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| Our Accommodation |
After Germany Sam and I set off for the Czech Republic and 7hours later we were at our accommodation in the small town Bystre, 30 minutes drive from the race track. We had one week to get to know the rocky and very rooty track here in Nove Mesto, Czech. I really liked the track with wide shortish power climbs and multi-line tech downs. On a time trial lap I was able to get around in just over 14 minutes, which I knew was quite competitive. So I was excited for the race.
Sadly my race didn't go very well. I had some gear trouble during my warm up, so had to go to the SRAM guys who, fortunately, were able to fix it for me. This affected my warm up as I only ended up with 15 min before call-up. The temperature was quite low meaning my start was not the best on cold legs, coming across the line in 95th after the start loop. The legs started to feel better, just as my chain jammed. I fixed this, losing about 30 seconds to 1 minute (now sitting in last place). Got back on the bike and felt okay, but again jammed my chain and lost more time. Finished my next lap okay, but for some reason my legs were feeling heavy with not the usual power I had during the week of training. I downed some Mule Bar Gels and felt a little better. I got around another couple of laps with my chain jamming twice more, then was lapped out with 2 laps to go. Pretty gutted as I had high hopes for this race. Dirk rode well and despite a crash he managed 13th place in the U23 Mens Race, his personal best. Kate Fluker aslo rode an inspiring race, going from the back of the back of the field on the start line to an impressive 36th place in the Elite Womens race.
I now have 3 weeks before the next World Cup, with one Cat 1 race the weekend before.
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