The shots were taken as we belted through our home village of Fuschl after the 75km/h descent from Thalgauegg. I had great support from Katie and some of our friends, which always makes the pain of racing slightly easier to deal with.
Was a great race, and I had the benefit of knowing the roads extremely well. After struggling over the first monster 5km slog up to Krispl from the Wiestalstrasse, my legs felt stronger as time went on. In total there was 1400 Höhenmeter throughout the 100km and a gnarly final 500m which took in no less than four 90 degree turns.
Final position was 31st, from 250 starters and a time of 2hr 52min, eight minutes behind Paul Lindner of bikepalast.com. Whenever I've ridden one of these things with Lindner, he seems to always end up winning. Well over 40-years-old, the guy has a ripped pair of legs and so many varicose vains it looks like the London Underground map.
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