Sunday, April 9, 2017

#2 Portugali xco karikasarja etapp - Vila Franca UCI C3

Teine etapp läbi ja seekord on hea meel, et poodiumile sain.
Rada seal nagu eelminegi aasta kivine ,vähemalt pool rajast, mis singlil.
Stardist sain seekord päris hästi minema, võrreldes eelmise korraga. Sain singlile teisel positsioonil, väga halb, et meie ees startinud juuniorid jäid kohe ette, kohe esimesel tõusul, jamamist üksjagu, et neist kaotusteta mööda minna. Ka laskumistel ei saanud oma kiirusega Joanale lähemale sõita, kuna palju vendi tolknes ees. Kuid kõik tundus veel võimalik, kuni üks ei andnud üldse teed ja ei jäänud muud üle kui siis ise kuidagi mööda sõita, aga seal rohu sees oli midagi ja natukese aja pärast hakkasin tundma, et tagumine kumm tühjeneb, oh kus oli pettumust, aga no sõitsin nii kiiresti edasi kui võimalik, paari kilomeetri pärast oli tehniline ala, kus mind ootas varujooks. Sinna poole sõites läks must mööda Ana , tehnilises alas läks nagu ikka ähmis mehaanikul ei läinud just kõige libedamini jooksu vahetamine, siis möödus ka Lucia. Sain uuesti rattale ja alguses panin kohe liiga kõvasti, sain küll Lucia kätte kui siis sain kangi. Ja hakkas mul uuesti eest libisema, õnneks viimase ringi tõusudel suutsin end kokku võtta ja viimase vahe sõitsin laskumisel kinni, enne finishi tõusu/laskumist sprintisin ja õnneks ei olnud tal jõudu reageerida ja sain finishisse kolmandana.
Eks natuke pettunud, kuid mis seal ikka, juhtub, järgmine kord läheb paremini :)
Aitäh! :)




Second cup race over and this time happy to end up on the podium.
Course was rocky as last year, at least the part that was on single tracks.
this time I got a better start, compared to the first cup race. And I was second going to the single tracks. But it was so bad that the juniors had only departed 1 minute before us, because they were all over the first uphill, very hard to pass without any loss. Also on descends I couldnt put my full gas to catch Joana as too many junior men was braking on the way. But everything still seemed possible, until one guy long time didnt give way and to pass him I went off the ridden path and something was in the grass, because I started to feel the back tire going flat, I was disappointed, but I went on as fast as possible. after few kilometers there was tech area with a spare wheel. As I was riding towards it Ana passed me and in the tech area Lucia passed me as well. I got back to the bike and went too fast, I caught up Lucia, but paid the price of the acceleration and she started to get away, but I didnt give up and on the last lap climbs I was able to almost catch her, then with the downhill part I caught her and few hundred meters before finish, before small downhill section before last climb to the finish  I sprinted and she didnt have nothing to respond with and I arrived third in the finish.
Sure I am bit dissappointed, but well thats biking and next time will be better :)
Thank you ! :)

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