Darren Goff made his stage race debut this weekend at the Capitol Reef Classic. He railed to a 3rd place on GC! Gongrats, Darren! In his own words, here's what went down:
For my first time trial ever, I felt really good considering I was on my regular bike with no aero bars. I took 7th out of 34. The circuit race that took place later that day was so hot it made everyone really tired. It was two 17 mile laps with three POWER climbs of about 0.8 miles each. I pulled away on the first lap on the third climb and soloed until about three miles to the finish. I was dead tired and got caught. Me and another guy pulled away on the decent, but I bonked at 200 meters to go and ended up with 6th for that race. Looking back, I know I broke too soon, but it was fun to see how long I could keep the break.
For the RR, I stayed with the group until the major climb around mile 30. A five man group (including me) broke away and put a 5+ minute gap on the group. We took it into the end where I sprinted to win the day. After the race the #1 and 2 in GC guys told me they were done around the 10K mark and I could have gone off. It would have been nice of them to tell me that then instead of after the race!!!!! A few lessons learned by me. It was a good time.
I took 3rd in the GC with 30 seconds under the leader. I was happy with that considering my stupid tactics from the day before.
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