....somehow Robby,K was able to convince me.
A) Didn't want to ride a race...
B) Already biked about 31m/50km this year...
C) A short trip like that is actually a bit too expensive... .

Heeeeelp...........

...and I still ended up sitting at the airport in Hannover with Robby.K (Thu. at 3:30am!?!?!?)

only to be sitting on my bike at 9:30 the next morning… and without a room too (but who needs a room to ride bikes… let alone breakfast… when we have Maxim energy bars)....

in return, Robby really had to sweat during the Criterium on the evening before the race..

...all the hard work didn't pay off, but losing against ex-world-champs is no embarrassment....

...and so I was in a good mood at the starting line the next day.

...or should I say, in the best of moods....

It may look a little too relaxed at first.....

...but then the pedal was put to the metal.......

...just Captain Rubberlegs is completely detached as always… all I can say is… morphine produced within the body......

...in the end it was all good. Robby was the winner of the Masters division! And myself ?????
Anyway, the goal was to beat 181 competitors… many enemies, much honor!

See you next year
Ron