Today was hard. Today was wet. Today was awesome.
Stage 1 of the TofB was the road race with distances ranging from 27 miles to 75 miles. The course is the same as last year with two major climbs per lap, Airport Rd. and El Capitan. They're not big climbs, but are always taken at a hard pace and often decide the outcomes of the races.
Five Valley Velo came out in force with all categories represented. Congrats to Sarah, Renate and Jen for representing the women's fields. You ladies rock! The men's Cat5/Masters B field had several triathletes (including Jeremy, Donn and John from the bitterroot), Travis and Greg. The men's Cat4/Masters A's was totally stacked with all the usual suspects and for the first race in a long time, we had 5 guys in the men's Cat1/2/3 race. Too bad we didn't get Seeley to race with us for a big 6.
Now I didn't get to talk to everyone after the races, so there will be a lot more info coming by the end of the weekend, but FVV did GREAT! Greg Larsen won the Cat 5 race, we had 3 of the top 7 spots in the 4's (Willy, Jeff T. and Rob Gillespie) and Adam Jensen WON the Cat1/2 with a killer sprint at the top of Airport Rd. Great job guys. Sorry, but I don't have the stats for the women yet, but will get them soon.
Today was torture for some as well. Steve Zellmer crashed hard in the Cat4 race and the weather was the demise of many a cyclist. I was bringing in a solid last place in the Cat1/2/3's until my chain snapped with 3 miles to go! There were lots of DNF's that took us out of contention for the Omnium overall, but we will still get to race for some of the cash and primes in tomorrow's Crit and Time Trial. Today sort of reminded me of Frozen Flatlands as it poured rain for almost the entire race. Brrr!
So lets hope for better weather tomorrow and for another great day of amatur bicycle racing here in western Montana. Signing off.
1 comment:
Sounds awesome! I should of been there, at least to volunteer. I was too bummed to be missing out so I just stayed home. cant get my bandages wet and I was also too afraid to crash again. I suck at road racing! Thanks for the report for those if us too wussy to attend.
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