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@Ndeipi
Not a stupid question. Very good question. The problem is that the bunch went faster than me up a steady incline and I would struggle to cling on. This happened on every incline!
Here's the terrain, look at the rolling ridges. Look at them.
I did cling to the back during the first few but it became harder and harder, with me having to catch the bunch each time. So I attempted to move forward in the bunch during a decline so that some riders could overtake me on the next hill without me getting spat out the back. I tried this exactly once, and couldn't elbow my way into the line near the front, wind in face, lost speed, pushed hard to regain speed, didn't have the legs to cling onto the back.