Andy_UP says:

So every race I start in the front or second group, have to let go in the second half and then Denny passes me. When there is a serious hill in the second half, Kyle also passes me. Both I usually don’t see in the riders behind in the first half. So change of tactics, I was going to stay with those 2 and see if this works out any different/better. So started, saw Denny 2 places begind and got in his wheel. I saw Ludford, Chack and Ghoskiller getting smaller and creating a gap. Those riders I normally can follow till the finish and when I play it right, finish before them. It was really hard and against my nature to let them ride. Stick to the plan. Follow Denny. Didn’t take long before me, Denny and Kyle where alone and keeping a nice but not to high pace. I even managed to take a few pulls, but mainly I was saving some energy for the hill. As expected, they started the hill above 4w/kg. I can do that a while but this hill is too long for me, I know that. They kept the pace around 4.2w/kg and about halfway I really started to suffer, but I pushed on. We passed Ludford, Chak and Tom, seems like my tactics really is working out! Before the last red bit, I was on max heart rate and everything hurts but the top was so close so I bit trough the pain and rode like the finish was at the top. Must have been a sight when we reached the top, as I was gasping for air and sweat flew around the room. Kyle even had to let us go for 30m near the top, and that’s out top mountain goat! So it was me, Denny and Ghoskiller racing for 8th, 9th and 10th place, but Kyle surely would catch up in the downhill so how where we going to beat Ghostkiller and place these 3 Muckers in the race report? Kyle flew past on the downhill and powered on, we let him go. On the flats I took Ghoskiller wheel, he did a great pull and as he let his power drop for me to take over, I took off and kept going around 6w/kg. He tried to follow but soon he wanted Denny to do his part. He was doing his part, but for the Muckers and didn’t pull. Denny being the strongest of us 3 could lose Ghoskiller any time, and he did once the gap was big enough. He closed the gap to me as I almost had Kyle and no surprise, he claimed 8th spot. I was very pleased with 10th and the fun race I had. Sorry Ghostkiller, I hope you understand 😉

Niels Brynnum says:

Tuff climb in the end 😰 I went away with the 2 strongest riders 💪💪Tuden and Karel_S from the beginning of the race, however they were pushing really hard, but I knew it was going to be impossible to stay with them all the way to the finish line. Another Dane, Tranberg and TOM-MWW joined the front group, but it was clear that none of us had the strength to follow Tuden and Karel_S who took off and left Tranberg, TOM-MWW and myself in the chasing group. TOM-MWW was strong👍and took his turns in the group, however Tranberg was clearly avoiding taking his turns, but again that is racing 🙂 It seemed that TOM-MWW was struggling at the small hills, but he managed to close the gap several times however before the final climb the elastic band broke and Tranberg and I continued together. After the last climb it seemed as both Tranberg and I was at the edge. I noticed, we had a small gap to the chasing group, but I was quite sure the gap was big enough….but then came the tornado from Poland Yayarecki, – teaching 2 danes a lesson 👊, incredible finish 👏👏 Thanks for sharing the video.

Denny44 says:

I wasn’t sure how fast I can ride tonight. Had a hard sunday ride in my legs with more than 4200hm. I started not to fast and was surprised to be together with Kyle and AndyUP. Andy is usually a fast starter and in the front group. I expected Steven in my group but this time he was in the front group. Different tactics from Andy and Steven. Andy, Kyle and me worked well together. The pace was quite high and when we reached the big climb I was already a bit tired. I pushed at 4.0 to 4.3 W/kg and Andy and Kyle followed me. We passed Steven and we were chasing Ghostkiller. Usually ghostkiller is very strong at the climbs so I had no hope to get to his wheel. When I saw that we were getting closer I pushed even more. It was extremly hard and I reached 95% of my max heart rate. But at the top Andy, ghostkiller and me were together. Kyle was behind us and had a little gap of 30m. I tried to recover at the downhill and noticed that Kyle reached our group, used the draft and attacked. I could follow but didn’t and waited what ghostkiller was doing. Nothing happend and Kyle was flying away. He pushed hard. Then Andy attacked with full speed and launched his rockets. Ghostkiller wanted to follow Andy but I didn’t support him and try to help my mucker team members. When Andy was 70m ahead I knew that he will bring this to the finish line. So I started my attack with 6.0 W/kg. Ghostkiller tried to stay with me and I had to push for a half a minute to get away. After he lost my wheel I tried to get to Andy and Kyle. They were riding really fast and giving everything they had. With a huge effort by myself I reached them. My legs were burning and my heart rate was at 95% max. At the last km I used my high speed and passed Kyle and was 10 m ahead at the finish. What a great ride with great team work and a high power output. Didn’t expect that tonight. Good result for the muckers. Sorry ghostkiller, usually you beat us but not tonight 🙂