The team (Anthony, Dan, Oscar, Thomas) were greeted with warm weather in the south Georgia town of Albany. The weekend started off the a short twisty time trail through downtown Albany. It went well for Oscar as he took 3rd with both Anthony and Thomas in the top ten. Unfortunately, Dan suffered a flat tire but was still able to finish.
After a few hours of down time the team tackled the criterium. The crit course overlapped some of the time trial course so everyone knew what to expect. Everyone was very active getting time bonuses along with being in nearly every attack. In the final few laps the field was all together but was stringing out as the pace ramped up. Anthony and Thomas moved to the front of the field with one lap to go, as others were also fighting for position. Thomas ended up riding in the wind the entire last lap in order to stay right at the front. Coming into the last corner, Thomas attacked and held on for the win while Anthony easily took third on the line.
The road race started early, with Dan and Oscar making the main break of the day. They spent the next 60 miles off the front in a group of six and were busy absorbing the time bonsues. With about twenty miles to go, the break was brought back back a hard chasing field. Thomas made sure to follow any counter attacks that followed, while Anthony had a bit of confusion about the brakes on the his new Garneau bike. He was used to the ‘Austrailian’ version of brakes—i.e.. reversed brakes—because of this he miscalculated a corner and went down. A solo rider slipped away in the closing miles while the pack stalled out. Thomas ended up second in the field sprint for 4th place. With the time bonus he moved to 3rd overall for the weekend, while Oscar ended up 6th.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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