GOOD WEEKEND!

So the road race sat. was 75 miles. A rolling course was made hard with winds from hell!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah George Hincapie was there as well which made the race harder then the fierce winds. Some dude from Bissel was there as well, and this dude was the guy that was in the break with George on the stage of Cali that was cold and windy, so he was a beast. I ain't gonna lie, it was a bit intimidating lining up against 2 guys fresh of tour of cali. There were over 100 starters, and many pro teams. There was an early break that got over 2min. rather fast. George was taking monster pulls through the cross winds, splitting the pack. Thanks to my Euro experiences I was able to stay in the front an avoid the splits. Unfortunately my teammates Steve and Talbott got caught in a last lap split and got popped. With about 7 miles to go the early break was reeled in and George was up front making my life a living hell. My neck was cramping(not sure how that happens), but thankfully my legs held out through the last c cross wind section. with around 5k I positioned myself for the sprint. It was a fight though I nearly went down twice while fighting for position but held it up. Going into the last 1k I had good position sitting about 8th and George was giving a killer lead out. At like 250meters the bissel guy and Thad Dullen opened up the sprint. 2 guys in front of me popped so I went around them but couldn't quit close the gap to them so i battled it out with the field and ended up 3rd overall!!!! Def. 1 of my best results in my life. I was happy........but damn that race was hard!

Sun

I raced juniors in the early morning road race. It was a good field for an American junior race with close to 50 riders, I bridged to the break with 1 lap to go and attacked out of it to get a solid victory! My teammate Evan held of the break for 2nd place. Another Hincapie Berkley 1/2! In the pro race that afternoon I pulled out halfway through caused my legs were trashed, and its to early in the year to kill myself.......Overall a good weekend,

aj