10/17

Jamestown

Sorry for the late report it was a busy week for me. Robyn and I went up on Sunday to ride the course and do some sight seeing . When we got there we were going to just get on are bikes and due 2 laps and head to the hotel. I found a nice parking spot got out of the car and started to put the bikes together , Robyn was getting ready got out on the passengers side stood up and all I heard was a hollow ding noise . I quickly looked over and Robyn was hitting the ground . I looked up and saw the old cast iron fire call box on the telephone pole and knew what happened. When I picked her up she was just coming to . "I think I got knocked out" she said . I was like do you think !!!! She was out cold for like 10 seconds no lie . In true Robyn fashion she dusted her self off and got ready to go . The recon went OK but it didn't help much , the winds turned out to be in the opposite direction the next day.

On race day the weather was nice , cool and windy. E and Scott were there from my team . The pace started off tempo with the usual at the gun attack that goes nowhere . When we hit the bad pavement section I was like 3rd in line to keep out of any trouble . As the false flat climbing section came on us we all had good position . I was tucked in around the 10 spot . An attack went and I didn't think much of it not knowing a lot of the players in the masters I only recognized Gerard from keltic . I was playing the sprint up the hill card on the last lap . The break just loomed in front of us , then the Arc Cunt Ciel riders went to the front and blocked the road . This is why I hate Masters races , dickheads that are blocking what the fuck !! The group was well up the road and it wasn't looking good . E went to the front and started to work. The only other guy that was working was from Exodus . They would get it down to like 15 seconds and then the dickheads would fuck up the chase . I know what you bubble boys are thinking (That's good racing) well fuck you . As we went into the 2nd lap the gap pulled away again and I was thinking it was over but E went to the front and pretty much pulled the last lap himself . Every time he pulled off he slipped back into the 3 spot . and then went right back through . As we hit the lighthouse section they were at about 30 seconds I'd say . Then a guy from Bikebarn took a big pull around the lighthouse and I was thinking it was doable . When he pulled off I took a hard pull and others started to roll through . I told E that I wanted to be 5th on to the hill and let me tell you the boy was on fire he got were I need to be and went to the front to do his death pull. When we hit the hill the break was half way up already , it was going to hurt but it was still doable . I was on the front when Tuillo came by with a full head of steam . I had to turn myself inside out to get up to him . I retrospect that was the wrong move . He was just as gassed as me when we hit the top . The breaks was like 50 meters in front of us and we had a bigger gap to the pack . He looked at me and I looked at him to make the next push . I should have went at the pace I was going and I think I would have been able to make the jump . It was an all or nothing move and we got nothing. As we started down the hill to the finish it was clear that we wernt going to catch them and with all the money up the road I just sat up and rolled in with the little group that came up on us . FUCK it sucks when you have good legs and they go to waste . (The pic is of E on the front)