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We will probably catch the breakaway, and I want the bunch to finish together (favours a sprinter), so I'll do my bit at the front of the bunch. We'll get organised, get the pace-line going, catch the breakaway for sure. [1:00] I've got to keep a straight face though, someone else can follow Kim through [wearing the Kooragang club time trial kit, riding the white Giant bike]. Hang on, where are they? They're not being cagey, they've got nothing left, and Kim is my ride to the breakaway!
[1:10] Kim and me, we'll catch the bunch, I'll do my bit, he's been working hard, looks a bit puffed. Nope, he doesn't want a rest. Oh well, I'll follow him. [2:00] Bunch is back together, we'll probably get the breakaway on the finishing straight. Big bunch sprint. [2:25] Wait, where'd they all go? Maybe they won't catch the breakaway.
Oh well, we're looking good. [2:55] Craig's fallen off the back off the breakaway, Kim's run out of steam. [3:00] Got the breakaway. Quick check, no the bunch is not going to steam roll us. I'll just sit here until we're close enough for a non-stop sprint to the finish. Big pole...wait. Carpark entry...wait. Carpark exit...wait. Northern end of the carpark? Alright, let's do it. I'll go down the left so there's not so much room to draft in the lee from the Easterly breeze. One. Two. Three. Toast.
Perhaps I should've left it a bit longer, I can't keep this up. Sit down, keep aero, try to keep the speed up. I can't hear anything. I should check to make sure nobody is going to roll me on the line. Nuh, plenty of space. That looks like it.
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It was an interesting race. If the group of three remaining in the breakaway didn't get caught by the bunch, that is unusual. Usually the group either gets caught or doesn't, not gets caught by a few and not the bunch. I say 'if' because I just double checked the results on the club website, and they are not what I remember them to be. So I'm not sure what happened there.
You can see in the video, at about 3:10, in the distant background, someone swings way out right (left of frame), presumably sprinting. There's a bit more commotion (again, only faintly visible in the background) at 3:39, so maybe a sprint did catch the breakaway. I'll have to check.
I owe a big thanks to Kim for helping me catch the breakaway. Thanks mate! Congratulations to the breakaway riders too. It was pretty impressive staying out for ~10km. I thought they were going to get caught for sure.
Now, I've just got to watch out for a reputation as a wheel-sucker. It is a race after all though.
