1st Liam Killeen(Spicialized), 2nd Jay Henry (Ford Specialised),3rd Roan Exelby
We went out to pre ride the course on Sunday and it started HAILING and Sleeting, mid summer in the Rockies just does not fail to entertain! Well, i had another ripping race and some of the stars even showed up to liven things up.
Start altitude: 9500ft
The pro peleton gently mozied up the main street of Breckenridge, CO, in a neutral zone along streets lined with people celebrating the public holliday holding lots of beer and letting off firecrackers (why is there a holliday again?!) As we exited town, the pace car pulled away but the pace remained pretty chilled until we hit the mountains, we ascended more than 11600ft (5400ft per lap) today.
Two laps of the course spread the field out pretty well. At the end of lap 1, i was in 7th place after a flat in my rear tyre. Second lap i managed to put the hammer down a bit more and reeled in the guys fast, chasing into third place before the highest point of the course (11500ft). Me happy camper, time to sleep and rest for the World Cup this weekend!
