FRR - Grand Tour 2026 - Stage 5 (CRP)

Showed up for Stage 5 of a 21 day stage race and naively thought the pace would be slow. The race started on a short climb and several attacked out of the gate. I didn’t take it serious and found myself in 6th place with a 10 second gap in danger of finishing last in my cat. I spent the next 10-15 minutes of mostly downhill or flat trying to close it down. I got within 2 seconds but they just kept hammering. Fortunately, the predicted race winner had a “mechanical” and ended up behind me. I waited for him to catch me and hopped on his wheel to get back to the lead group. Once it all settled out, the lead group of 7 had a minute or so gap to the rest of the race and the pace chilled out until the last 2 climbs. The group still was all together until the last climb and it broke up. I managed to drop one rider and caught up with another that got dropped from the front. There was about 10 K left, and the dude I was with refused to do any work. He said he was spent, so I obliged to pull the rest of the way to the finish. I kind of thought he wouldn’t contest the sprint, but I was wrong. He beat me in the sprint. I was annoyed, but there are no gifted podium spots. He got 3rd and I ended 4th. Lots of fun.
. In. Out
Fluid. 1000 ml. 1300 ml
Carbs. 90 g. 167 g
Sodium. 850 mg. 1,105 mg

🧀 Fat 30%, 🍞 Carb 70% (167 g)
🕯️ Matches 8.9
🔋 Maximum discharge 78.1%

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