TT's Eneas Freyre claims CT State Road Race Title

In what has been known locally as a demanding road race, the Tokeneke Classic Road Race hosted this past weekends (8/11/13) Ct State Road Race Championships.

Competing in the open Elite field, Eneas Freyre has in the past seen success on a rolling course that features just over 8000 feet of climbing over the course of 4 22mile laps (88miles) which features a 3k finishing climb that you climb on all 4 laps.

With a competitive field comprised of some of the best road racers in New England, the pace of the opening 2 laps was fast as the field keep all the early breaks with in site. Just to make the front split in the field, Eneas had to ride the 8min finishing climb at a p/w of almost 6.2w/k. 

Eventually a group of 5 formed in the lead and as the field began to show signs of slowing midway through the start of the 3rd lap, Eneas made his move to get accross to the break bringing 1 other cyclist in tow needing to create more than 6.4w/k for more than 5min to make the move stick. 

Having made the finale split of the day the break made its way to the base of the finishing climb for the 3rd time at which time Eneas decided he would take a chance to go on his own and try and pull the best men in the break with him. No one went so Eneas was left to ride the finale lap solo. The move was a risky one needed to cover the next 25miles with no help and a strong break + the peloton hot on his tails. Having ridden more than 1hr on his own at over 5w/k. Eneas could only muster up a 30-40s gap on the chasers and in the end he was cought with just under 1k to go finishing 2nd but claiming the CT State Road Race title as the 1st CT rider accross the line. The fatigue of going solo on the lasp lap caught up with Eneas as he rode the finishing climb at about 40w lower than the previous 3x. Although not a big number, it was enough to cost him the overall win. In the end it was a big day physiologically for Eneas needing almost 3700kj of energy to complete the course at a pace that was 95% of threshold scoring 355TSS points. I think it may be time to retest Eneas!

Equipment Choice:
Eneas chose to use his light weight custom tubeless wheel set up featuring Hutchinson Galactik tubeless tires (available at Tri&Cycle) and ran standard 53/39 front rings with a wifi 11/32 cog set up. This allowed Eneas to stay in the big ring for the entire race avoiding any possible drop chain issues. 

To view Eneas' power file please click here:

For full results visit here: