Hell fo the North Race

The race lived up to it's name.
With snow coming down at the start of the 4 and 5 race, it was going to be an epic race of attrition.
Many of the racers opted to ride cyclocross rigs due to the mud and gravel conditions on the west section.
Our team controlled the 4 race which started with around 35 guys. After repeated attacks and driving the tempo, the Skull Candy team whittled it down to about a dozen riders in the final of 5 laps.
Unfortunately with many of our team going with cyclocross bikes, the gearing did not lend itself well to a bunch sprint.
We did have 4 of the top 10 spots but missed the top three by 1.
In the cat 5 race we had a 4th, a 7th and one who was just happy to finish.
We are Looking forward to the tour of the depot stage race next weekend and controlling the race and doing some damage. We should be out in full force in the 4's and 5's and getting some upgrade points.
after a bold move and attacking and being off for half of the last lap, Mike Luper built up 150 meter gap on the gravel section, but got caught by the chasing peleton with 100 meters to go and came in 4th.

the kits look great even covered in mud