Now my 3 tubes for R99 at cwc is not a bargain anymore. But seriously, I think they should have considered the 47km route. Then I would have at least burned the salted caramel gu I took just before I did not start. Burbed the whole way back to home.
It is the other way around. The a bunch caught some lone riders of the earlier start groups and they hook onto the a bunch. We caught a small vc group just outside Wellington and some of them sticked with us till the end.
