It’s been so long since my last post but you can be sure I’ve
been so busy! Lots of races and training which has finally caught up with me
and I have bronchitis so am very miserable.
The highlights of the summer include an amazing holiday in
Bourg D’Oisans which is where all the famous cols are, including Alpe d’huez
and the col du Galibier. The first day we arrived in our camping car (rental).
We made our bikes up and shot up Alpe d’huez in a time of 54mins. The second
day we decided to go and do the Galibier so our friend drove us up 20km of the
route and we got out and climbed the col du Limousin with a deathly head wind
to reach the col. At the top of the col du Galibier we turned round and shot down
the valley back to our rentalchalet. The 3rd day we did an amazing
110km ride with 5 tough cols that I don’t know the name of. The next day we
went to do a col named Glandon followed with col de la croix de fer, then we
blasted it back down, very fun! My
record up Alpe d’Huez is 51mins. My mum did the triathlon on a very hot day and
I rode up next to her all the way – I think she took nearly 2 hours!
So, Manchester.
I went to the GB point’s
race track nationals back at the beginning of September. It was a 32 lap race of
a 250m track. There was a sprint on the 12th, 20th, last
lap. In all sprints I got 4th 5th and 7th. So, I didn’t get
any points. 12 people qualified to the finals. 11 different people got points
in that race and I got 13th. If you make that calculation, I didn’t qualify.
The week end after I went down to Grenoble to try and qualify
for the event I won last year (French nationals). There were 35 people trying
to qualify, and only 9 athletes could go through. Like last year there is a scratch
race qualifier and final and a point’s race qualifier and final. I qualified
for both finals easily and did well in the finals so I qualified for that event
in 6th place. In fact, I am the only 1st year u16 who
qualified. So my main goal for the remainder of this year is to get a podium!
I got 2nd in Grenoble on a criterium type
circuit. Some good riders and 1 guy made a break and we – the peloton – never caught
him . But I won the sprint which I was really really proud of. I beat Gabriel
Thoulouse , who is Champion of Rhone Alpes on the track and who got 4th
in the French national road race.
The Haute Savoie track team qualified for the inaugural
competition at the new Roubaix indoor track. I was competing in the pursuit and
the “vitesse” (standing start 3 laps 3 man).
We knew we were going well and had high hopes for a good
result. Unfortunately the team had a bad start in the flying kilometre and came
12th. But we got better, and climbed up to 3rd place with
2events left. We came 2nd in the pursuit in 3,34 for 3 km, an
average of 51km/h. But the vitesse didn’t go so well and we came 5th
overall eventually. But 5th in France is not too bad. I am worried
about next year though as I don’t think I’ll have a strong team around me.
I did my 1st invitational race on the track at
Aigle in the Trophee Raspoutine
and am looking
forward to the 3 days of Aigle in early October.
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