Andalacia MTB Stage race-Day 3

Day 3

What a difference a day makes

Today despite 300m more climbing than yesterday, all the climbs went up big wide tracks, very similar to riding on the SDW. There were however still plenty of tricky bits. We went through a field that made the mud in Friston Forest seem like nothing. I came to a stop in one big patch and fell sideways into a big puddle. We got to the top of the first big climb which was nearly half distance after less than 2.5 hours so we thought we were in for an easy day. we finished in 7.09 so it goes to show.

We had lots of tricky, rocky single tracks, there was a very tricky rocky descent with lots of steps which is similar to "Devil's Staircase" in Derbyshire.

I managed to crash twice on the last final descent and got stopped by very prickly Olive tree bushes. I am covered in small scratches now from them but thank god they were there.

I also had to change my rear break pad near the bottom of the last big descent as it was down to the metal which took about 15 minutes, which is a shame as otherwise we would have been under 7 hours


Dave HH