race day didn’t start to well for me, put 2 holes in my front tyre about 15 seconds into stage 1. lost a massive amount of time and it was still bothering me in stage 2 so didn’t ride that well. i actually thought the taping in 1 & 2 was very hard to follow.
really enjoyed 5 & 6 and managed 9th in both even with a crash in 5(grand vets so the slow old men, although some of them are still bloody quick)
being local we had a walk on 1,2 and 6 on friday evening, i’m not so sure it actually helped much, everything looks totally differant when you come at it on a bike, possibly helped with a couple of lines but most features i know from past races there.
need to work on my fitness though, it was a tough day