The Tour de Moutere was a completely different course from earlier editions of this race. We started first with a short 5km TT (Waimea Estate - end of River Road) in which I placed 4th or 5th or 6th - I never did find out as there appeared to be some confusion over the times. At one point Henry was given a faster time than me even though I had passed him. I had gone out pretty hard at the start and felt wasted at the end. I later discovered that I had posted my highest recorded heart rate ever of 188bpm. The previous highest was 184 a couple of years ago.
Stage 2 went from River Road to the top of Harleys. Our group broke up over the Moutere with me just missing the front break. We chased for a while but it was mainly only myself, Dave and Felix contributing.
The final stage went from the Motueka side of Harleys to the Show Grounds. I was gapped off along Stringer Straight but Chris N while helping chase down a small group that had escaped. I did my turn and then looked for the next person to come through only to find that there was no one there. All of a sudden a small group of Chris & Jim etc charged through along the centre of the road. I couldn't get back on so led in a group of B graders who were happy to sit in and then sprint at the end. - Nice!
I didn't stop and just carried on home - not my best work!
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