Amstel!!!!!!!!!

ishiwata

Perhaps it worked - 20th place is not too shabby!

Well, I never would have predicted the outcome. How was the race? Were there a lot of spectators?

Hookyrider

I think just finishing that 160 mile course isn't shabby. Sure we don't have the monster climbs, but we have 2000 small hills that range from 10 - 23%, they'll let the air our of your sails! Happens to every I know that comes here thinking it'll be easy. Finishing 20th sure that's not where the money is, but attack after attack over those hills non-stop all day, 20th is an accomplishment!

Even with it being Easter Day, folks were out everywhere. Around 1400 the sun tried to come out. I staked out some space on the Sibbegubbe - as the Cuaberg was impossible and my prime location was blocked by organizers.

P. Betini's(sp) attack before the Kuetenberg was shear folly, there was no way he was recovered enough to take that one at any kind of real speed and survive. Organizers had the climb totally blocked (all three aproaches), only the farmers and folks staying at the small hotel got to be on the Kuetenberg.

I'm about to go out on a ride - maybe I'll get you a riders view of the Kuetenberg when they come around the farm house. It looks like a wall (23%) at the bottom.

HR