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aliases: ["Long ride — 2025-04-19"]
Is A: Event
Date: "2025-04-19"
Belongs to: "[[2025-04]]"
Related to: ["[[person-luca-rossi]]", "[[person-alessandro-ferrari]]"]
Tags: ["Health", "Sport"]
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# Long ride — 2025-04-19
Long ride with Alessandro. 90km, 1162m elevation.

## Notes
- Post-TT ride with Alessandro. He did his first time trial yesterday and finished mid-pack — happy with the result but wants to improve his aero position.
- Rode the familiar loop through Castellina and Fonterutoli. A comfort route when you want to chat more than suffer.
- Alessandro analyzed his TT data all morning — power was good but his CdA (aerodynamic drag) is too high. Needs a skinsuit and aero helmet.
- Beautiful spring day — 22°C, high thin clouds, the hills bright green. Peak Tuscan spring.
- Stopped at the bar in Fonterutoli for two espressos and a cornetto each. Talked for 30 minutes about bike fitting, aerodynamics, and marginal gains.
- Easy pace throughout. Average power only 175W but that's the point — social rides are for recovery and friendship, not fitness.
