Big Junior field
Taking off
Ethan back after a rough early season
He's the best draft
A little happier today with my result
PodiumEthan is back! The three of us went out for a warm up and rode up the steep climbs around the Laguna Seca raceway. It was awesome to have my teammate back. We returned to the circuit a bit early to watch our coach finish her race. We stood next to the finish to watch the sprint, and today, coach didn’t have it. Looked like she gave up a little early, but sometimes you just don’t have the legs. The girl that beat her went crazy yelling, that was funny.
Lined up next to the familiar faces. Legs were feeling alright. It was great to see my teammate there, knowing that I would not have to fight it alone. Then we set out. Ethan took right to the front as I sat in to evaluate how everything was feeling. Seemed like last year this race was super painful from the gun. We were going just as fast this year, but a year later, stronger and feeling good.
The race went by with the constant attacks. Everything seemed to break up relatively quickly. One break with a Davis rider got dangerous and Ethan was willing to chase that down, that was awesome, I really appreciated it. Then it was just the Taylor show I guess. He attacked a ton of times and we were left chasing him down. It was a smart tactic by him, and stupid of the rest of the field not to catch the hang of. He would be on the front then move way over so that was no one was on his wheel and then he would attack. I don’t know. But eventually one stuck. I chased like crazy on the climb, but then the pace slowed on the flats, and well, I couldn’t do all the chasing, and we were left racing for second. As we hit the climb on the final lap I was happy to hang with the front group over the top, I had put out a lot in the chase; I wanted to win and did not have much left. I saw Bryan behind me, and knowing his tactic for sprinting, or at least I thought that’s what he was sitting back their, I stayed with him so that I would not have to do any work in the final mile. Turns out Bryan was totally toasted and was hanging on the back for dear life. Well we went into the final turn already spinning out with a strong tailwind. A couple guys jumped, it was early, then behind me Bryan went and I jumped on his wheel. Then Rock Racing’s Finneran drifted into Bryan and the door was wide open for me. I took advantage for the win of the field sprint, and 2nd in the race. I was happy. I had raced as hard as I could and had nothing left. Taylor was too strong and I had put in a nice sprint that I was happy with.
Lined up next to the familiar faces. Legs were feeling alright. It was great to see my teammate there, knowing that I would not have to fight it alone. Then we set out. Ethan took right to the front as I sat in to evaluate how everything was feeling. Seemed like last year this race was super painful from the gun. We were going just as fast this year, but a year later, stronger and feeling good.
The race went by with the constant attacks. Everything seemed to break up relatively quickly. One break with a Davis rider got dangerous and Ethan was willing to chase that down, that was awesome, I really appreciated it. Then it was just the Taylor show I guess. He attacked a ton of times and we were left chasing him down. It was a smart tactic by him, and stupid of the rest of the field not to catch the hang of. He would be on the front then move way over so that was no one was on his wheel and then he would attack. I don’t know. But eventually one stuck. I chased like crazy on the climb, but then the pace slowed on the flats, and well, I couldn’t do all the chasing, and we were left racing for second. As we hit the climb on the final lap I was happy to hang with the front group over the top, I had put out a lot in the chase; I wanted to win and did not have much left. I saw Bryan behind me, and knowing his tactic for sprinting, or at least I thought that’s what he was sitting back their, I stayed with him so that I would not have to do any work in the final mile. Turns out Bryan was totally toasted and was hanging on the back for dear life. Well we went into the final turn already spinning out with a strong tailwind. A couple guys jumped, it was early, then behind me Bryan went and I jumped on his wheel. Then Rock Racing’s Finneran drifted into Bryan and the door was wide open for me. I took advantage for the win of the field sprint, and 2nd in the race. I was happy. I had raced as hard as I could and had nothing left. Taylor was too strong and I had put in a nice sprint that I was happy with.
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