KOM

But......

Here's the KoM leader after 50 meters past the finish line.

Someone lapped wheels and went down right in front of me. Took me with him. Broken right collar bone.

Signing off from GMSR.

Eric and Mike
Sent from my iPhoneReport from Green Mountain Stage Race.

Stage 1 - 6 mile TT
Meteyer was sitting in 7th only 3 sec out of third and 30 sec out of first. Decent position. Knuth was off his A-game and was 50 sec behind Meteyer.

Stage 2 - 53 mile road race
Trek Midwest strategy was to minimize wasting matches as we'd had done in previous years that we paid for in the mountain stage the next day. Meteyer took maximum KOM points on both rates climbs. It wasnt the going in plan but the opportunity was there so i took it. I was fourth wheel at 500m of top of the first climb and feeling really good. I jumped at 300m. One guy came with me and pasted me at 100 m to the line but i fought back and got him by half a wheel at the line. The second climb jumped at 500m and went uncontested. The race finish came down to a field sprint and we finished in the pack.

At the finish line of the stage here is the KoM leader.

Shannon!

Great job to Shannon who’s been making it on the podium quite a few times this road season, finishing it up with another at the state time trial championships!

 

Stage Race?

Stage Race?  Eric, you never said anything about a stage race.   I thought we were going to Vermont to collect prized craft beers? 

 

 

 

 

 

We won!

Well, technically the stage race does not start until tomorrow, but if you look closely in the picture you will see the jar of salsa we scored at the supermarket!

Oh yeah, we did also happen to score some of the country's finest adult beverages - beer from Hill Farmstead, Heady Topper (Alchemist Brewery), and Sip of Sunshine (Lawson's Finest Liquids) as well as two other local wonder beers! And as you can tell from the picture, we will be carbo-loaded and ready to roll in the time trial tomorrow morning.

Green Mt Stage Race Take 3!

Mike and I are off to the Green Mt stage race in Vermont, a 4-day race held over the Labor Day weekend. This will be our third consecutive year of making the trip - we are both hoping the third time will be the charm! Our first stop before heading out of town, of course, was to get caffeinated at Colectivo - good coffee is a road trip must! And Mike doing his best impression of a Trek / Colectivo advertisement model!