Muckers Worldwide

MUCKERS TUESDAY RACE DAY. 16/01/24

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ROUVY Route Used: Tour Down Under 2024 | Stage 1 – Bethany | 20.1 miles | 1594ft climbing.

2EARLY4ME RACE RESULT:

12 On the start line for this which is now the best turn out for a 2EARLY race so far! I popped on to have a watch of the race while on my lunch break and was watching to try and work out if the 2 “Moon Rider” teammates were racing or helping each other?? i missed the end but they finished very close to each other so would be good to know. You could also see they were on for a good finish time as well and 48 minutes is superb. Well done to “RocketRoy” and “CerveloKevin”

#Cat.UserAgeTeamtimeGAPMPH
1Men GB RocketRoy50-59Moon Riders0:48:18.224.97
2Men GB CerveloKevin50-59Moon Riders0:48:18.60:00:00.424.97
3Men NL Johnlonden60+Gas op de ketting1:00:24.40:12:06.219.97
4Men TW yann.S30-391:08:50.90:20:32.717.52
5Men GB stetopps60+WBCCC1:13:26.60:25:08.416.42
6Men IT FULVIO195460+Ciclistica Briga Novarese1:23:12.20:34:54.214.5
7Men KR superkyg40-491:28:53.70:40:35.513.57

2LATE4ME RACE RESULT:

4 riders on the start line, 1 DNF, 1st place is a NED so well done to “Jettro” with a good result and a time that would have gotten him in the top 40 of the main race.

#Cat.UserAgeTeamtimeGAPmph
1Men BR Tonsei50-590:56:50.321.22
2Men CA Jettro50-59Red Pill Racing0:57:19.70:00:29.321.04
3Men US Hawkeye7740-491:01:40.70:04:50.419.55

MAIN RACE RESULT:

125 Registered | 88 Starters | 77 Finishers | 2 DSQ | 9 DNF | 37 DNS

Little reality check hit me tonight. looking at those numbers above, its unbelievable we can have 37 riders not turn up, and still have 77 finish. When we first set out, we would have been over the moon to even get 37 riders registered so to actually have that as a number of non starters just goes to show how lucky we are that you guys turn up race after race. Thank you.

Today “TOR68” got the win, but only just in front of the really strong “Gil.Mad.io” with usual podium contender “luca_ma” just 10 seconds further behind in 3rd. Today all 3 of you were well out in front of 4th place “karel_sousek” whos usually very strong and places highly, so maybe a quick re check of equipment, weights, settings might be needed for the top 3 riders, otherwise we might just have to create a champions league for you guys as this top 3 just seem to be dominating every race nowadays! 5th is a NED, but we then have the old school (as in, been with us a while now) strong riders next with “hinsbergen” in 6th, Top Muckers Worldwide rider “Tuden” in 7th , “lrollin” in 8th, “adampel” in 9th and “tomlerieger” rounding out a really fast top 10!

Anyone call for a 4 man Dane Train?? Well, it came next with “tranberg”, “nielsbrynnum”, “Grochang” and “jakob_mt” taking 11th to 14th places just in front of our next NED, then Czech rider “Grep.” in a nice 16th place. 17th goes to “A2-569-DIEGO-DONATI”, 18th to “batbuilder” who just pips fellow Brit “DrCustard” who has to settle for 19th and the last mention as 20th is our 3rd NED of the night.

Well done to all 77 of you for finishing this route and I hope you all enjoyed it in your own way as thats really what this is all about. getting a challenge route done, but hopefully having racers/riders around you to push you harder than you might normally go if you’d just done it as a solo effort.

Please leave us a comment on how the race went for yourselves if you get the chance? Please though, can we not use these comments for calling out any rider you feel wasn’t totally legit in your eyes? This is not what the comments is about and is in no way in keeping with the ethos of ‘banter and encouragement’ we have here at Muckers Worldwide. Please bring any concerns about other riders to the attention of ROUVY directly and hopefully they can help you as they are the only ones that can disqualify riders, and they did disqualify 2 today, so they are trying to help.

Cheers everyone and see you at the next race!

FULL RACE RESULTS TABLE:

#Cat.UserAgeTeamtimeGAPmph
1Men IT TOR6850-59VAL RENDENA RUNNING0:45:46.826.35
2Men RO Gil.Mad.io40-490:45:46.80:00:00.226.34
3Men IT luca_ma30-390:45:57.40:00:10.626.24
4Men CZ karel_sousek40-49CK Vinohradskรฉ ล lapky0:46:45.20:00:58.425.8
5Men ES Wyverns30-39Lles de Cerdanya0:47:36.00:01:49.225.34
6Men NL hinsbergen40-49Team Adam-Chris0:48:16.80:02:29.124.98
7Men DK Tuden40-49Mucker’s Worldwide0:48:21.30:02:34.524.94
8Men FR lrollin50-590:49:34.10:03:47.224.33
9Men NL adampel40-49Muckers Worldwide/Team Adam-Chris0:49:34.20:03:47.424.33
10Men CH tomlerieger50-59Muckers Worldwide0:49:46.30:03:59.524.23
11Men DK tranberg30-39CK GOG0:50:41.40:04:54.623.79
12Men DK nielsbrynnum50-59Muckers Worldwide0:50:44.40:04:57.623.77
13Men DK Grochang40-49Muckers Worldwide & Barecykling0:51:04.40:05:17.623.61
14Men DK jakob_mt30-39CK GOG0:51:14.20:05:27.423.54
15Men DE Dok_PS50-590:51:20.50:05:33.723.49
16Men CZ Grep.40-490:51:23.80:05:37.123.47
17Men IT A2-569-DIEGO-DONATI40-49Veloclub Lunigiana0:52:08.40:06:21.623.13
18Men GB batbuilder50-59Muckers Worldwide0:52:41.10:06:54.322.89
19Men GB DrCustard60+Old Gits0:52:42.80:06:55.122.88
20Men IT saimonss8240-49Dotta0:52:48.60:07:01.822.84
21Men FR LaurentF1660+0:53:43.50:07:56.722.45
22Men DE Manuel130330-39VfW Odenwald0:54:21.90:08:35.922.18
23Men CZ RaTim40-490:54:22.30:08:35.522.18
24Women NL SillySilNL50-59Muckers Worldwide & de Gastjes0:54:22.40:08:35.622.18
25Men DE AeroRamazotti30-390:54:22.40:08:35.622.18
26Men CA Chak60+Muckers Worldwide0:54:25.30:08:38.222.16
27Men ES chorus40-49Muckers Worldwide0:55:04.40:09:17.621.9
28Men DE nocccon50-590:55:16.90:09:30.821.82
29Men CA hellcat202060+0:55:19.50:09:32.721.8
30Men NO HalAir40-49M490:55:57.10:10:11.221.55
31Men FR AlexAstana0:56:29.40:10:42.221.35
32Men IT Squalo_delle_Alpi40-49Muckers Worldwide & Shark Attack0:56:50.80:11:04.021.22
33Men NL Svard50-59Muckers Worldwide0:57:02.30:11:15.521.15
34Men DE skripnit50-590:57:07.70:11:20.921.11
35Men DE B3N3D30-390:57:11.30:11:24.221.09
36Men GB Hoppytherocket60+Farnham Road Club0:57:22.50:11:35.721.02
37Men GB S.Ludford50-59Muckers Worldwide/Farnham RC0:57:22.70:11:35.921.02
38Men CA rayzerbikes50-59VeloHub0:58:10.60:12:23.820.73
39Men CA rouvy1bryon60+Muckers world wide0:58:10.80:12:24.320.73
40Men GB kylofski40-49Muckers Worldwide0:58:24.70:12:37.920.65
41Men DE Mick_Michel40-49Muckers Worldwide0:58:44.90:12:58.120.53
42Men GB gunnera60+Farnham Road Club0:58:49.80:13:03.120.5
43Men BE Andy_UP40-49Muckers Worldwide0:58:50.90:13:04.720.49
44Men US coralreef0150-590:58:54.80:13:08.020.47
45Men GB Mucker197440-49Muckers Worldwide0:58:57.20:13:10.420.46
46Men GB Shrew50-59Farnham Road Club0:58:57.40:13:10.620.46
47Men BE Rens_Piccavet30-39Muckers Worldwide0:58:58.10:13:11.320.45
48Men AT Slyfly50-59Muckers Worldwide0:59:06.20:13:19.320.41
49Men PL raffocus40-490:59:06.90:13:20.720.4
50Men CH MrMcfly40-490:59:13.70:13:26.920.36
51Women RU Regina_L30-390:59:14.20:13:27.420.36
52Men CA kin_kwan40-49Muckers Worldwide0:59:15.80:13:28.120.35
53Men CH SwissChris6950-59Muckers Worldwide0:59:16.60:13:29.820.35
54Women GB kaz1bar40-490:59:16.80:13:30.320.35
55Men ES javisabo40-490:59:29.60:13:42.820.27
56Men GB blinkybob60+Farnham Road Club0:59:48.30:14:01.520.17
57Men DK DolphWader50-59Muckers Worldwide0:59:49.10:14:02.320.16
58Men GB jeff6550-59Muckers Worldwide0:59:49.20:14:02.420.16
59Men CA MikeHagen60+Muckers Worldwide0:59:50.70:14:03.920.15
60Men GB Mikeee7350-59Muckers Worldwide1:01:59.90:16:13.119.45
61Men PL Henryczek40-491:02:30.60:16:43.819.29
62Men PT enina40-491:04:02.20:18:15.218.84
63Men US stelviobound60+Muckers Worldwide1:04:14.30:18:27.518.78
64Men DE Schoquino50-591:04:28.80:18:42.118.7
65Men ES JPG7150-591:04:32.40:18:45.618.69
66Men GB Mikey3R50-59Farnham Road Club1:04:39.40:18:52.218.66
67Men HU robinagy40-49Muckers Worldwide & Fittikรฉk1:05:57.60:20:10.818.29
68Men GB 12299Z60+Farnham Road Club1:06:25.10:20:38.318.16
69Men GB The-Chairman60+Farnham Road Club1:07:12.50:21:25.717.95
70Men DK Jens285040-491:08:03.10:22:17.217.72
71Men PL danie7840-491:08:56.40:23:09.517.49
72Men PL fvck_pvtin40-491:09:27.50:23:40.717.36
73Men IT Verzino40-491:12:16.90:26:30.916.69
74Men US cjfandel50-591:13:43.10:27:57.216.36
75Men DK Tilma40-491:16:53.70:31:06.915.68
76Men DK ravni30-391:23:00.30:37:13.514.53
77Women ES Lizdst30-391:23:50.10:38:03.314.39
dsqMen HU DOGMA1964HU50-59Szekszรกrd SZKEdsqโ€“26.21
dsqMen AU tyrone252640-49dsqโ€“21.03
dnfMen DE Stefan_Schmidt40-49dnfโ€“
dnfMen NL ralfz40-49dnfโ€“
dnfMen PL Martis140-49dnfโ€“
dnfMen BE julient9330-39dnfโ€“
dnfMen BE teamojo40-49dnfโ€“
dnfMen US user_142649830-39dnfโ€“
dnfMen DK Michaeljuul40-49dnfโ€“
dnfMen PL hajzler150-59dnfโ€“
dnfMen DE Kokoi40-49dnfโ€“

WOMENS RACE RESULT:

#UserAgeTeamtimeGAPMPH
1 NL SillySilNL50-59Muckers Worldwide & de Gastjes0:54:22.40:08:35.622.18
2 RU Regina_L30-390:59:14.20:13:27.420.36
3 GB kaz1bar40-490:59:16.80:13:30.320.35
4 ES Lizdst30-391:23:50.10:38:03.314.39

17-29 AGE GROUP RESULT:

No riders from this age group. this really is sad but interesting at the same time…

30-39 AGE GROUP RESULT

#Cat.UserTeamtimeGAPMPH
1Men IT luca_ma0:45:57.40:00:10.626.24
2Men ES WyvernsLles de Cerdanya0:47:36.00:01:49.225.34
3Men DK tranbergCK GOG0:50:41.40:04:54.623.79
4Men DK jakob_mtCK GOG0:51:14.20:05:27.423.54
5Men DE Manuel1303VfW Odenwald0:54:21.90:08:35.922.18
6Men DE AeroRamazotti0:54:22.40:08:35.622.18
7Men DE B3N3D0:57:11.30:11:24.221.09
8Men BE Rens_PiccavetMuckers Worldwide0:58:58.10:13:11.320.45
9Women RU Regina_L0:59:14.20:13:27.420.36
10Men DK ravni1:23:00.30:37:13.514.53
11Women ES Lizdst1:23:50.10:38:03.314.39

40-49 AGE GROUP RESULT:

#Cat.UserTeamtimeGAPMPH
1Men RO Gil.Mad.io0:45:46.80:00:00.226.34
2Men CZ karel_sousekCK Vinohradskรฉ ล lapky0:46:45.20:00:58.425.8
3Men NL hinsbergenTeam Adam-Chris0:48:16.80:02:29.1024.98
4Men DK TudenMucker’s Worldwide0:48:21.30:02:34.524.94
5Men NL adampelMuckers Worldwide/Team Adam-Chris0:49:34.20:03:47.424.33
6Men DK GrochangMuckers Worldwide & Barecykling0:51:04.40:05:17.623.61
7Men CZ Grep.0:51:23.80:05:37.123.47
8Men IT DIEGO-DONATIVeloclub Lunigiana0:52:08.40:06:21.623.13
9Men IT saimonss82Dotta0:52:48.60:07:01.822.84
10Men CZ RaTim0:54:22.30:08:35.522.18
11Men ES chorusMuckers Worldwide0:55:04.40:09:17.621.9
12Men NO HalAirM490:55:57.100:10:11.221.55
13Men IT Squalo_delle_AlpiMuckers Worldwide & Shark Attack0:56:50.80:11:04.021.22
14Men GB kylofskiMuckers Worldwide0:58:24.70:12:37.920.65
15Men DE Mick_MichelMuckers Worldwide0:58:44.90:12:58.120.53
16Men BE Andy_UPMuckers Worldwide0:58:50.90:13:04.720.49
17Men GB Mucker1974Muckers Worldwide0:58:57.20:13:10.420.46
18Men PL raffocus0:59:06.90:13:20.720.4
19Men CH MrMcfly0:59:13.70:13:26.920.36
20Men CA kin_kwanMuckers Worldwide0:59:15.80:13:28.1020.35
21Women GB kaz1bar0:59:16.80:13:30.320.35
22Men ES javisabo0:59:29.60:13:42.820.27
23Men PL Henryczek1:02:30.60:16:43.819.29
24Men PT enina1:04:02.20:18:15.218.84
25Men HU robinagyMuckers Worldwide & Fittikรฉk1:05:57.60:20:10.818.29
26Men DK Jens28501:08:03.100:22:17.217.72
27Men PL danie781:08:56.40:23:09.517.49
28Men PL fvck_pvtin1:09:27.50:23:40.717.36
29Men IT Verzino1:12:16.90:26:30.916.69
30Men DK Tilma1:16:53.70:31:06.915.68

50-59 AGE GROUP RESULT:

#Cat.UserTeamtimeGAPMPH
1Men IT TOR68VAL RENDENA RUNNING0:45:46.826.35
2Men FR lrollin0:49:34.10:03:47.224.33
3Men CH tomleriegerMuckers Worldwide0:49:46.30:03:59.524.23
4Men DK nielsbrynnumMuckers Worldwide0:50:44.40:04:57.623.77
5Men DE Dok_PS0:51:20.50:05:33.723.49
6Men GB batbuilderMuckers Worldwide0:52:41.10:06:54.322.89
7Women NL SillySilNLMuckers Worldwide & de Gastjes0:54:22.40:08:35.622.18
8Men DE nocccon0:55:16.90:09:30.821.82
9Men NL SvardMuckers Worldwide0:57:02.30:11:15.521.15
10Men DE skripnit0:57:07.70:11:20.921.11
11Men GB S.LudfordMuckers Worldwide/Farnham RC0:57:22.70:11:35.921.02
12Men CA rayzerbikesVeloHub0:58:10.60:12:23.820.73
13Men US coralreef010:58:54.80:13:08.020.47
14Men GB ShrewFarnham Road Club0:58:57.40:13:10.620.46
15Men AT SlyflyMuckers Worldwide0:59:06.20:13:19.320.41
16Men CH SwissChris69Muckers Worldwide0:59:16.60:13:29.820.35
17Men DK DolphWaderMuckers Worldwide0:59:49.10:14:02.320.16
18Men GB jeff65Muckers Worldwide0:59:49.20:14:02.420.16
19Men GB Mikeee73Muckers Worldwide1:01:59.90:16:13.119.45
20Men DE Schoquino1:04:28.80:18:42.118.7
21Men ES JPG711:04:32.40:18:45.618.69
22Men GB Mikey3RFarnham Road Club1:04:39.40:18:52.218.66
23Men US cjfandel1:13:43.100:27:57.216.36

60+ AGE GROUP RESULT:

#Cat.UserTeamtimeGAPMPH
1Men GB DrCustardOld Gits0:52:42.80:06:55.1022.88
2Men FR LaurentF160:53:43.50:07:56.722.45
3Men CA ChakMuckers Worldwide0:54:25.30:08:38.222.16
4Men CA hellcat20200:55:19.50:09:32.721.8
5Men GB HoppytherocketFarnham Road Club0:57:22.50:11:35.721.02
6Men CA rouvy1bryonMuckers world wide0:58:10.80:12:24.320.73
7Men GB gunneraFarnham Road Club0:58:49.80:13:03.120.5
8Men GB blinkybobFarnham Road Club0:59:48.30:14:01.520.17
9Men CA MikeHagenMuckers Worldwide0:59:50.70:14:03.920.15
10Men US stelvioboundMuckers Worldwide1:04:14.30:18:27.518.78
11Men GB 12299ZFarnham Road Club1:06:25.10:20:38.318.16
12Men GB The-ChairmanFarnham Road Club1:07:12.50:21:25.717.95

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Neil Rushby

co-founder of muckersworldwide.com and race organizer! Been into cycling since a kid and spent most of the time on BMX and mountain bikes. Took me longer than most to get the road cycling bug but I was bitten around 5 years ago when I finally got a fully fledged road bike that fitted and I let the flat handled road bike go...

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18 Responses

  1. Torben Adolph says:
    17 January 2024 at 7:40 am

    First real race for me in two month. It’s so nice to be back. I did plan to join a 3.o watt/kg but those to ride with thought 3.6-4.0 was the correct number :-p
    All went fine and I manage to push more watts than I normal do on an evening race. I hate racing/riding late evening but yesterday all went fine. Good to be back

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  2. HalAir says:
    17 January 2024 at 8:45 am

    Had fun racing tonite and managed to stay “up ahead” of my usual peers for a little while, before we joined into a group, Chorus/Chak/SillySil/Laurent/Manuel/RaTim. Choochooo! We were going at a good pace and after about 22k into the ride I seemed to run behind on power, and fell back into “nowhere land” which pretty much was uncontested for the remainder of the race (last 10k). Rolled over the finish line in 31st position and felt pretty happy with that, especially after bonking. I might have been burning too many matches lately, but that has also been my intent – to push volume, push intensity and race ๐Ÿ
    I guess doing the TDU Stage 5 as a warm-up for this race didnt peak my race performance either ๐Ÿคฃ

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  3. CerveloKevin says:
    17 January 2024 at 9:12 am

    Many thanks Neil for organising these races and adding the lunchtime slot.
    32km lead in for Rocketโ€™s sprint ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
    Could do with a certain 35kg chap being barred from starting and influencing the racing. One of the ladies needs to calibrate her equipment too.

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  4. Batbuilder says:
    17 January 2024 at 9:24 am

    I liked this race, just the right combination of ups and downs to give it some interest. I got into a big group with some familair names, SillySiL, Laurent, Tim Ra, Dr Custard, Halair and more. On a climb I managed to pull away but I was chased down by Dr Custard and Laurent. It continued like this for few KM more until it was just me and Dr Custard going over the final climb with saimonss82 catching up fast. Then powered the downhill to the finish.

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  5. Manuel Lamber says:
    17 January 2024 at 9:28 am

    Nice race for me, almost in my league if I had taken the train of SillySiNL and other friends. Congratulations to the 4 beauties present today ๐Ÿ”.
    I found a group but it didn’t seem like they wanted to pull rouvy1bryon, AlexAstana, B3N3D and some others… or rather AlexAstana never took the initiative only to then join a fast train of two in recovery. Maybe if you gave me a hand we would have taken the nearby train. However, more than half the race in no man’s land without a draw, I always had to keep my friend Svard at a distance who was always behind in the mirrors. Hello everybody.

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    • Silvia says:
      17 January 2024 at 5:29 pm

      Thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š for mentioning the 4 ๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ‘  Manuel ๐Ÿ˜˜.
      It does seem hard for us to stay together, itโ€™s either you or me in the lead ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ. This train was surely a hard one. On average I ended up doing 3.4 W/kg but on the climbs it was so much more! CU on the next train ๐Ÿ‘

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  6. luca_ma says:
    17 January 2024 at 10:08 am

    I do not write here much, but read a lot and like this community. So I am pleased that my poor numbers and weight worth rechecking. (I understand that 300W for someone is a dream for someone it is a lost of form)
    I do calibrate the garmin vector pedals every ride, I could send pictures of me on scale or record power from the other powermeter if needed.
    But back to the race, the goal was to destroy myself with vo2 max efforst, and it worked. However I hope I could do the race as much as hard to destroy others also. But it worked only partialy, it seems like the rest 3 (one is not in result here, Gil and Tor) were just fine with my all out actions and just waited for the last few kms where they go away. Haha.
    Great race again and I had a lot of fun. Thanks
    ( Although it is not fun to be beaten by 50-59 age cat rider in this way ๐Ÿ™‚ )

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  7. Steven Ludford says:
    17 January 2024 at 10:11 am

    Farnham Road Club Winter League tonight, a good number of Muckers were proposing a 3.0w/kg group from the start flag, so I opted for the 3.0 group in the hopeful expectation we would sweep up my FRC competition along the way. And so it did! … one by one we caught them and spat them out the back. Luckily for me, Mucker ‘Svard’, without communication, seemed happy to help me chase down my last opponent by doing almost all the pulling at we turned up the heat and left our original group. I was starting to find the uphill sections hard work but ‘Svard’ would wait, I finally sent a message that ‘HoppytheRocket’ was the target ๐ŸŽฏ. I should have said ‘My’ target as Svard pulled away at this point and duly beat all the riders in our current group, leaving me to chase down Hoppy on the big descent catching him as we rolled onto the flatter section at the bottom. Now, I’ve caught him, how do I beat him? Hoppy is only about 70% my weight, sprints well and can spend longer ‘in the red’ than I can, so hard to drop and can leave me on a climb. Only one option really, a long effort with multiple kicks to try shake him off the wheel, nice try Steven, but not to be, he came past and took the sprint by 0.2 seconds … Hoppy, I will be back.
    Race stats: Age : 56, Weight : 95kg, IF=1.021
    Averages : 153bpm, 291w, 3.06w/kg

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  8. Thomas Rieger says:
    17 January 2024 at 10:33 am

    I did a 20km warm up to be ready for the Muckers train of 3W/kg, that was the plan at 19:59h. but I was well recovered since last thursday so I tried to start as fast as possible and than waitung for the train. After the first pumbs I was in a nice group of Danish riders and after the start fireworks the power stabilisized between 3.5 and 4W, so easy to follow while in the draft. We were a nice group with Laurent, Niels, Tuden, Jakob, Dok and Grep. worked well togehter. Laurent and Tuden attecked on every single little ascend and I had burning leds after every kicker but they slowed down after the crest. After the long ascent I had a gap of 100m to Laurent and Tuden but I managed ti bridge up in the flast section. But after this effort Lauren pulled again 8W and was far away in a second. So 11th after the line, never thougt I could get a mention again in this very strong field. Was very nice racing with you gentlemen! pedal on, Tom

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  9. Michael Michelius says:
    17 January 2024 at 3:39 pm

    As mentioned by others, I also planned to join the 3.0-train. But after a short while I was at the end of our train and did see high numbers “little” above 3.0. I was happy to see that Andy seemed push constantly 3.0. So we grouped together. Andy recognized that Rens was doing the same some meters behind us, so he suggested to wait for him and ride together. Our 3-man-group worked very well and we picked up a 4th rider (didn’t remember his name – sorry). The main group reduced a bit their pace, so that we were able to catch up to them. My legs worked really good and I tried to do some work in front of the group – hoping not pushing too much ๐Ÿ˜‰ Not far before the finish, I increased my pace and tried to overtake some other riders. I was able to hold my place although ‘gunnera’ and Andy tried to attack me. But gravity was my best friend at that final section, so I was able to keep my position ๐Ÿ˜‰
    (I know that some strong riders took it easy and didn’t get all in. So I’m happy with position 41, which is not something I am usually able to do!)

    Greetings Mick

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  10. Mike Hagen says:
    17 January 2024 at 8:33 pm

    That was a fun 3 W train, though I found it hard to do a steady 3 W; I was just too erratic. Finally decided to key off Torben (DolphWader) and try to stay 3 m ahead of him. But with lots of riders in the group, most wearing blue, it was hard to do! Torben and Jeff65 fell back a bit at the end, but I stayed with them, and got to watch their sprint finish. So it was a fun zone 3/4 ride for me, and I hope I’m rested for Thursday!

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  11. Mads Grosen says:
    17 January 2024 at 9:30 pm

    Like always Tuesday is a semi kind of a recovery ride, and especially after Sundays Passo Stelvio. And my legs were screaming for self-pity on every little ascent trying to keep up with my Danish fellows Tranberg and Nielsbrynnum. But early on in the stage a nice group were made by Grep, A2-569-Diego-Donati, Dok_PS, Jakob_mt, one more and myself. The two Danes Tranberg and Niels were in front with 300m distance to our chase group. Diego-Donati did a really hard effort, pushing 4.1w/kg on the flat roads. When we came to the last steep climb Diego fall behind and Grep and Dok_PS took over. Just before hitting the top, Dok had made a 60m gap.
    My legs was getting warm and I went all in and did catch him just at the very top. I noticed Dok were easier to reel in on flat ground rather on the climbs, so I push even harder on the downhill and gain distance. Jakob_mt had caught Dok_PS and came very fast on the last 2 kilometres. Still I had a 100m gap and hold my 14th position.
    Thanks guys for another great race and not that much recovery๐Ÿฅต See you on Thursday and hold an eye on Tranberg, this is his third victory among Daneโ€™s if you choose not to mention the unbeatable Tuden๐Ÿ˜‰

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  12. Kyle Goodram says:
    17 January 2024 at 10:20 pm

    On Tuesday’s ride, the plan was a laid-back Zone 4 race, yet my usual racing spirit took over. It’s time to embrace the chill and reserve Zone 4 or less for non-Championship nights. I’ll play the blame game on S. Ludford, who stayed ahead, and even on the hill climb, where I thought I could catch up, he matched my w/kg, leaving me no chance. Excited to see you all on Thursday for the Championship race!

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  13. karel sousek says:
    17 January 2024 at 11:09 pm

    Tasty lunch as starter, warm up run as soup and evening race as main course, that is today’s menu. All flavours nicely combined, i could give 4.5 out of 5 stars to the chef. Strong start by everyone, just got little gap as this fast switch between two different activities is not best for muscles, but could stay with leaders with help of Luca. Group shrinked over time, we lost Adam, Tuden and Chris unfortunately.

    We stayed six, then five. Several hard attacks, which i mostly just followed, feeling im close to the limit. I was not convinced all in our group are real riders, which turned out to be true as Hungarian got dsq after finish. Few short climbs in final section, lost contact as i got few cramps to the right calf, which sometimes happen after running. Then i just secured my position till the end. Very good race by all honest riders, thank you for the experience!

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  14. Dok_PS says:
    18 January 2024 at 4:26 am

    This was an interesting course. My first Muckers race this year. After the usual position sprints in the beginning, I found myself better positioned than usually on those rather speedy courses. The group I was in did a nice job together when it was flat. As usual, drafting did only work when I am at the end of the group. Three riders around Tranberg in the front of the group pushed hard at a very first climb. I thought that this was maybe too early so I felt better to stay with the other 6 riders around Grochang and Grep. Towards the end, I tried to challenge the group uphill. But the more difficult climbs were a bit too short to create a distance to stay ahead after the flat and downhill parts. So the great riding of Grochang stopped my efforts and I then easily rolled out the last two km. The Mickers rides are great. A year ago the races where much different and less competitive. This is way I select only a few of the races to stay in my training routines for my summer plans, but the Muckers races are the best thing on Rouvy. Thanks – as usual – for the organisationโ€ฆ and maybe you once select my home climb here in Taunus/Feldberg for a Tuesday climbing challenge in the future ๐Ÿ™‚

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  15. lrollin says:
    19 January 2024 at 11:55 am

    Fast start with the lead group, putting in a lot of effort in the first 15 kilometers for little gain, then exploding on the steep slopes of the hill in the last 10 kilometers (last 5 kilometers at less than 200w). On Tuesday, I tried a moderate start with a gradual acceleration, and last night the opposite, starting in zone 5 and finishing completely drained. In both cases, I still manage to stay within the top 10 positions. But championship races are quite exhausting due to the intense competition. My main goal in these races is to stay in the top 10 without pushing myself too hard and keeping my heart rate within reasonable zones.

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