3 Day Tour

09/09 – 11/06/2007

For the 2007 3 Day Tour results, open the 2007 3 Day Tour Results pdf.

Notes from the webmaster:

Stage 1 @ Stratford

Felt ok.  Spent too much energy trying to chase down a break away so on the sprint at the end of lap 1 so I was dropped.  The remaining 14 or so km was a time trial.  Legs wound up heavy and sore.  35.1kph for 65.62km.  Av HR 163bpm

Stage 2 @ Yinnar

Warm up.  chilly and foggy.  legs performing better than feel.
My race began strong, but my legs soon began to protest at the pace and I flagged early and was struggling by the end. Got whipped by lots of the field. 35.0kph for 5.36km.  Av HR 169bpm

Stage 3 @ Yinnar

A tactical race that saw me attempt to break away twice, lots of playing possum and getting dropped twice (at the KOM).  We tired to get our man, (Bealsy) off the front.  Unfortunately he got rolled not far from the line.  35.8kph for 60.39km.  Av HR 151bpm.

Stage 4 @ Picnic Point

Wet and Chilly at Picnic Point.
The first hill was under control so that was comfortable with my zero warm up.  Coming up a hill along the Main Neerim Road I broke away as the pace was pathetic.  I lasted about a km before being reeled in.  At the end of lap 1 an intermediate sprint saw me and about 6 others dropped.  After the Jindivick KOM on lap 2 where I picked up a 3 second time bonus apparently, I had a small gap on my group so decided to give it a go.  I was reeled in. The pace after this went up and the five of us remaining did track turns until the final climb.  Poor positioning saw me get 3rd (so about 12th I think).

The guy who got the break who no one was eager to chase wound up winning overall.  Grrrr.  I came 2nd last overall (about 15th).  Nowhere near my top 10 plan.

So, a bad day one saw me with a 1 minute 30 second deficit I had no chance of getting back without a break away I was not capable of.  The plan next year is to get top 5 in B grade.  NO getting dropped on stage 1, that is for certain.  32.4kph for 45.16km.  Av HR 146bpm.

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