by Mark Briercheck
My 2013 racing season kicked off at the annual ABRA Fort Classic Road race. Temperatures in the low 80's, a nice stiff breeze, and sunny skies were the order of the day. Pretty much the most ideal weather one could ask for a bike race.
The Master's 40+ category had a lot of the usual suspects showing up to lay down some hurt.
Five laps on a rolling 8 mile course with one 'sort of hill'.
The peloton must have feared either the hill or the wind because there were few half-hearted attempts to organize a break during the day. So the field held together like glue for 33 miles.
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| Photo by Fred Jordan |
Finally starting into the final lap a group of four rocketed off the front.I missed the break but stayed in the group of chasers hoping to organize a catch. Given the hill and the wind it was unlikely they could hold the break unless the chase group failed to organize.
Long story short - the chase group failed to organize and lost 30 seconds to the leaders.
Coming into the final stretch I was in excellent position to sprint but burned my last match too early at 200m out, and lost a few places just before the line to finihs in 8th Place Overall.
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| Photo by Fred Jordan |
Overall - Just a great day to be on the bike and shake out the racing cob webs for the start of 2013 racing!
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A lot of the locals were coming down hard on JR so i wonder if he might skip this location for next year..we'll see. He even had to approach one local about putting their dogs onto chains to they wouldn't chase the riders - the owner said 'No' and refused to restrain his dogs from coming after the bikes. *sigh*
Oh well...still a super fun day.
thanks,
Mark
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