2009 Results of Note

  • 1st TTT Tour CABA 1,2,3 21/06 + White Jersey
  • 1st Fouesnant 1,2,3 13/06
  • 5th Bannalec 1,2,3 14/09
  • 5th Brest Cours D'Ajot 1,2,3 09/06
  • 6th, Kernevel 1,2,3 16/05
  • 7th St. Phillibert-Tregunc 1,2,3 31/08
  • 7th Auray Semi Noct. 1,2,3 11/06
  • 8th Plougastel (Ronde Finistere) 8/08
  • 10th Stage 3 3jrs Cherbourg Elite 13/09
  • 14th Scaer 1,2,3 1/09
  • 15th Le Ponthou Elite 24/08
  • 15th Souvenir Jean Floch Elite 05/06
  • 15th Moncontour Elite 01/06
  • 20th Stage 3 Tour Dordogne Elite 11/07
  • 21st, Circuit D'Armorique Elite 11/04
  • 24th Grand Prix Plouay Elite 23/08
  • 24th, Chantonnay Elite 21/02
  • 27th GC Mi Aout Bretonne UCI 2.2
  • 29th, Guégon Elite 29/03
  • 65th GC Tour de Bretagne 25-01/05
  • 31st, Circuit du Morbihan Elite 15/03
  • 18th, Serent 1,2,3 10/05
  • 20th, Clohars Carnoet 1,2,3 17/05

3 Sept 2009

this week

This weekends stage race went off without much of a bang on my part, didn't manage to slip into either of the long breaks neither did i have a blistering TT... finishing in the mid-times where everyone bunches up behind the speed demons. However i wasn't just sitting in the peloton following wheels for two days as Clement was on some hot form and took 7th in the TT with 20seconds defecit going into the last stage so we were riding for him. He got away early on in the last stage but got brought back near the end while one rider, Dimitry Samokhvalov (see pic) clipped off on the final 2km hill finish to just nick enough time to take the Overall. Not a bad ride seeing as he took the first stage after clipping off in similar style too!
My final stage finished when i was in a split in the peloton on the final lap and i finished easy and saved a bit for mondays and tuesdays races too.


Monday went well with 3 of us from Bic getting away in a break of about 20. After about 30odd km's together the race was coming back behind us so we attacked together and took 7 others with us and pulled away again. With 55 seconds going into the final lap we knew it was done and we started to attack the break. In the end Ferjeux clipped off with 2 others and ended up taking 3rd... out of three! Not great but a podium none-the-less. Behind i helped Thibault take the sprint for 5th and i came 7th. With a few primes in the pocket too it wasnt a bad day out.

Tuesday started off with a light 45mins spin before breakfast to turn the legs over... this acts a bit like a massage and before breakfast means that the blood isn't in the stomach digesting food but is in the legs to help flush out the toxins from the day before. (apparently!)

It seemed to do some good as the legs felt pretty good for the first few laps of the race however they soon died and i was hanging on till the end of the race. I finished in the counter attack after the front group split and i could go with. We were racing for 11th and i took 14th. A hard day in the saddle!!

Since then things have gone downhill... i have contracted swine/bird/somekind of killer flu and have been feeling proper shite since yesterday evening. Movies in bed and lots of honey is on the cards... feel sorry for me!
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