Garrett Lemire GP
Garrett Lemire was a bit rough on us. Ojai was incredibly hot and the 45 laps on the tough course were going to sledgehammer the field.
As is often the case with bike races, the racing was 'on from the gun.' Tom Soladay and Daniel Ramsey were particularly active in the early goings, making it into some solid groups and searching for the inevitable break.
Meanwhile in the field, Adam Myerson, David Guttenplan, and Eric Barlevav were sitting comfortably in hopes of a big finish.
The inevitable break did in fact end up going, but it went with a LOT of riders in it - nearly 30, and unfortunately for us, we only had one rider in it, Adam Myerson. We were of course, happy to have at least somebody in there, but it was disappointing not to get more in there. It's hard when only a few guys are actually racing - I know I for one was completely useless, and that makes it hard on the rest of the team, especially for a rider like Daniel who is going well, but no matter how well you're going, there's a physical limit as to how many moves you can actually cover before there's one that you miss.
Adam was going strong in the break, riding smart as per the norm and all set up for a big finish. Behind, the field had shut down completely and Daniel attacked in hopes of making it across to the break. Daniel made good ground, but never quite made it across, leaving it up to Adam in the final lap...
With three turns to go, the final time up the hill, the sprint opened and Adam was in ideal position, somewhere around 5th or 6th wheel. It was looking fantastic for a big result, but Adam found a big chunk of misfortune by way of Kayle Leogrande. Kayle's bike malfunctioned, Adam thinks it was gear skippage, and Kayle went into Adam's front wheel, taking out some spokes and sending Adam straight over the bars and directly on to his elbow. Race over. Bad news for the elbow.
It was a really unfortunate crash, and resulted in a trip to the hospital, but thankfully Adam was ok, no broken bones, just a deep gash.
Another race that saw us close to a big result...it'll come soon enough.
As is often the case with bike races, the racing was 'on from the gun.' Tom Soladay and Daniel Ramsey were particularly active in the early goings, making it into some solid groups and searching for the inevitable break.
Meanwhile in the field, Adam Myerson, David Guttenplan, and Eric Barlevav were sitting comfortably in hopes of a big finish.
The inevitable break did in fact end up going, but it went with a LOT of riders in it - nearly 30, and unfortunately for us, we only had one rider in it, Adam Myerson. We were of course, happy to have at least somebody in there, but it was disappointing not to get more in there. It's hard when only a few guys are actually racing - I know I for one was completely useless, and that makes it hard on the rest of the team, especially for a rider like Daniel who is going well, but no matter how well you're going, there's a physical limit as to how many moves you can actually cover before there's one that you miss.
Adam was going strong in the break, riding smart as per the norm and all set up for a big finish. Behind, the field had shut down completely and Daniel attacked in hopes of making it across to the break. Daniel made good ground, but never quite made it across, leaving it up to Adam in the final lap...
With three turns to go, the final time up the hill, the sprint opened and Adam was in ideal position, somewhere around 5th or 6th wheel. It was looking fantastic for a big result, but Adam found a big chunk of misfortune by way of Kayle Leogrande. Kayle's bike malfunctioned, Adam thinks it was gear skippage, and Kayle went into Adam's front wheel, taking out some spokes and sending Adam straight over the bars and directly on to his elbow. Race over. Bad news for the elbow.
It was a really unfortunate crash, and resulted in a trip to the hospital, but thankfully Adam was ok, no broken bones, just a deep gash.
Another race that saw us close to a big result...it'll come soon enough.
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