Roundup

It has been a while since my last post mainly due to the fact that the random wireless signal from one of the neighbours at the house has dissappeared, hopefully temporarily.
After the infection diagnosis on Thursday the racing for the weekend was up in the air. Originally the plan was to do an interclub with the elite team, but on Friday my doctor pulled the plug on that plan. He was concerned that the race was too long and too hard to do while on antibiotics and with two days off the bike. The plan then changed to riding a classic in Halle with the second team. The purpose of doing this somewhat lower level race was to get some training in and test the form after the events of the week prior. With 150 riders it would be a fast way to get a few kilometers in.
For the first hour I didnt really feel that great. The course was rolling and wind was a factor, but aside from an early break the race was still under control. I found myself riding at the front and getting in some splits and gradually feeling better and better as the day wore on. By the time we hit the finishing local circuits I was getting in breaks as the original break was brought back. Finally with about 30 km to go a group of about 10 got away with Mario from our team. Another group joined them shortly after putting 21 riders up the road, but with Mario havin won two races last week things were looking good for him in the break. With 15 km to go I attacked just before the biggest climb on the finishing laps. With about 20 seconds on the peleton I was joined a few kilometers later by a group of three. To make a long story short we never caught the front group, dropped one of our own and I sprinted to 23rd.
The next day I did an open race in Deftinge and after missing the first big move, getting really worked over by a second group and completely botching the sprint I was 27th.
The antibiotics have worked wonders and I am cured of my impurities. I still hae a day left of antibiotics so the tired feeling is still around, but with two races this weekend I am excited to feel normal again.