3 and out

This weekend we had the Tour de Louisiane Stage Race in Covington, LA just north of where I live by about an hour. I hadn’t been training super much recently. I’ve been riding but nothing structured other than some group rides in the morning on the levee. So TDL is composed of a short 3 mile TT, an 80 mile road race and a 60 minute criterium. I was just going to do my best and see where it turned out.

So here are the results and some quick highlights:

TT
6:48 good enough for ~ 23rd

Road Race
12th pack time
I tried attacking a bunch on the first lap to try and get off and have a chance at the hot spot.
It stormed so hard during the race which made it super hard and really a good “real” road race.
On the 3rd lap I had a flat and had to chase back on
By finishing with the pack I moved from 23rd to 18th

Criterium
7 seconds separated 10th and 18th place.
Once again I attacked early and often to try to get a chance at the hot spot.
I timed the crit to attack at 23 min in assuming that the hot spot would be rang around the 26 min mark. I was off for a lap but got caught as the officials rang the hot spot lap.
I still managed to be the 4th person across the line for the hot spot. No time bonus but a decent result.
I had another flat after the hot spot.
In the final laps I was sitting in good position in the front and ended up attacking on the last lap with about 1k to go. I got caught with about 200meters to go to the line.
I ended up finishing 17th overall. I took Diego’s spot when he DNF’d

Again I had fun racing, I tried some stuff it didn’t work but at least I was noticed and felt somewhat accomplished. Oh and to finish off my 3 and out I rode my TT bike on Tuesday after TDL and had another flat.

3 flats, 3 races, and 3 and out!