I began to think that maybe I was peaking too soon. And in the last couple of weeks, resting is hard, because you feel disconnected to the sport. But on race day nothing hurt. I couldn't have felt better. I was just in a zone.
Cycling is different from running or triathlons in that there's no one person that is the best.
There's a huge element of chance. For me, the hardest part was feeling like I can win this race, knowing that 15 to 20 other people could also win. I looked for a strategic way to win, to lessen the factor of chance. My breakaway strategy worked. There are reports that the flat racecourse was probably an advantage for you, as a sprinter.