MendelRace 2024 Hill Climb 🥉 9th Overall (4k, Full Race, Data Overlay)

  / strava   First race of the 2024 is a road bike hill climb up #mendelpass. I did this race back in 2018 and wanted to go back this year. Race did not go according plan, some mistakes are made on my side. I had a close call with catching a cold the days before and was not 100%. It was a brutal first 20 mins. I finally got off the big ring and settled in for the rest of the effort after 15mins of hammering. My best values for this season are 385w 20min and 365w for 38min. But those are very stable efforts with no hard pulls. Even though I am good at pushing and recovering I had one too many and could not do that one last bridge up to the first group. I also tested the new setup with Winspace Hyper R33 wheels with Vittoria inserts and fast tires set up tubeless (Veloflex Record TLR 25mm). So far so good. #cycling #mendelpass #PassoMendola #hillclimbracing #bolzano #mendola 00:00 intro-Start (announcement of "race does not start here") 02:49 hitting the Mendel climb - looks like race was on all along 06:23 Big effort to bridge starts 12:30 Got to a fast group averaging 385w so far 15:40 I have to bridge up again 18:00 Joined a fast duo - A bigger group is up the road but I am out of bullets 20:50 Previous winner got a mechanical 23:50 He got back but we cannot hold on 41:00 Finish - Results - Numbers