Good morning
You won't believe, but it is me again Skinny Spinner
Today is a second day, group stage race
Ironman Round
105 km and 1160 meters of elevation
It is 8 AM, race starts at 9
We are going to register first
I gotta sign up for the sate and
get the pasta party pass
which is taking place after
the finish
I think I have recovered
I had a morning stretching
Yesterday as well
Btw, there is a free massage after the race
I think we are gonna test it today
It is a bit chilly in the morning
I am wearing a fruit jacket
Someone is behind me
I guess
We get water from these springs
A bottle costs
Around 1 eur
That is why we don't see a point to buy it
I hope it is clean :) It is Austria, no?
So here we are
Gotta find my name
The organizers have already put the start
lists for today
The whole peloton - 380 cyclists
is being divided into 4 groups - A B C D
Depending on the yesterday's ITT results
So everyone will start accordinly
Viktor Petrovych is in group A, of course
Because he smashed ITT - 53 minutes
I will start in group C
So, that is how it is
Let us check the route
There were mountains
I will have "live coverage" from one of them :)
105 kms ahead. Let's roll
I am starting in group C
I need some time to get used to the new peloton
I got a penalty for riding the wrong lane
Me and the rest of group C D and some from group B
Unfortunately, there is no footage showing me being dropped from the group
The start was pretty flat, so I just could not XD
I am in the small group, we gotta sweep the ones who were dropped as well
I am trying to build a bridge and close the gap
At least i tried.. and got some help
We got them. Time to rest
I thought I was behind Sagan, just for a sec
Just take a look at those legs
It is my turn now.. speed is going down too fast
I am cooked, let the big guys do the job
Let them work, I am a camera man, right?
Going up the mountain. This is my territory...
Or maybe not:)
So, the first uphill
Pretty good ascent
10%
gradient
I am in a group that suits me
I guess everyone is from Austia
and Germany. No Russians here
Pretty hard
But we are gonna do well
Tricky turn
Going down.. noone seems to push
I am keeping the distance
Someone is trying to speed up the group
We gotta support him
We are trying not to go over the speed limit
Descents are awesome
Good roads
Roads are well visible
50 on a flat road
Gathered back again
Guy from USA on the left, we'll meet again
And not only today
There were 3 girls in our group
Triathletes
70 Km/H and it is not the limit
Heading towards the Drau River bridge
No breaking guys..
Or maybe a bit
This place looks like Granfondo Ukraine race
This is the bridge, I gotta get to the group
Push it a little more
Got them
Could not find this place to synchronize telemetry
Another bridge
I was pretty shocked seeing this bridge
Sitting behind the girls
Moving towards the head of the bunch
I just can't lose the group
I won't be able to look in Petrovych's eyes
Feels like Tour de France
The road is paint with names
Time to work, finish is soon
My turn
Some ukraining jokes here
I had my turn, enough
Crazy descents before the finish
I still have 1 Carbo Gel left in my pocket
Badass turning
Risky guy there
They overtake me on descents
Few kms before the finish
We all are pretty tired
But I still got something
My carbo gel
Hello Villach Alpen Arena
Turbo boost here
I don't wanna lose to a girl
Stand up and dance
Leaders
Gotta overtake now
But there is another one coming
Replay
I am not the only one who wanna be the first from the group
I am losing the contact
Americans are attacking
But it is not the end yet
Got him, full guess
Let's assume this is a spring for 2nd :)
Finish
Doing some grass damage
Alpen grass damage
Hand shake with the winner
So we have finished
I found the group i could follow
I would say...
Grupetto, right
I guess I finished in 3 hours
I didn't want to go full gas
Sure, I could not do anything on my own
I have to keep in mind that there are 4 stages to go
I gotta save my legs still
There is pasta and vegan party
Bananas, apples, oranges, etc
Very good
There was no rain.. a bit wet
road was partially wet
There were some dangerous moments though
Someone almost crashed in front of me
But all went well
I am very happy
Had a chat with couple of guys
The guy from Germany won the stage
This is the leader's time
I don't know my time though
Will check the results later
See where do I stand
That's it for now
We gotto go home
Vicky wants some pasta
Will go and take some
We gotta go home, there are still some kms to go
We are in Villach, not Ossiach
30-50 minutes to go
So we came to see results
My time is 3:00:09
What is my place?
I am 206th overall, so managed to move up
Testing a massage
A great thing to do after the race
So, the massage is done
I had to pay
20 EUR afterwords (didn't know that)
BUT
It was simply AWESOME
My muscles were crying
I thought I would
die there
20 EUR for 20 MIN
I had no cash with me
I had to go the terminal
To get some money and come back to pay
So we are heading home
couple kms left
We gotta take shower
And we will go for a walk later
4 hours till the evening briefing
so we have time
Races are good
I have have to edit as well
coffee break
I am trying not to waste time and edit
because people are waiting
I hope this one will be up in couple of days
It is already uploaded, by the way
Cause this video will be up way later
Check it out
I am adding the link there
Tour of Galychina
2nd Stage, group race
So we are going for a walk
To have some coffee, Vicky wears a dress
I could not resist
I gotta be a good boy
here it is - farmer's garage
our hotel
the farm, tracktors
I don't know the brand
not from Belarus
So we are walking with Vicky
And thinking., take a look behind, the mountains
Do you see deforestation?
I don't
Hello Carpathians
I don't know what is the situation there now
But here
People do care about the nature
And it feels like that
That is why
Ukraine is far from such thing is protection of nature
I guess it is too late
to find the way back
Point of no return
If you are walking with a dog
Dog shits - you clean
You have a plastic bag
Put it in a trash
How do you spot a cyclist?
Take a look at his legs
No! Why?
I saw lots of cyclist with not shaved legs
I saw lots of cyclist with not shaved legs
SHAAAAAAME!
Pedestrian signs in Austria
Some guy
He has something in his left pocket
But that buy there, I can't get it
What is that?
It is a girl in a skirt
Sure it is
Skirt.. ha ha
So we saw the rewarding today
Ukraine is on the podium, of course
Viktor Petrovych, 1st one
in his category
He won TT yesterday as well
In his category
We had a little chat about
races
European ones
We are so motivated
I think, next year
we will plan something interesting
Maybe Vicky will take part as well
Tomorrow is very hard stage
120 kms
The elevation is much higher
I don't remember exactly
We gotta have some rest
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