Belgian Blues

Hi It's been a while since my last update and since then I have had a few ups and downs. I had a top competion 1.2 one day race which was 180km then the next week a 3 day tour down in the Ardennes called tryptique ardennais. I had terrible legs for the 1.2 so just battled in the bunch. The next weekend was a tough stage race down in the Ardennes with hard fast climbs and brutal stages. I went into this tour with the hopes just to finish as I had been pretty flat leading up to it. However I started to feel better as it went on so I was happy. Even tho I was still chewing my handlebars at the back of the bunch!
It was also good to be racing with lots of other kiwis down there. 10 of us in total with 6 being part of the national team including my cousin Wes, which made the race more enjoyable seeing all those guys again. It was also won by a kiwi Tom David which was awesome!

After the tour I rode easy for a few days then got hit with the flu again! I think it was from the first stage of tryptique where it was raining and cold. Guttered... I tried to heal myself but it just lingered for a week so I went off to the doctors for some meds. Had about 10 days off but it was a good chance to freshen up and recover before the second part of the season.

So I got back into racing last weekend with a kermesse about 20km away in Ramsel. It was a bit of a mission and 5 mins before the start I saw my tyre had lost some air so I had a slow leak and 2 bottles to get me through 120km on a 32 degree day.. Recipe for disaster and it was. Was feeling fit until I started getting a headache from no water. Pro's and con's.. haha. Oh well this week is a new week and with some carbon race wheels finally on there way to Belgium I'm gunning for some results in the next few months so will be going full gas..

Madness

Another roller coaster, cool set thing

Haven't been up to much else. Had 2 days away at Euro Disney in Paris with the host family which was fun.  I have never been a roller coaster guy until now.. hooked.

(Just to prove I'm alive)Poker face before aerosmith roller coaster.. Not even nervous..

Cheers for reading
Fraser