The road race was one of the toughest I have done with almost 9k feet of climbing up and over 12k feet with brutal winds too boot. This year was cooler temp wise but still did not make it any easier with the wind. The group held together for the most part on the way out, but split up on the second half. Ryan was kept up front the whole time and he stayed there on the way home. Walter dragged me up the climb on the way back and lost me on the decent only to be found again in the last headwind section. Bart and Travis were riding with other guys as well and pulling out some personal bests for the course. At the end of the road race Ryan took third, myself 11th and Walter right behind in 13th. It was a tough day, but we had a very nice pasta dinner at the house complete with massage complements of Matt G and his wife Pam.
Sunday we had a late start for the crit so we watched the 4s race and hung out at the hose until race time. Matt's advice for the Crit was to go right from the gun and work together, Ryan was the man but though to make up any time here. He had to be ready to TT well to keep his 3rd place in the GC. Travis hit it hard for the first 2 laps, then Bart and myself took over out front. Bart pulled through the wind, and got me off the front. Once out there Walter, and Ryan stayed in the front of the pack blocking for a few laps. This helped me secure the break away all the way through the finish for the win. I can't thank the guys enough for making this happen for me, it was tough, fun, but most of all a team effort.
Right after the Crit was the TT, less than one hour. We booked it up to the start 15 minutes away and got gear ready. The typical 10 mile out and back is usually a downhill out and uphill back, but today the wind changed that up a bit. It ended up being a hard effort out and easier with the wind pushing on the way back. Still tough after a weekend of hard racing, but all solid results for everyone. Ryan came away 2nd and myself 4th.
Overall Ryan held his 3rd place in the GC, I was 10th, and Walter 13th. What a fun weekend of racing and just goes to show what we can do when the team works together. The other categories did very well too. Jim of course won the GC, RR, and TT for the 1/2 field, and I will copy Matt's note from last night for the complete laundry list of results for the team. Great work all weekend guys.
Pro-1-2
1st Place General Classification
1st Place Stage 1
1st Place Stage 3
4th Place Stage 2
6th Place Stage 2
SM 3
3rd Place General Classification
10th Place General Classification
13th Place General Classification
1st Place Stage 2
2nd Place Stage 3
3rd Place Stage 1
4th Place Stage 3
SM 4
8th Place General Classification
9th Place General Classification
9th Place Stage 1
SM 45+
15th Place Stage 1
15th Place General Classification
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