56 minutes! I finally crossed the line 27 minutes later. I've had enough of the Volcano 😁 It hurts my legs just seeing it in the distance 😂
Hey man, I rode that one with you, finished a few seconds behind and I don't quite get your problem with coffee users, I used one to go to the toilet, it was a fast social ride not a race, coffee is disabled in races. One thing I noticed, you surged a lot, not sure you tried to form a breakaway or what but I think you would've done way better if you stayed in the main bunch untill the last climb and never went above 500w. I'm way way worse than you at maintainng long efforts above threshold and I lost just a few seconds to you while finishing a bit fresher I think :) Cheers to you and all the best on your cycling journey!
Thanks for the upload. No idea why the guy was surging to 11 w/kg and then back off again. Very irritating :) Happy with a top 5 spot in this one thanks to riding conservative.
Did same race had an early break of 10 that got away at start . As I had no warm up I just focused on staying in chase group . After about 15 min started working with front guys . Had about 35 in group
Started attacking on every incline . Close to flat before finish climb I rested for a attack on flat leading into climb got a 8 sec gap by finish extending it to 58sec passing few drops from lead finished 7th was a good stage very challenging . Had coffee breakers also 😂
Hey Gerben, you can do so much better on the Volcano climb... you should not invest too much chasing leaders when you are in a bunch of plus 50 people... the probability of getting away is so small... apart: very cool and entertaining :-D !!!
You should really move your laptop or screen to straight on You're going to hurt your neck if you constantly do swift every day at that angle by the way
Full Gas and Coffee Stops! It’s what the punters come for! 😂 💪 ☕️
LoL Simon!! :D
another nearly full gas the whole way attempt. Inspiring man. I'm trying to figure out how to not go full gas as I always die off in the end cuz I got nuthing in the tank. Great ride! You should consider doing a group ride with your subscribers/followers. I'm sure you'd wipe me all over the road, but it'd be fun!
Let me think about that one. I like the idea.
A brutal route 😱
I died so early on that I nearly got lapped. Winner in my race finished in 56 minutes! I finally crossed the line 27 minutes later.
I've had enough of the Volcano 😁 It hurts my legs just seeing it in the distance 😂
It’s a horrible route indeed. My record is 54 minutes. I don’t know how I achieved that one tbh.
@RideWithGerben because you're Gerben the Cat A racer 😉
Hey man, I rode that one with you, finished a few seconds behind and I don't quite get your problem with coffee users, I used one to go to the toilet, it was a fast social ride not a race, coffee is disabled in races.
One thing I noticed, you surged a lot, not sure you tried to form a breakaway or what but I think you would've done way better if you stayed in the main bunch untill the last climb and never went above 500w. I'm way way worse than you at maintainng long efforts above threshold and I lost just a few seconds to you while finishing a bit fresher I think :) Cheers to you and all the best on your cycling journey!
Thanks for the upload. No idea why the guy was surging to 11 w/kg and then back off again. Very irritating :) Happy with a top 5 spot in this one thanks to riding conservative.
Those surges are really the end of me. Well done on the top5!!
Did same race had an early break of 10 that got away at start . As I had no warm up I just focused on staying in chase group . After about 15 min started working with front guys . Had about 35 in group
35 seems to be the magic number in the front group for these races. 😄
Started attacking on every incline . Close to flat before finish climb I rested for a attack on flat leading into climb got a 8 sec gap by finish extending it to 58sec passing few drops from lead finished 7th was a good stage very challenging . Had coffee breakers also 😂
Seeing Coffee breakers in the front of a hard race is so strange.
awesome !
What is your FTP ? How lomg it take you to reach that
It’s around 300 watts. Took me a year to reach that.
Hey Gerben, you can do so much better on the Volcano climb... you should not invest too much chasing leaders when you are in a bunch of plus 50 people... the probability of getting away is so small... apart: very cool and entertaining :-D !!!
Thank you. This was a tad too long for me. But still a good race. In the end I was totally out of power. Tank empty. Glad it was over :D
I get away every time 🤷♂️ 😊
@ I know 💪🤩👏👏👏
You should really move your laptop or screen to straight on
You're going to hurt your neck if you constantly do swift every day at that angle by the way
Neck is fine! No worries.
@RideWithGerben good to hear. Just be careful!