Hi All, A big thanks to another guest writer in Mr. Zennon Kapron. (Ya, we call him Mr. . . . have you seen the guy? Don't mess with him. . . . )
After a cracking A-race the B-race started shortly after. The total length of the race was meant to be around 38km, so a bit shorter than the A-race, but ended showing up as about 40.5km on my speedo, so a bit longer than advertised. The race started quicker than normal, which might be expected in the first race of the season, at about 38km/h, but then settled into a more typical 36km/h. The square format of the race definitely helped as the group tends to be a bit less organized than the A-race and corners sometimes could be difficult – yet we still we had one rider down about half-way through at the far corner from the start line.
Unlike the A-race where many of the riders have switched teams in the off-season, the B riders were pretty much all the usual suspects from the usual teams. Our Maxsh team was limited to just three riders during this race which proved slightly difficult when dealing with the Panaracer threat as a few of the Max riders have either moved away or moved up to A. Overall the race was a bit slower than normal with the average speed hovering around 35km/h and a finish of 45km/h or so.
Throughout the race there were a few attacks with a few people going off the front, but none seemed to hold much promise or were too organised, so were largely ignored by the pack who were content to just slowly reel them back in. Part-way through the race the group overtook a group of MTBs from the race that started a few minutes behind us. One of the mountain bikers had found an innovative aero-position by reaching under the bars and grabbing the top of his suspension fork – likely a bit dangerous considering the going back and forth in the pack itself. The mountain bikers’ presence received mixed reactions from the group, but was mainly a big ‘why the hell don’t you ride your own race and stop drafting off us?’ from the group. The course was very short and there was little other choice but then to start them right after the B-group, so understandable.
The group was still together as we were about 1km from the finish, but then the pack started to break open with about 500m to go with the sprinters taking their cue. The finish was fast and contested by a few, but panaracer came out on top.
Thanks Zennon - a nice, tidy summary - ed!
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