Bazzar RR 1-2-3 Field

Yes, this is a late post of last weeks racing at Bazzar RR.

My first time ever at this event, we hit the town and then headed out to a church, on our way to the church the landscape is beautiful, felt as if I was in europe's country side. tons of flint stones in the side of hills with illustrative green grass cutting edges into hills and mounds.  leading up to the race I was told by Britton and Joe what its been like in the past and what I should think about, meaning what I should do. 

So lets just jump into the race it begins slow start, into the 25-30mph, headwind.  There are a few attacks but nothing sticks because you where not going anywhere!  There is a cross wind section about a mile from the cone but Kent Woermen attacked and killed it, a few of us in the middle where in no mans land, Britton, Ryan, Kyle S., and a few others where trying to latch onto the 1st group but they ended up chasing and I was burning matches just trying to bridge up to Britton and never did so I sat up when James and a few others sweep me up and we turn around for the cone but we have 2-3 undiscovered guys with 4-5 in a break so I felt good with no rotation maybe I could get something going if I just attacked now and see who would jump or maybe people would organize themselves.  I went off the front after the cone turn around and was by myself for 5 minutes until James Summers, Ryan, Chris H, started mixing it up got a guy from Mercy - Brian also had Andrew Coe in the lead group but he would hope on the for rotation and did some massive pulls but the undiscovered guys just stayed behind us for ever.  We make it to the turn around point for start/finish, I try again by self to just get a good turn in here and pedal through the wind and I do, I feel good riding in the wind, usually feel OK I can turn the pedal and sink down in the bike to get aero and not suffer and I bridge up to Kyle and a 2 other riders.  By this time the group I was with caught on and we just drag raced the entire time even after the hill we where getting blown into on coming traffic.  Brutal headwind again small crash, something to deal rubbing shoulders-locking handle bars and boom crash.  I wasn't in the crash but people jumped at the opportunity for top 6-10.  We are about 200mm from the finish I some how I'm in the wind with an echo-lodge of 3-4 riders one undiscovered team jumps but its a bluff attack, and we creep up on crocks and gravel in the road enough for 1 wide, roll through it and  I attack here thinking no one wants to put power down on a crap surface, but to much headwind pretty much even though you  could sniff the white line for the finish, i get beat and sit up for 10th place, 3rd overall for Cat III's being a 1-2-3 race.