Bicycling Australia

My uphill road to Switzerland

THE WEEKEND STARTED OFF perfectly. I achieved my two goals of beating both my power PB and the men we were racing! I lined up the next day excited to defend my six-second lead; unfortunately, while riding in the middle of the peloton, an unexpected pothole on one of the descents caught me unaware and threw me off my bike. In seemingly slow motion, with no hands on the handlebars, I wobbled along at 50kph. Knowing what was about to happen was a horrible feeling, although it didn’t compare to the

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