Here is a report on the race from Chris:
Saturday we lined up with a combined masters field which really just sucked. We are consistently the two biggest fields anyway. Anyway they announce there are 86 of us. The plan was for Scott or I to try and pick up sprint points and set Adam up for KOM. The first lap Scott and Vj were able to make it to the front and with the yellow line rule in effect and such a large group I was stuck mid pack and getting frustrated. I kept trying the gutter but without running off the road I was stuck. We came through for midway sprint and Scott took third. Going into second lap I could see Adam beside me and knew he was struggling to move up as well. We got single file for a minute and Adam shot to the front just as a break was forming. The break started going away and as we went up the hill the field got narrow and I punched it to get to the front. I found a zmotion guy asked him if he had people in the break he said yes and we went to the very front and shut the race down. Within a minute Scott was there and after we chased down about a half dozen attacks the group was content to race for seventh. The break got out of sight and Scott and I waited for the field spring as Vj won out of the break and Adam got third. In the field sprint I waited just a bit to long to start my sprint and finished second putting me in seventh place. And Scott in top 20.The Tt was brutal as they always are. Adam was 1 minute behind my start time and I was in my regular bike without aero bars. I just went hard hoping to not get passed. Adam got within 20 seconds of me and they quicky announced he was the winner if the stage. Two wins one day! Vance finished fourth with a good enough time to put him in second place in the gc. I finished well enough to stay in top ten in gc. The fun started to erode when I realized Sunday would be full of attacks as the three z motion riders that were in the break Saturday morning would be attacking all day trying to make up Gc time. Well Kurts fresh legs were a welcome blessing he and Scott did just a fantastic job of keeping the group together and as we were coming into the sprint I knew we had one first and second overall! And vj got second in the stage. Great effort and team work!
Adam Baskin and Vance James. First and second overall at the Ocala Stage race. Vance won stage one. Adam won stage two.
Chris Bishop
Adam and Vance in the breakaway during stage one.
Saturday we lined up with a combined masters field which really just sucked. We are consistently the two biggest fields anyway. Anyway they announce there are 86 of us. The plan was for Scott or I to try and pick up sprint points and set Adam up for KOM. The first lap Scott and Vj were able to make it to the front and with the yellow line rule in effect and such a large group I was stuck mid pack and getting frustrated. I kept trying the gutter but without running off the road I was stuck. We came through for midway sprint and Scott took third. Going into second lap I could see Adam beside me and knew he was struggling to move up as well. We got single file for a minute and Adam shot to the front just as a break was forming. The break started going away and as we went up the hill the field got narrow and I punched it to get to the front. I found a zmotion guy asked him if he had people in the break he said yes and we went to the very front and shut the race down. Within a minute Scott was there and after we chased down about a half dozen attacks the group was content to race for seventh. The break got out of sight and Scott and I waited for the field spring as Vj won out of the break and Adam got third. In the field sprint I waited just a bit to long to start my sprint and finished second putting me in seventh place. And Scott in top 20.The Tt was brutal as they always are. Adam was 1 minute behind my start time and I was in my regular bike without aero bars. I just went hard hoping to not get passed. Adam got within 20 seconds of me and they quicky announced he was the winner if the stage. Two wins one day! Vance finished fourth with a good enough time to put him in second place in the gc. I finished well enough to stay in top ten in gc. The fun started to erode when I realized Sunday would be full of attacks as the three z motion riders that were in the break Saturday morning would be attacking all day trying to make up Gc time. Well Kurts fresh legs were a welcome blessing he and Scott did just a fantastic job of keeping the group together and as we were coming into the sprint I knew we had one first and second overall! And vj got second in the stage. Great effort and team work!
Adam Baskin and Vance James. First and second overall at the Ocala Stage race. Vance won stage one. Adam won stage two.
Chris Bishop
Adam and Vance in the breakaway during stage one.
