don’t forget to lean your diet towards carbs 48 hours before the race starts!
all the tips in there sound good; it’ll probably be a hot start as a few get up the road, but things will really shake out on the first climb at 22k. Try to get over that hump with the fast guys! Why not try; maybe you have cat 2 watts for that duration. The only way to find out…
Go deep in the pain cave and test yourself.
First Road Race, how exciting!! Wishing you all the best of luck, have blast!