Wednesday, August 24, 2011

8/23- Chili

one week after the crash and the blog...the cat fours took to the course in chili. the night started with an attack by jeff g, twin line, and myself. we made it to the small hill on the back side before being swallowed up. in an attempt to make the racing aggressive, primes we set for laps one and seven. things got hot on the first prime but everything was brought back together. almost every lapon the turn to the road that had been stone chipped, brent would carry past the peloton in an attempt to get away, but he couldnt get any help here. the race pretty much was status quo until lap seven when a good size group was able to walk away from the field on the long stretch thru the woods. brent was up the road in the break so i was only going to attempt to bridge if i could do it alone. we the field hit the hill the pace was mellow, so halfway up i had worked my way up the side and made my move using everything i had left to catch the break. by the time i got to the top the break was splitting up, brent and macfive frank were dangling off the back and a group of five or six was still up the road. from somewhere i got the strength to swallow up brent and frank and get us back to the group just before the long straightaway. the peloton was coming on strong but i knew we would not get caught. with three cnb in the break we made the last turn and it ended up with hoag, mike c, myself, kevin, and dave m ready for the final climb. about halfway up mike c broke for the line and i went after him, he proved to strong for me but may have left to soon as kevin was able to chase him down and get him at the line. even though p hoag did most of the final work, he almost got me at the line as i was barely able to hang on for third. it was a race with some attacks and strategic timing...well done cat fours.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

8/9 - Wheatland

The rain clouds cleared just in time for the racing to begin. It was a small peloton that seemed ripe for a breakaway. However, nothing stuck - it seemed that everyone was too busy marking each other so no one was able to get away. The group was strung out for the finish sprint and I placed myself in 7th or 8th wheel - just where I wanted to be. But the lead riders never faded as is typical for the long sprint at Wheatland. Luckily, Chris (ROG) found a crease on the shoulder of the road and made a mad dash for the line. I grabbed his wheel and came around him just before the finish line. I wasn't able to track down the winner (Dave, CNB) but was able to get second place.
See you at Victor next week.