Green Mt Stage Race Day 2

Today was the 50+ mile circuit race which had 700 feet of climbing per lap. The weather in the morning for Amanda's and Lisa's race was on the cool side and dry, but in the afternoon for Mike's and Eric's race it was muggy and raining (mostly a constant drizzle - enough to soak everything and make the bikes dirty).

Lisa and Amanda defended the leader's jersey and Amanda took a few sprint points in the sprint competition - another stellar day for the ladies!  Mike says "Girl Power!" And post race (see the picture) they are both looking pretty sharp and ready to hit the queen stage tomorrow!

The plan for the men's race was to see how things unfolded given the strong competition, and if it came down to a field sprint, to set up John Van Susteren (our LAPT "teammate" for the races!).  There were lots of attacks and mostly short-lived breaks, although last lap Mike was in a strong 4-man break that looked promising, and with John and I blocking it looked like it might go all the way, but one of the teammates of a guy in the break attacked and dragged what was left of the pack up to the break. In the end 2 guys managed to get away and stayed away by 8 seconds, and we set John up for the sprint where he took 4th overall (2nd in the field sprint). Now just hoping the legs recover for tomorrow's mountain top finish!