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| Early season in Spain |
Anyway, here it comes. My season
definitely had its highs and lows. It started in Wales, finished in
Finland, but it was one hell of a year. The proper racing started in
London World Cup, which was more of a personal over-reaction more
than anything. From there on I had to concentrate on my dissertation
at uni and the spring season in Britain. The spring time highlights,
cyclingwise, were definitely the BUCS track champs in general – and
solid performances across the field. Yet the biggest thing was that I
had completed my degree and was only waiting for the results.
From then on I moved back to Finland
and started my preparations for Nationals on road and track. The road
nats in June weren't for me this year. Equipment problems, stomach
problems and finally a crash – such a weekend. Yet, I felt that I
had some legs. Then in the Omnium the form wasn't stricking but I
managed to gain some solid rides in to my legs building the
confidence on the way to my first stage race.
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| Porvoon ajot |
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| U6 Stage race |
In Sweden, I had a good week of racing
and managed to finish nicely. Yet some problems distracted me from
racing at my best and at the end of the race I caught a viral flu,
which was a misery especially after the U6 Cycletour as the track
nationals were on the door step. The week before the team sprint I
touched my bike once, and then the next week two times or so. Not the
preparation I was hoping for. I lost the form quite totally, but
managed to scratch a good weekend medalwise. I won again the kilo and
IP, but also added my first TP gold to it. Thanks to the guys in the
team. The next weekend provided clear evidence of what sort form loss
we were talking about, as I was really off the case in some time
trials, but as we knew what was going on so it didn't matter too
much. The power losses were quite visible.
The original plan was to keep on going
until late autumn track races to do some results, but as it appeared
the costs to do that were relatively high so we decided to wrap up
the season, despite the promising form after Svanesunds 3-dagars and
some track training. The power had built back to normal. Therefore,
we decided to take a good break and go for the coming season, as I
started to wander more and more on the coming years.
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| Hill prologue at Svanesund |
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| Starting to get back in form |
To sum the season up: Good solid season - I took major
steps forwards, although it may not have been quite visible at all
times. The major proof for me was that I was able to race a week long
stage race without dying, but also the times I produced in BUCS track
champs. There could have been plenty more to come, but I feel going for seasons ahead will be more beneficial for the future,
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| Training in Gent |
Still no cycling beats the real big
thing of the year. I graduated for university with a first class
degree – that was the moment by far!
The next is season is on the door step
already now. More of that will follow.
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