Gelderland, Fleche, Borsele

After our week of non racing, it was time for 139k Gelderland on Sunday, Flèche Wallone on Wednesday, Borsele TT on Friday and Borsele RR on Saturday, fly home Sunday.

First off, the weather was amazing through all these races, sunshine, warm(er) and a bit windy but still, sunshine - most important.

Gelderland wasn't such a great race for me, seems I needed that race to blow out the pipes to get ready for Flèche, plus 3 of the girls crashed, so it wasn't a great day but a couple of us managed to make it to the finish line...

Monday, Tuesday were easy spin days plus team presentation in Huy for Flèche.  Wednesday was a beautiful race, we all worked great as a team to make sure Kmac was in the best position and well taken care of.  She got away with a group but the peleton reeled them back in over the Mur the first time....

The second lap was attack after attack until the peleton was split into groups, I finished in the second group and enjoyed the climb the last time - most of the spectators were good and drunk by then;) funny comments...

Thursday was another easy spin day, Friday we drove to Zeeland for the TT.  That was a fun course and the funny thing, Vos's dad was my follow car - tripped me out.... nice guy!!!

Saturday, the other girls met us at the race start - it was a 2hr drive and we raced Borsele RR.  5k into the race is a hard left hand turn, onto a bike path, so it was gonzo to that corner.  The first lap the peleton was all together but the second lap going into that turn was a gnarly crash with girls bouncing down the tarmac.  I skidded through safely, only to go down in the corner when a girl in front of me skidded out and I t-boned her - DANG IT....

2 of our girls crashed out, so it was Ruth, Kendal, Emily and myself for the rest of the day.  We worked on echeloning as a group and we practiced our lead out successfully.  So it was mostly a good day minus the crashes.

Last night we drove back to Fitland, packed bikes, washed clothes and packed bags....now I'm in the airport waiting for our flight to go home:)

Enjoy some pictures.....

 Oh my gosh! Look at all this FOOD!!!!

 A beautiful sunset on the road....

 The motorbikes that are part of our races....

 Megan and I at presentation...

 Emily and I, same presentation...

 Feeding the ducks:)

 Fleche prep....

 These wonderful people helped us a lot, offering their camper at a couple of races....

 Simon, Kristen and Ruth....

 Goofball!

 The circus was in town!!!

 Driving to Borsele.....hoping the rain would stop for the tt...it did...

Sleepyhead....

 The town of Zeeland...

 Our hotel for the evening for Borsele....

 The family that offered the camper.....

 Plus the dog or mascot....

 Vos's dad....

 Our hotel room....

 The view....

 The beds...

 Pre race horsey ride....

Team mascot....

Reading: Wild, maybe I'll finish it soon....
Listening: Lover of the light, Mumford & Sons
Eating: anything in sight, day after race hungries...
Watching: the planes come in and out...
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