karel sousek says:

High intensity efforts in Muckers race, who would not love it? Running warm up as slow as possible to keep as much energy as possible for the race. Profile looks easy, but with all big guns it is always super hard. Just like today, long flat section, where big group formed, while Wyverns went into brave solo breakaway, but was cought under the foot of the uphill section.

Alieno, Gilmad, Chris and James with me in the front. Alieno was the strongest, we formed group with Gilmad and James. Profil still little uphill, very painful and i got cramps twice to both legs. Hopefully could stay with folks. Bronze medal, as James had great sprint, while Gilmad did not sprint. Perfect race, thank you all who joined!

Batbuilder says:

It all happened in the gorge.. I got with a good group and we started to work our way through the field, only to be passed by RocketRoy living up to his name just before the gorge. In the gorge everything changed- Max power but although I passed quite a few people I couldnt hold on to leonelcunha or Grochang and they slowly edged away. I couldnt relax as there was a group a couple of hundred meters back who would have easily passed me if I slowed down to leisure pace. 16th was my best postion for a long time.😁

Steven Ludford says:

This wasn’t a profile where I could do well against the leaders of our Farnham Championship, so I opted into the 2.5w/kg peloton that was being suggested. Knowing three of the Farnham riders normally ride at that power I sent word for them to join the group and it worked perfectly, everyone rode to keep the group together all the way to the village of Cheddar, a place I know very well. Arriving at the climb ‘fresh’ I was able to power up much stronger than normal and surprised, due to the 2.5 race start, to be riding amongst my usual competitors, Mucker ‘Mikeee73’ was a big help on the false flat as we shared turns for a while but I was running out of energy and, despite being tantalisingly close to my big Farnham foe ‘Gunnera’, I had to ease off on the descent and protect what I had. Another enjoyable night racing.
Race stats: Age : 56, Weight : 95kg, IF=0.931
Averages : 156bpm, 263w, 2.77w/kg

Rocket Roy says:

I was intending to ride this easy with the main Muckers train so set off really easy. I couldn’t see any of them on the riders list so assumed they were in front of me and I speeded up. After passing a few riders I still could not see the Muckers train so I went into full-on time trial mode and just smashed out 300W to the finish to see how high I could place. I didn’t work with anyone and just held max watts as I reeled in group after group. The visual cue of riders in front of me was like a carrot to this old donkey and helped get the best out of me. Looks like I have recovered from the food poisoning on our Tenerife training camp last week where I set the 7th fastest time from the top of Mount Teide to Playa de Las Americas and also caught and passed the Bora Hansgrohe team climbing Teide.

Mike Hagen says:

My plan was to ride to Cheddar with the 2.5 W blue Mucker convoy, then attack the Cheddar Gorge climb and carry on at 3 W/kg+ to the finish. See how that worked. I’ve been feeling a bit stronger and more energetic the past couple weeks, maybe this would be a good test. The blue convoy was a lot of fun! Moving up and down through the group, seeing where everyone was, helping to keep things together, was really nice. Deffo need to do more of that. Past Cheddar, I took off on my own into the Gorge, hunting down riders ahead. Did the climb 20 seconds faster than the GRC race last month–a good sign! Over the rollers at the top of the course, closing in on one last group {noncon, Hoppytherocket, and A.wool), 150 m back, and I dropped my chain! Got that sorted before the group I’d just passed caught me again, and the adrenaline rush probably helped on the 3 km downhill to the finish. Averaged 3.8 W/kg after Cheddar, not far from that 4 number, pleased with that. Kudos to all who rode this course!

Niels Brynnum says:

Raceplan, – try to stay in front group as long as possible 😅 without destroying the legs completely 🚴‍♂️. I got dropped on one of the smaller hills and found myself in a bit of no man´s land. I managed to catch super strong Pfeffer 💪💪and my Danish mate Tranberg, who also like Pfeffer seemed to have power legs 💪💪 but shortly after it became a duo Pfeffer 💪💪 and myself. We worked really well together and caught up with strong rider andy_emmo 💪💪. A super trio, we needed to push hard as the wolf pack 💪💪RocketRoy, Lrollin, m-forby and leonelcunha was chasing our tails. We lost andy_emmo, at the end and super strong Pfeffer claimed the victory in our small trio battle.