Bank Of America Wilmington GP
For the NRC Bank of America Wilmington GP, TIME Pro Cycling sent the contingent of Tom Soladay, Jackie Simes, David Duncan, Jon Hamblen, Andy Baker, and Mike Stoop.
Tom had previously won the race in 2005, which was good enough for a call-up to start the race off nicely. Colavita, Kelly, Bissell, Battley, and Richmond were all in attendance on the tough, windy course and the racing was blazing from the start. Duncan and Stoop were active for the first part of the race, but as they started to fade a bit, the crucial moment of the day occurred and the break of 12 formed with 4 Colavita riders, and 3 Kelly riders, so this was it. Hamblen recognized the danger and bridged right across. Stoop tried the same, but couldn't quite make it.
Hamblen of course sat on in this group, and the team was justifiably not satisfied with the numbers, so the call was made to chase, and chase they did. Baker, Simes, Duncan, and Stoop formed on the front and set about the business of the chase. Soladay sat waiting for the finale.
The gap came down gradually, but consistently, but so did the energy stores as first Baker and then Simes fell victim to the hard effort, which saw much of the remaining field put under pressure. Eventually, Soladay started working as well in hopes of adding that extra bit of horsepower, but it was too much for Duncan and Stoop and the junction wasn't quite made - but it was close.
Up ahead, Hamblen had been sitting on, and attacked with 2 to go. Bissell's Scott Zwizanski made it across and rode through as Hamblen sat up, as the effort was seemingly for naught. Unfortunately, the break eased up as they caught Hamblen and Zwizanski managed to stay away for the win, whilst Hamblen took 7th. It was a frustrating finale in some respects, but also a huge encouragement for the team, as victory was oh so close.
The team looks forward to the upcoming races, as we know for sure now that we can contend for the win in these races.
Tom had previously won the race in 2005, which was good enough for a call-up to start the race off nicely. Colavita, Kelly, Bissell, Battley, and Richmond were all in attendance on the tough, windy course and the racing was blazing from the start. Duncan and Stoop were active for the first part of the race, but as they started to fade a bit, the crucial moment of the day occurred and the break of 12 formed with 4 Colavita riders, and 3 Kelly riders, so this was it. Hamblen recognized the danger and bridged right across. Stoop tried the same, but couldn't quite make it.
Hamblen of course sat on in this group, and the team was justifiably not satisfied with the numbers, so the call was made to chase, and chase they did. Baker, Simes, Duncan, and Stoop formed on the front and set about the business of the chase. Soladay sat waiting for the finale.
The gap came down gradually, but consistently, but so did the energy stores as first Baker and then Simes fell victim to the hard effort, which saw much of the remaining field put under pressure. Eventually, Soladay started working as well in hopes of adding that extra bit of horsepower, but it was too much for Duncan and Stoop and the junction wasn't quite made - but it was close.
Up ahead, Hamblen had been sitting on, and attacked with 2 to go. Bissell's Scott Zwizanski made it across and rode through as Hamblen sat up, as the effort was seemingly for naught. Unfortunately, the break eased up as they caught Hamblen and Zwizanski managed to stay away for the win, whilst Hamblen took 7th. It was a frustrating finale in some respects, but also a huge encouragement for the team, as victory was oh so close.
The team looks forward to the upcoming races, as we know for sure now that we can contend for the win in these races.
posted by Jered at
7:36 PM
1 Comments:
so, "sitting on" actually means chasing back or bridging to every move with a colavita and kelly rider?
as well as attacking numerous times in the last 10 laps?
you make it sound much easier than it was... i wish i had tried it your way, Jered.
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