I wish i had a picture of Mike Luper crossing the line after a perfectly timed sprint for the cat 5 win, but i was too busy cheering for him and forgot to try to snap a pic with my camera phone. Anyway, Congrats to Luper for a strong finish. He learned his lesson in some past races, held his position and attacked at exactly the right moment. Now if we can just get him to stay in town long enough to do some more races and get his upgrade!
In the cat 4 race Dave C. Erik M. and I rode hard, pushed the pace, chased down attacks, but none of us had much at the end, especially going against those stinking speedskaters with legs like tree trunks. lesson learned: keep the pace high to pop those guys off the back so they don't make it to the sprint.
The three of us then joined Seth for the 35+B race. Dave and Seth took up position near the front and held that for most of the race. I chased down a couple of attacks by spin, but ultimately it was hard to keep track of the lappers and the attackers. With about three laps to go there were two spin riders off the front. Dave and Seth had been driving the chase, so i went up and pulled for a lap to close the gap. Dave paced me to pull within reach of the two off the front without totally reeling them in. With two laps to go Dave drilled it, caught the two spin riders and crossed the line first pumping his fists in victory. It wasn't until seth told him we still had a lap to go that he realized he had miscounted. He had done his job, however, and set seth up in perfect position for the final lap. Seth came around the final corner and held onto Inacio's wheel for 2nd place.
Then we were told there were actually two riders up the road. We had lost track amidst all the lappers. Bummer! This is the 2nd time Seth thought he had a 2nd place finish only to be dropped to 4th (two guys snuck off the front last year at Lotoja, and we think, jumped in on other groups and finished ten minutes ahead of our main field—cheaters!) and the 3rd time he's been dropped in the final results. Last week at antelope island he went from 4th to 8th after they awarded Dave and his group of four 1-4 positions after a bum steer from the officials.
Now i know last week after Dave did a lap more than the rest of us and Seth polled "king or dunce"? i voted king. After his miscount this week, however, i have recanted my vote and now vote dunce. As Pasternaky aptly commented to me at DMV tonight, we need to get a team car and radios just to help DC keep track of where he is. Pay attention kids, too much home brew will rot your brain cells.
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