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@Smallfurry
Had roller coaster.
Started nervous to the point of being plain scared.
Delt with this by riding aggressively, attacked the mountain, tempo' the plateau, then suffered for it.
Recovered with a largish group.
Started feeling positive when a team of idiots near wiped me out.
Headed off alone and caught some super friendly Danish guys. We worked together forages, and looked after each other. Great stuff.
But at 400km I got sick, by 450 I was bonking so bad I could barely balance.
Dropped off and rode alone in the dark. Wondering if I had another recovery in me.
Recovered enough to tag onto a group. Then to work with them. Then to break away on the last climbs, and finished giving all I had.
21 hours and 28 minutes. Far far better than I had hoped.