My first superweek race

Well we arrived in Milwaukee Wisconsin (a good 12hour drive west of Kutztown) a couple of days ago to rode the final week of international superweek.

The race today was a 100km road race at Whitnall park, it was held on 3.6km circuit on private park road. the circuit was rolling and consisted of a short sharp climb up to a false flat finish. Hayden and i spend time from the start looking for a break we were sure would stick on this coarse, Hayden ended up in a great one which i thought would stick but ended up getting pulled back at the half way point, immediately i covered an attack which formed a group that stayed away. The break away group of about 9 riders from a range of teams including, Garmin, jelly belly, Kelly benefits, a South African team and also Heath Blackgrove of San Jose, We all basically stayed together till the last half lap when the flyers started and we all got strung out. we hit the bottom of the climb with a few small gaps. I had enough gas to put in a half decent attempt at the sprint i ended up choosing the wrong side to go up and got a little held up. i rolled over the line in fourth place just ahead of fellow kiwi Heath. I was pretty happy with my day considering i felt like i still had bad travel legs.

Now looking forward to wednesdays 150km road race.