Starting off the day, Mike (I ride alone) Meteyer captured the overall win in the Masters 55+ as well as the state title. And for the second road race this year, he took off early (in this case, Lap 2 of 6) and soloed impressively to victory! Also, in the race, Gordy (I only need one working leg) Paulson managed to play the good teammate making sure no one bridged to Mike, and then proceeded to take 4th overall and capture the state title in his age group as well! Nice work boys!
Not to be outdone (and having already heard of Mike's exploits earlier in the day), in the Masters 45+, Eric (if Mike can do it so can I) Knuth and Dale (what, no beer at the finish!) Humphrey started a series of attacks and counter-attacks part way into Lap 2, with the result being Eric going away solo for the final 4 laps for the overall win and state title! So take that Meteyer! :)
In the women's races, Diane (hills, smills) Schlipper took the Masters Women state title and Lisa (I never met a hill I didn't like) Harms just missed out on the Women's 1/2/3 title taking second. Way to go ladies!
And in the largest field of the day, Tony (Oh so close!) Lemke narrowly missed the podium in the Men's Cat 4/5 race taking 4th!
All-in-all a fine day of racing for the team! Hard to believe it's not even August and that was the final WCA road race of the season!
I now feel better about getting beat up on rides by Mike and Eric, back when I was in the USofA (and Gordy and Diane S too!)
ReplyDeleteCongrats all!