6 May, 2019

Final stage of The Tour Of The Abberleys this morning, the Worcester Circuit. And it would be fair to say I just haven’t had the legs this weekend and it’s been a tough few days mentally and physically. At least a little bit of pride restored today and overall an improvement on last year.

5 May, 2019

Bugger. Scratch what I said yesterday. Turns out 3 riders did get away and took a minute out of the rest of us. Still, long way to go and expect it all to kick off today. Today it’s stage 3, the Hillside Circuit.

So stage 3 of The Tour Of The Abberleys didn’t quite go according to plan. In the mix for the first 4 laps but blew a gasket on the penultimate climb and emptied the tank just to limit my losses on the final lap. Chances of recovering any time tomorrow? Slim to none.

4 May, 2019

The 21st edition of The Tour Of The Abberleys kicked off this morning with a 3 mile Prologue Time Trial.

Could I have pressed a bit harder in the Prologue? Possibly, but not a great deal more. Managed to dip just inside 7 mins and with the exception of the the 3 lead times 15 seconds is all that separates the majority of the field.

Stage 2 of The Tour Of The Abberleys, the Astley Circuit, came a couple of hours after the Prologue.

A combination of small time gaps and blustery conditions meant nobody, to my knowledge, was able to get away so 3 laps and 42 miles around the Astley Circuit ended in a bunch finish.