Lots of things contribute to a poor race day. If you enter overtrained, your body rebels. If you rode sat morning, a tad too hard, you may have affected your ride. Not sleeping enough 5 days before, not eating correctly 3 days before, not eating during the ride, all would have worked against you. Then there is the wind, and sun and other things you have no control over. Race tactics too, sit in the front third of the bunch where its easier to notice pace changes and not get dropped on climbs, not the back where its easy to be caught up by blown riders or miss the jump. Sounds like your nutrition was lacking, 94.7 is still a tough ride, and yesterday was hot and windy. PS: its very tough to hold onto a passing bunch, after being shelled. you burn many matches riding alone, and then to try and lift your game mentally and physically to pick up your speed, rhythm, and cadence to match a passing bunch takes some doing. sometimes helps not to timetrial it alone, but wait a few mins, recuperate, eat drink, and then latch on if you can...
