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Things I learnt today:
Only got to sign on 20 minutes before race start and had to change tyres, affix number etc. Didn't get to preride the course thus didn't realise my stem bolts were lose, cue my bars pointing a different direction to my wheels promptly after the start. Had to stop a few times to straighten it out and then into the pits. So not a first great lap. After that it got better, though of course, despite the complete lack of any technical sections the curse of new bar tape struck, didn't really lose any time because of the crash and I think I just about avoided getting lapped.