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Michael's a champ though so I'd definitely like to do some other race of his
@Cycliste and I are doing the Three Peaks Bike Race again this year. Grossglockner, Col de Sanetsch and Mont Ventoux, finishing in Nice. There's some interesting routing choices to be made with regard to Grossglockner. Looks like the three mandatory peaks might well be joined by Oberalp and the Furkapass as bonus passes.
Brommers
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Yeah, I bivvied and was doing ok the first couple of nights but the weather turned and this combined with a lack of food options fucked my race up. NL bike paths are not meant to be raced on either - fucked my hand having left arm warmers on for the first 2 days racing and the constant moving from aerobars to brake hoods at all the junctions basically caused the elastic to rub the nerves.
It was cool hanging out before and after the race though and for an intro race it's super easy to deal with and the fact it's in NL makes it relatively safer. I was trying to win though so wasn't best pleased. My own fault for being lax with research on after-hours food options. I just assumed "oh it's Europe, there's always something". There fucking wasn't though. :S Worse than France.
Michael's a champ though so I'd definitely like to do some other race of his, just not that keen on trying to win in NL.