I’m here in Doha, Qatar for a 3-week trip. The weather is great at this time of the year and I like it here so far; a lot of activities and events going on. So I’ve done some research and discovered this group of avid cyclists who actually have some fantastic roads to go cycling in.
Qatar Chain Reaction is a multinational group of avid cyclists living in Qatar. Apart from their weekly rides, they also organize: Time Trials, Century Rides, Off Road (Mountain Bike) Races, Special Seasonal Rides, Biathlons (Bike and Run) and Group Socials.
Line up for the start of the Race
So on Saturday 20th of March, at around 3:30pm the planned “Qatar Cycling Federation 50Km Road Race” kicked off. The weather is great this time of the year and today it is fairly windy, with wind blowing from north. The race started very tough (it was actually a 66km race not 50) it consisted of 6 laps 11km each. As we started, everybody seemed to know what they’re doing except for me. They attacked and the peloton was formed so quickly, I seemed to have missed it but for the first lap I managed to stick with a group of a tri-athlete, two other guys and me, then I managed to break away with my tri-athlete friend for two laps before he slowly attacks and leave me face the wind on my own with no aero-bars for the rest of the race.
Race Course
That was my first race and I am very happy to have finished it. I’ve done much longer distances before but those 66km were really intense.
Good day everyone and I hope things are going great back in Cairo,
Yasser
3agal Masr-Bike Store
Mountain Bike Egypt
Yasser: Great experience and interesting report.
Thanks for contributing so much to the CCC website.
Keep on the good training,
Luis
Yasser,
I have only now checked up on your CCC Site. It was good to have you with us and like me you enjoyed the 66km. For sure the start was fast and furious with the National Team ruling trying to rule the front. We have some guys in our Group that are quite strong and they manager to stay with these Semi-Pros until the latter stages of the race. We were proud that one of our guys finished Second with a few others not so far behind. Maybe next time we will do better.
If you are around at any stage please feel free to join our weekly rides.
Take care and catch up when you are back,
Ben