I dnf'd this race last year. The Holy Hill race the day before kind of takes it out of you, but I was determined to make it. Today was Eric's last race as well and Patrick is racing with the big boys in downtown Cedarburg. I was pretty strong throughout the race and attacked a few times unsuccessfully. Then a 3 man break went up the road. They stayed away, the field chased hard for several laps but we all just got tired and had nothing left to chase with. The races have been kind of frustrating. The speed is, then its down, and everybody is riding their brakes through the turns. It makes harder. Then you get swarm ed constantly from the sides and its hard to keep your position at the front. With 2 to go, I made a nice move and got near the front, but I got swarmed going into the 2nd to last turn. It was about 400 meters to the line after the final turn, but that just wasn't enough road to move back up once they opened it up. You had to be at least 5th wheel out of the last turn. My legs did hurt a little today as well. That's ok, we finished safe and I've got 2 more races. Patricks race was OK, but he had a minor crash. His front brake mysteriously grabbed hard and sent him over the bars in a turn. He took his free lap and got back in just fine and finished with the group. They did 70 laps, it took 2.5 hours, and was about 100 km. Local boy Luis Zamudio has been out here for almost a week now as well and he is doing great. He just barely missed the winning break today that almost lapped the field. They would have, but they just eased up.
Past Winners:
Year Name
2007 Sebastian Haedo (ARG)
2006 Karl Menzies (AUS)
Check out Patrick on Bahati's wheel (Bahati is wearing the red sprint points leader jersey)
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It would be easier (and funnier) if you had just said "Bahati's the black guy."
It's nice to see someone else standing out in a race field. I don't feel so square! Too bad I don't kick ass like him...yet.
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