Tripleshot Cycling

Results are posted.

It turned out to be a great evening of racing, no accidents and a couple of fantastic finishes. The roads weren't dry, but there was no rain during the race. Not too cold either. Triple Shot was well represented in all categories. 15 laps for the A group and 11 for the B group, which included the women. It's late, so I'll get right to the main point - Young guys rule, old guys drool. Shawn was 4th in the A group and Adam was 3rd in the B's. Adam looked very strong as he sprinted to the finish. Two guys broke out of the B group, but Adam was the best of the rest. In fact, it looked to me as if his efforts to finish off the rest of the pack at the line almost took him up to that two-rider break. Well done. I witnessed this because the lead B's caught me on their final lap. I was there for Shawn's finish too - He was only a few meters back at the finish (and as I didn't place 3rd, I'll leave it to you to figure that one out). Peter, Gavin and I claimed the non-points paying positions - 11th, 12th and 13th I think. Dave and Al (and Adam, as mentioned above) placed among the top-ten B's and Rita continued her string of in-the-points finishes.

Peter had a mechanical on the climb in lap one that put him out of the pack. He soldiered on alone. Gavin and I were dropped by the main A group within the first 5 laps or so. Gavin just before me, which meant that all but Shawn (in the A's) rode lonely races unaware of one another's position. About two laps from the end I caught a glimpse of Gavin - it inspired me to push a little harder (sorry Gavin). In retrospect, that was good - kept me just ahead to Shawn - who will have to wait until next week to lap me

I almost forgot: Adam's performance was especially impressive as he won the high school race (on the same course) just before the start of the B race.

JT

Awesome work guys, sorry I couldn't be there.

I knew Shawn was gonna kick some ass on that course. I was expecting to see him do a solo win in the B race. Cool that he rode A and hung in there. Nicely done Tripleshot.

Thanks for the kind words Josh

I had a blast last night! I was really nervous before we started, especially after seeing the size of some of the A riders' calves (turns out those riders took the top three spots). After we got going I hung out near the back of the pack, and after a couple of laps it split up. I didn't see how many guys got away, but I was riding with four or five (including John T).

I think one guy got a flat tire, and after John dropped back there were three of us in a group. One guy stayed in front and pulled the whole time, which was fine with me (I remembered the advice of my Fearless Leader Peter to stay out of the wind)

Anyway, that guy's chain dropped off on the climb on the third-last lap and I was left with one other guy. As we started our descent, I had a near-disaster with my own chain coming off. Fortunately the momentum meant I was able to gingerly pedal it back onto the big ring.

As we climbed the hill again on the bell lap, I could tell my partner was suffering badly. I pedaled away from him at this point and kept him back during the last lap (which is when I saw John T and tried to catch up with him).

Thanks again to everyone for a good turnout and keeping it real!