Race première is now done! And for sure i can call it eventful aswell!
Started off with a really bad night, laying awake for 4hours, only 2h time diffrence but seems like my body notice..
Then time for first stage of Ladies tour of Qatar.
Started of nicely for me having this years first flat tyre after only 2km in the neutral, luckily!
But it didnt end there, halfway through we rode on a less good road, with bigger wholes, which caused some troubles. Couldnt avoid a big whole, so there i went, double puncture! back to the car, this time more windy and bit of a chase i was back on again. Just reaching the bunch i start to move up a little when a girl infront crashes down a whole and, repeat! Double puncture again, all within 5minutes. So not as happy, either me or the mechanic i got the fourth and fifth new wheels..
So made a new personal record there, and hopefully that will fill my quote for a long time..
So last flats happend just before first bonus sprint and with very windy section it was pretty shattered, so slowly I made it back, group by group we reached the front again.
So with a few efforts, but not of the kind i wanted, i felt a bit tired in the end.
But at 5km to go it came a great moment, and i made a counter attack from a teammate, and I managed to hold of a chasing Cervelo train for 2km, then my job and i was done and i rolled to the finish. And it finsihed of good for us, having Chloe in on 3rd place!
Now 2 more windy stages to go, and hopefully no more flat tires and some more succes for the team!
Bra kört Emilia!
SvaraRadera