yesterday was the smallest race of the trip for us. bredene is right on the coast of the north sea. a quick 60 minute drive and on to inscription. after some back and forth with the gate keeper, he finally let us in after we showed our licenses. i don't think he believed that this guy with a huge beard was a pro cyclist! we tracked down the registration in the dank corner of a cafe/bar. pretty straight forward. we managed about 4 training laps on the course. flat, bumpy, some twisty sections and more road sections than i care for. actually, pretty similar to a lot of courses in the us.
sylvestercross was a c2 race, but it still drew in the top guys: stybar, albert, nys, etc. i managed a 2nd row callup, right behind brian. he crushed the start and that allowed me to be top 20 into the first corner. pretty uneventful race, at one point i may have been top 20, but faded towards the end to finish 27th, 4 minutes down from stybar. at least i didn't get lapped this time.
easy rest day ride with brian and pete webber today. pete guided us along some of the famous cobbled climbs of the ronde van vlaanderen. achilles was pretty solid today...good thing as weve got two big ones left with the gp sven nys tomorrow and gva tervuren on sunday.
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