COBBLESTONE

Yes it was today, the infamos Cobblestone criterium ,it is a 4th of July tradidtion in western new york cycling. A tradition that went bad this year as it was raining consistantly for the whole of the day. But the show went on, I was pretty tired opon my arival due to my setting up of the course the previous night/early morning at the horid hour of 12 midnight with Mr Jim Costello himself (who actually never went to bed).

I raced the Jr. Race and the cat 3/4 race today and bolth went well. The junior race was pretty similar to Rochester as I won from a early attack solo. But differed in that I realy didnt ride as fast this time to save a litte more energy, also the lack of fans along the road were a hampering on my solo speed for the duration of the race. (no spectators= ride only as fast as I need to to win).

The 3/4 race went well as I got into a 3rd lap attack with 2 others that was destined to stay away and we did. Myself M.Loranty(sp?) and Joe Halter rode away from the other hopefuls. With a few laps reamaining the cobble pro Halter hit the jets on the cobbles and rode Loranty off his wheel I came to the head of thigs and tryed to peg Halter back only to signal Mike to come through and he jumped. So I was the odd man out and finished a respectivly in 3rd on the day.

Thats all for now...yikes nationals is next week! The argh tt is next on the plate sunday.

Peace out
Ryan