2/6 – Ride Recap
9th February 2010 by brtoone
There was a bad wreck on the ride. Please keep your thoughts, prayers, and positive thoughts with Brandt from Auburn (broken collarbone) and Dewayne from here in Birmingham (broken wrists and hip).
Also, I had a last minute family emergency and had to miss the ride 🙁 so here’s the update/ride recap from two of my teammates who were there … first up, the recap from Jacob –
John won the first AZ out of a sprint, with Jennifer Schuble and Tony behind. I think Brad, who opened up the sprint, may have gotten 4th?
The Camp Winnie AZ was wild. Darryl took off early and the bunch didn’t want to let him go. AL Masters guys pulled and brought it back. As soon as he came back, Miro attacked but didn’t get much of a gap. We crossed the bridge and climbed the last steep double hill, and I lifted the pace at the top to try and trigger a move. Sure enough, Terry jumped out and immediately opened a big gap. Robert (Masters) went after him and I’m not sure if they ever hooked up, but Terry soloed it in. Darryl pulled Robert back, and as soon as he was caught, Gavin attacked. I chased him down and caught him at the base of the final hill, but the pack was closing fast so I didn’t pull through. Brock led out the sprint for Will, who launched midway up. Darryl came around him for 2nd, Will 3rd, me 4th, Brock 5th.
The KOM at Vandiver was Darryl, with Gavin in 2nd, right? I was behind the front group of those 2, Will, Miro, Robert, and Brock. [Editor’s note – there was a misunderstanding about whether a regrouping was going to occur before the start of the next attack zone so we are scraping the Mimosa results.]
78 started like last week, with nobody eager to slog it out in the headwind. Finally TD took off and Will went with him. I went for and got the city limits sprint for 3rd; I think Miro was 4th and not sure who for 5th. I was done after that, so not sure how the 78 climb played out. [Editor’s note – see Darryl’s recap below for the cemetery hill attack zone]
And here is Darryl’s recap:
KOM….I attacked from the start and then Terry attacked with Miro and I just let them hover a while before Gavin started his signature chase. I took his wheel and as he raised the pace and we separated from the group. Gavin tried 3-4 attacks but nothing really stung and I just came by him for the KOM at the turn. Terry was 3rd. That’s when I looked back and Terry was coming hard. We killed it up the train track and all the way to the line [at Mimosa].
I was right after Miro for 5th at the sprint zone on 78. After a quick little dig for Jacob, I sat up and caught my breath for the hill. I came by Will. Gavin had put out a chase so he was cooked for the hill. Greg (not Robert) from AL Masters bridged up to me and then Miro came up too right about the time T was ready to go again, I attacked and T and I rode away with T taking it to the top. Greg was next, then Miro. I don’t know who got 5th.
So please make any corrections and fill in the missing details so I can update the points. Thanks.