ACC Part II

Day 4 – Men’s Elite Road Race
The day started nice and cool with the grounds still wet from the night rain
I woke up at 545am to spin for a short while on the trainer before having breakfast and following the boys to the race site
Anddddd…Vinokurov was really there! The Kazakh team had powerful riders like Fofonov Dmitriy (ex Crédit Agricole rider) and Astana riders Iglinskiy Maxim and one more other guy I forgot who
Basically they are power la
Me and Lem got dropped off on top of a climb so that we can do a standing feed for the boys
It was nice and cool for the first 2+hrs, and then it started to get rather sunny and hot
The race was exciting man! The stronger riders literally zooooomed past us on the climbs and made it look so easy! The Kazakhs relaxed for the first 3 rounds then made their move and they took the field from then on
1, 2, 3, finish for them (Fofonov, Vino, Iglinskiy) and a Hong Kong Rider (Wong Kum Poh) was 4th
The hk rider was powerful! He managed to follow fofonov and vino until he got attack badly by them
Our guys did pretty well! Jiwen 19th, Jud 23rd, JunRong 30+ and Calvin 40+
Calvin and JunRong worked really hard in the chase and attacked many many, really brave
Sat the broom wagon back to the finish line after that
My face was totally burnt man
Took pictures with the 3 race winners!!

Day 5 – My Road Race

It was nice and sunny when I woke up, had breakfast and got the new team attire!
It’s much thinner and more ventilation compared to the old one
Sat the bus to the start line with Dan
It was soooo hot man, so I stayed in the shelter until about 830am, then headed out for a short 20mins warm up with the boys who were having a short spin before packing their bikes and leaving for Singapore
The race started at 9am and off we went
A total of 39 female starters, riders from China, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Syria, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam
The peloton started really slowly so I had time to warm up and relax… then we hit the climb.
First climb was rather painful cos my legs were not used to the pain yet….then down we went and PFSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT when my rear tire, just 20 minutes into the race
In my head, I thought that all was over as Jeff was changing my rear wheel, and even more so when I started to ride with my heavy Aksium training wheels
But with encouragement from Daniel over the radio, a lil drafting from the team car (which got us fined by UCI.lol) and God’s help, I managed to catch up with the peloton!
From then on, I just tried to stay alert and sane. The peloton was really slow cos there was a breakaway and most of the teams were represented there, so their teammates held the rest of us back. But on the climbs, I felt really good and was always ahead of the peloton 
Thank God for his protection, it’s totally amazing. The 2 chinese Taipei girls came from my sides and just squeezed me, so I touched the left, then the right rear wheel and spun out of control to the right towards the road divider. Just when I thought I was going to crash, SOMEONE held my handlebars steady and I didn’t crash! THE hand of God (: lovely
I gave it my all at the end, but due to me not eating (cos I’m not used to eating during the race, but I really have to start learning how to cos I almost bonked!) I lost out at the sprint..my legs were starting to cramp!
So I was probably 15th or 17th but could have been top 10…but overall I guess it was a good race!
My back was sooooo achey after the race that I couldn’t even remove my clothes! Good thing it got better after that, and at night, the world’s-best-team-manager Daniel Loy gave me a ONE hour back massage.
Feel like a Queen here sia.hahaha

Day 6 – ITT

Couldn’t really sleep last night only slept 6hrs, and when the sun came up (at 6am), I couldn’t sleep anymore
Had breakfast in the lounge as usual and its Indonesia’s National Day! They had some mini flag raising ceremony downstairs
Then went down to check the bikes to make sure everything is in order and sent Lem off for his ITT
Slacking around now, will take a nap later before my race
1pm race! Hot hot! But….i see some rain clouds coming! Hope it doesn’t rain but just stay cloudy..
Okay more updates later! Pictures will be up soon when I get them cos they’re in the big camera and we don’t have the cable…