Yesterday, Saturday, September 17th, I participated in the Col Amic Time Trial. Organized by the Vélo Club Soultzia (link/results) and on a closed road, the event attracted 85 participants. It’s a very smooth climb with 10.3km for Climb of the 510mD + @ 4.9%. After 1.5km @ 8%, there is a good false flat descending of 1.4km. Then the road is quite regular @ 5%.
I line up with Hervé for 4:45 p.m. and he will start a minute behind. This time, there is no question of playing the fatal hare game from a week ago . I set myself 315 W as a target.
Except that the starting strategy is still different
Not being a good Climb of the rider, I know that it will be phone number list very difficult for me to maintain more than 300 W in the false flat descent. So I start 340 W on the first radar and then recover in the false flat.
The legs are spinning great. This time it seems that the big load cycle preceding the Vosgienne is well assimilated and that the sharpening continued this week has paid off. At the end of the artificial intelligence and climate change: a turning point false flat, I can easily put the watts back around 320 W. The road, not steep enough, is not to my advantage. The speed often varies between 22 and 25 km/h, I try to be quite aero in my position but it is not really my specialty. I realize that I could also cut the trajectories a little more since the traffic is closed. In short, at this pace I’m good and know that I’ll be able to hold on until the end.
Last question: when to place the final acceleration?
Not knowing where the finish is (towards a farm inn at the end of the forest), I’m a little lost in the sequence of turns and suddenly I see the finish line. I accelerate for 20 s @430w but it’s not enough to give everything. So I european union email list cross the line in 26 min @319w avg / 5.2 w/kg. Huge personal satisfaction, it’s 10 watts more than for the CLM du Ballon in one week! It was certainly possible to go over 320w and get under 26 min with an acceleration triggered a little earlier. But no regrets because I didn’t have to scrape 15 seconds to get the next place from my friend Hervé who finished in 25’45.
