Or, was that 7 riders who turned onto Leesville? I have so much respect for reporters! Getting out an accurate story is difficult, and, probably useless to you guys. If my reports don't improve, I will write much shorter ones!! Promise...
---- [email protected] wrote: > > Gyro Nation, > > It was a great night for riding with clear skies and 80+ warmth. Once again > we had a great turnout with 19 riders, and good energy in the air. > > It was clear from the beginning that our strongest riders, Sean and Bryan, > had an agreement to stay off the front for extended periods which allowed the > rest of us to duke it out (yes, I said "Duke"). Big mistake. Most of us were > in "wait and see" mode, and, did not go out on the attack even though the big > 2 were giving us a long leash to do so. > > There was a slight break on Cheek, but, by the time we hit Hereford things > had eased up enough to bring us back together. We rode together along Cheek, > albeit a bit erratically, and went hard up Geer. We were a bit fragmented, > but, by the time we hit Burton it had come together again. > > It was not until this point that anyone did what I am sure Bryan and Sean > were hoping: attack. They were sitting back, and, it was Bert who went. But, > no one went him! We left him in the wind, and, it was Tony who thought we > should at least give Bert respect by chasing him, and he dragged the group up > to Bert (nice friend). > > We worked hard up the Doc, and a group of 5 riders had a small gap on the > peloton and made a quick turn onto Leesville. It was a good move since we got > stuck waiting for traffic, and never caught them. > > I got reports from Dave and Tom about how that front group finished, and, it > looks as though it was John who took a long, strong pull up Hickory Grove, > and, eventually there was one rider who broke away from Tom, Dave, (there was > another rider who they could not identify), and finished first. It is my > guess that Lou was one of the 2 who they could not be identify , and might > have been the one who outsprinted everyone. > > What happened to Sean and Bryan? They were being much too polite, and pulled > off at Harrington Grove. > > Our chase group worked very well together all the way back, and, did come up > on the tandem just as we hit Hickory Grove. Smith and Claude are riding very, > very well. It is always impressive seeing how they work together, and how > good they are. > > Once again our lead group broke 22. I am going to list this ride as finishing > at 22.1 for the 31 miles, since our chase group was at 21.9. > > We are riding much faster than last year at this time...it will be > interesting to see how fast we can go. > > See many of you Saturday, and all of you next week. > > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
