The first round of the teams series was an Individual Time Trial and a Team Time Trial. With Sam's triathlon background and strength in TT's, the team was hoping for a good result from Sam in the ITT. Unfortunately Sam punctured in the first 3km of the itt and his race was over. All of the other boys put in reasonable performances considering TT's are not their strong points and waited for the TTT.
TTT's can be for some, the hardest race they'll ever do. The pace is always fast and sometimes it becomes too much for some to hold. With some illness and inexperience in the team, the TTT was not what the team hoped for. The team also had to contend with some bad ran conditions, which other teams didn't, which really slowed the boys up. Unfortunately the time was several minutes down on the top teams.
What good came of this race was however the realisation of who the stronger riders in the team are and now we can focus on supporting these riders for the future races, which are likely to suit the team much better.
Round 2 of the series is next week at Beaudesert, and should be a great race.
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