Vance wins stage 3 with a masterful throw
Vance James takes the overall win.
Report from Chris Bishop:
In what has to be some of the most offensive weather Ive ever raced in the team trudged on through air as thick as soup. Saturdays race was a circuit/crit race in an undeveloped neighborhood in clermont. Think hill windy and not a speck of shade. Brad was the instigator attacking several times before a group of three got away including Vance. Kurt was the next break to go and he brought along a friend to ride with. Then on the last lap with the two breakaways securely up the road Scott Shelton went so and held on for ninth place I won the field sprint for tenth just nipping brad who finished 11 th. When all was said and done we were 2/4/9/10/11. Next was the Tt over sugar loaf where Vance finished second. A good
In what has to be some of the most offensive weather Ive ever raced in the team trudged on through air as thick as soup. Saturdays race was a circuit/crit race in an undeveloped neighborhood in clermont. Think hill windy and not a speck of shade. Brad was the instigator attacking several times before a group of three got away including Vance. Kurt was the next break to go and he brought along a friend to ride with. Then on the last lap with the two breakaways securely up the road Scott Shelton went so and held on for ninth place I won the field sprint for tenth just nipping brad who finished 11 th. When all was said and done we were 2/4/9/10/11. Next was the Tt over sugar loaf where Vance finished second. A good
finish but this was a stage race and we were now down fifteen seconds going into the last stage on Sunday. Sundays tempatures were equally atrocious. We went in knowing we had to do something so Kurt attacked from the gun we were going to make the other teams chase and work or give us the stage. Kurt stayed away till the time Bonus sprint where Vance attacked right after the sprint. He caught Julio the first placed rider off guard and Vance snuck away with four other riders eventually getting a minute advantage over the field.
