Heritage Tour day 1 Anderson,SC

Day 1 is now over and things are good. I was really nervous about this race and this series as
this is my first big race of the year. Well it is over now and I am looking forward to the rest
of the week.

How it unfolded, first hour and then some I have no idea about. I was just following wheels and
getting a feel for racing again. At some point early on 4 dudes, Horner and Repinski (Saturn) Pate
(Prime Alliance) and Gaggioli (Monex) got away and lapped the field in about 45 minutes or so. After
that alot of attacks went nowhere but everyone kept at it. I was feeling good, and not hurting but
didn't know my limitations as we haven't done any big races yet. After those 4 guys lapped I tried
my hand in a few moves that went nowhere and decided that I would save it for another night when a
move with about 8 riders went clear with a 30 second gap. I decided that killing myself for 13th
place was not worth it with 5 days left to race. But I stayed at the front to at least give it a
good sprint for some money and points.

At this point in my self reflection and self doubt Pate attacked and Horner covered the move and I
,yes me, jumped on Horners' wheel and for the next few laps I had my screw turned by these two
badass riders. Right then I decided that my night is NOT over as we had only 20 laps to go at this
point. Pate pulls for one lap then Horner pulls for a lap, those two dudes can really motor. I took
only two pulls in 3 laps when a group of 3 or 4 joined us from behind. The field at this point quit.
Seriously. We caught Klasna ( Saturn) and Saunders (Ofoto) who were part of the 8 man break that was
off the front and when all was said and done there were 8 of us total. I guess Klasna and Saunders
dropped the other 6 sometime before Horner,Pate and I attacked.

There were alot of attacks in the closing laps when Pate, Repinski and Klasna and a Ofoto rider
attacked with 3 laps to go. Gaggioli was forced to chase at this point and Saunders, Dominguez
(Saturn) Waddell (Mathis) and one other rider ??? were left to fight it out for 6th place now as
Klasna now had 5th sewn up.

With a lap and a half to go Saunders and Dominguez got a gap that I couldn't close and I reserved
myself to sprinting the other rider for 8th. I won that sprint.

Some of these details may be wrong or riders misplaced, I was racing and not spectating. I don't
have a photographic memory when its dark and I'm doing 30 mph through turns...

Going into tommorrow night I will be the top amatuer rider at the Heritage Tour. I felt really good
and I am really looking forward to the rest of the week of racing.

1. Victor Repinski Saturn
2. Danny Pate Prime Alliance
3. Roberto Gaggioli Monex

Thanks for reading, Jason Waddell Mathis Brothers Elite Cycling Team

 

Captain Waddle wrote

[snipped]

> I decided that killing myself for 13th place was not worth it

I see you're in LANCE mode.

Nice report. Good job.

 

"Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> Captain Waddle wrote
>
> [snipped]
>
> > I decided that killing myself for 13th place was not worth it
>
> I see you're in LANCE mode.
>
> Nice report. Good job.

Jason - There's WAY too much crap on RBR to sort through, so if you can title your reports: WADDELL
REPORT: Race name - I'd be far more likely to read it. I almost skipped over this report dismissing
it as just more meandering discussion.

Thanks for the great report - good luck.

-a

 

In article <[email protected]>, Andrew Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:

> "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > Captain Waddle wrote
> >
> > [snipped]
> >
> > > I decided that killing myself for 13th place was not worth it
> >
> > I see you're in LANCE mode.
> >
> > Nice report. Good job.
>
> Jason - There's WAY too much crap on RBR to sort through, so if you can title your reports:
> WADDELL REPORT: Race name - I'd be far more likely to read it. I almost skipped over this report
> dismissing it as just more meandering discussion.
>
> Thanks for the great report - good luck.

Just do a filter on his name that highlights his posts and brings them to the top of the
list/heap/pile.

-WG

 

Best of luck Jason and I hope you pull it off for the next week and end up the best amateur. Then we
can get back to giving it to you properly.

"Jason Waddell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Day 1 is now over and things are good. I was really nervous about
this race
> and this series as this is my first big race of the year. Well it
is over now
> and I am looking forward to the rest of the week.
>
> How it unfolded, first hour and then some I have no idea about. I
was just
> following wheels and getting a feel for racing again. At some point
early on 4
> dudes, Horner and Repinski (Saturn) Pate (Prime Alliance) and
Gaggioli (Monex)
> got away and lapped the field in about 45 minutes or so. After that
alot of
> attacks went nowhere but everyone kept at it. I was feeling good,
and not
> hurting but didn't know my limitations as we haven't done any big
races yet.
> After those 4 guys lapped I tried my hand in a few moves that went
nowhere and
> decided that I would save it for another night when a move with
about 8 riders
> went clear with a 30 second gap. I decided that killing myself for
13th place
> was not worth it with 5 days left to race. But I stayed at the
front to at
> least give it a good sprint for some money and points.
>
> At this point in my self reflection and self doubt Pate attacked and
Horner
> covered the move and I ,yes me, jumped on Horners' wheel and for the
next few
> laps I had my screw turned by these two badass riders. Right then I
decided
> that my night is NOT over as we had only 20 laps to go at this
point. Pate
> pulls for one lap then Horner pulls for a lap, those two dudes can
really
> motor. I took only two pulls in 3 laps when a group of 3 or 4
joined us from
> behind. The field at this point quit. Seriously. We caught Klasna
( Saturn)
> and Saunders (Ofoto) who were part of the 8 man break that was off
the front
> and when all was said and done there were 8 of us total. I guess
Klasna and
> Saunders dropped the other 6 sometime before Horner,Pate and I
attacked.
>
> There were alot of attacks in the closing laps when Pate, Repinski
and Klasna
> and a Ofoto rider attacked with 3 laps to go. Gaggioli was forced
to chase at
> this point and Saunders, Dominguez (Saturn) Waddell (Mathis) and one
other
> rider ??? were left to fight it out for 6th place now as Klasna now
had 5th
> sewn up.
>
> With a lap and a half to go Saunders and Dominguez got a gap that I
couldn't
> close and I reserved myself to sprinting the other rider for 8th. I
won that
> sprint.
>
> Some of these details may be wrong or riders misplaced, I was racing
and not
> spectating. I don't have a photographic memory when its dark and
I'm doing 30
> mph through turns...
>
> Going into tommorrow night I will be the top amatuer rider at the
Heritage
> Tour. I felt really good and I am really looking forward to the rest
of the
> week of racing.
>
> 1. Victor Repinski Saturn
> 2. Danny Pate Prime Alliance
> 3. Roberto Gaggioli Monex
>
> Thanks for reading, Jason Waddell Mathis Brothers Elite Cycling Team

 

Jason,

I just moved away from Anderson and missed their first big pro race ... and your first big race of
the year. Bummer. But I'll be a course marshal in Greenwood tomorrow and I'll be keeping my eye
out for you.

I hear Anderson didn't exactly turn out in droves to support the race. I was nearly killed there
last fall by a teenage "driver" and I suspect most folks there would say I was asking for it for
being on the road on a bicycle. But I hear the weather was quite threatening and that might have
kept the general public away.

I'm hoping the turnout in Greenwood will be pretty good. There's a good local cycling club and
they've been working hard to publicize the event.

I hope Walterboro went well for you. I'll be anxious to see the report. See you in Greenwood!

Bob C. (formerly [email protected])

"Jason Waddell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Day 1 is now over and things are good. I was really nervous about this
race
> and this series as this is my first big race of the year. Well it is over
now
> and I am looking forward to the rest of the week.
>
> How it unfolded, first hour and then some I have no idea about. I was just following wheels and
> getting a feel for racing again. At some point early
on 4
> dudes, Horner and Repinski (Saturn) Pate (Prime Alliance) and Gaggioli
(Monex)
> got away and lapped the field in about 45 minutes or so. After that alot
of
> attacks went nowhere but everyone kept at it. I was feeling good, and
not
> hurting but didn't know my limitations as we haven't done any big races
yet.
> After those 4 guys lapped I tried my hand in a few moves that went
nowhere and
> decided that I would save it for another night when a move with about 8
riders
> went clear with a 30 second gap. I decided that killing myself for 13th
place
> was not worth it with 5 days left to race. But I stayed at the front to
at
> least give it a good sprint for some money and points.
>
> At this point in my self reflection and self doubt Pate attacked and
Horner
> covered the move and I ,yes me, jumped on Horners' wheel and for the next
few
> laps I had my screw turned by these two badass riders. Right then I
decided
> that my night is NOT over as we had only 20 laps to go at this point.
Pate
> pulls for one lap then Horner pulls for a lap, those two dudes can really motor. I took only two
> pulls in 3 laps when a group of 3 or 4 joined us
from
> behind. The field at this point quit. Seriously. We caught Klasna (
Saturn)
> and Saunders (Ofoto) who were part of the 8 man break that was off the
front
> and when all was said and done there were 8 of us total. I guess Klasna
and
> Saunders dropped the other 6 sometime before Horner,Pate and I attacked.
>
> There were alot of attacks in the closing laps when Pate, Repinski and
Klasna
> and a Ofoto rider attacked with 3 laps to go. Gaggioli was forced to
chase at
> this point and Saunders, Dominguez (Saturn) Waddell (Mathis) and one other rider ??? were left to
> fight it out for 6th place now as Klasna now had
5th
> sewn up.
>
> With a lap and a half to go Saunders and Dominguez got a gap that I
couldn't
> close and I reserved myself to sprinting the other rider for 8th. I won
that
> sprint.
>
> Some of these details may be wrong or riders misplaced, I was racing and
not
> spectating. I don't have a photographic memory when its dark and I'm
doing 30
> mph through turns...
>
> Going into tommorrow night I will be the top amatuer rider at the Heritage Tour. I felt really
> good and I am really looking forward to the rest of
the
> week of racing.
>
> 1. Victor Repinski Saturn
> 2. Danny Pate Prime Alliance
> 3. Roberto Gaggioli Monex
>
> Thanks for reading, Jason Waddell Mathis Brothers Elite Cycling Team

 

"warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:300420031507389066%[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Andrew Martin
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:<[email protected]>...
> > > Captain Waddle wrote
> > >
> > > [snipped]
> > >
> > > > I decided that killing myself for 13th place was not worth it
> > >
> > > I see you're in LANCE mode.
> > >
> > > Nice report. Good job.
> >
> > Jason - There's WAY too much crap on RBR to sort through, so if you can title your reports:
> > WADDELL REPORT: Race name - I'd be far more likely to read it. I almost skipped over this report
> > dismissing it as just more meandering discussion.
> >
> > Thanks for the great report - good luck.
>
> Just do a filter on his name that highlights his posts and brings them to the top of the
> list/heap/pile.
>
> -WG

What the hell is something worth reading doing on RBR? Can we start a new damn newsgroup called
rec.bicycles.Jasonsracereports ? Awesome job. Go jason go!!

Danny Callen

 

In article <[email protected]>, Danny Callen <[email protected]> wrote:

> "warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:300420031507389066%[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>, Andrew Martin
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:<[email protected]>...
> > > > Captain Waddle wrote
> > > >
> > > > [snipped]
> > > >
> > > > > I decided that killing myself for 13th place was not worth it
> > > >
> > > > I see you're in LANCE mode.
> > > >
> > > > Nice report. Good job.
> > >
> > > Jason - There's WAY too much crap on RBR to sort through, so if you can title your reports:
> > > WADDELL REPORT: Race name - I'd be far more likely to read it. I almost skipped over this
> > > report dismissing it as just more meandering discussion.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the great report - good luck.
> >
> > Just do a filter on his name that highlights his posts and brings them to the top of the
> > list/heap/pile.
> >
> > -WG
>
> What the hell is something worth reading doing on RBR? Can we start a new damn newsgroup called
> rec.bicycles.Jasonsracereports ? Awesome job. Go jason go!!
>
> Danny Callen

Bring donuts to New Britain in June. I'll seeya there!

-WG

 

"warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:070520032147372361%[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Danny Callen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:300420031507389066%[email protected]...
> > > In article <[email protected]>, Andrew Martin
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > > news:<[email protected]>...
> > > > > Captain Waddle wrote
> > > > >
> > > > > [snipped]
> > > > >
> > > > > > I decided that killing myself for 13th place was not worth it
> > > > >
> > > > > I see you're in LANCE mode.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nice report. Good job.
> > > >
> > > > Jason - There's WAY too much crap on RBR to sort through, so if you can title your reports:
> > > > WADDELL REPORT: Race name - I'd be far more likely to read it. I almost skipped over this
> > > > report dismissing it
as
> > > > just more meandering discussion.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the great report - good luck.
> > >
> > > Just do a filter on his name that highlights his posts and brings them to the top of the
> > > list/heap/pile.
> > >
> > > -WG
> >
> > What the hell is something worth reading doing on RBR? Can we start a
new
> > damn newsgroup called rec.bicycles.Jasonsracereports ? Awesome job. Go
jason
> > go!!
> >
> > Danny Callen
>
> Bring donuts to New Britain in June. I'll seeya there!
>
> -WG

You'll hate that race; it's too easy for you slick California dudes.

Danny Callen

 

In article <[email protected]>, Danny Callen <[email protected]> wrote:

> "warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:070520032147372361%[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>, Danny Callen <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > "warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:300420031507389066%[email protected]...
> > > > In article <[email protected]>, Andrew Martin
> > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > > > news:<[email protected]>...
> > > > > > Captain Waddle wrote
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [snipped]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I decided that killing myself for 13th place was not worth it
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I see you're in LANCE mode.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nice report. Good job.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jason - There's WAY too much crap on RBR to sort through, so if you can title your
> > > > > reports: WADDELL REPORT: Race name - I'd be far more likely to read it. I almost skipped
> > > > > over this report dismissing it
> as
> > > > > just more meandering discussion.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the great report - good luck.
> > > >
> > > > Just do a filter on his name that highlights his posts and brings them to the top of the
> > > > list/heap/pile.
> > > >
> > > > -WG
> > >
> > > What the hell is something worth reading doing on RBR? Can we start a
> new
> > > damn newsgroup called rec.bicycles.Jasonsracereports ? Awesome job. Go
> jason
> > > go!!
> > >
> > > Danny Callen
> >
> > Bring donuts to New Britain in June. I'll seeya there!
> >
> > -WG
>
> You'll hate that race; it's too easy for you slick California dudes.
>
> Danny Callen

I've been 2nd there and my brother has won it. Deja vu?

-WG

 

"warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:080520031920135287%[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Danny Callen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:070520032147372361%[email protected]...
> > > In article <[email protected]>, Danny Callen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > "warren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:300420031507389066%[email protected]...
> > > > > In article <[email protected]>,
Andrew
> > > > > Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:<3eaf88a4[email protected]>...
> > > > > > > Captain Waddle wrote
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [snipped]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I decided that killing myself for 13th place was not worth
it
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I see you're in LANCE mode.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Nice report. Good job.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jason - There's WAY too much crap on RBR to sort through, so if
you
> > > > > > can title your reports: WADDELL REPORT: Race name - I'd be far
more
> > > > > > likely to read it. I almost skipped over this report dismissing
it
> > as
> > > > > > just more meandering discussion.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for the great report - good luck.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just do a filter on his name that highlights his posts and brings
them
> > > > > to the top of the list/heap/pile.
> > > > >
> > > > > -WG
> > > >
> > > > What the hell is something worth reading doing on RBR? Can we start
a
> > new
> > > > damn newsgroup called rec.bicycles.Jasonsracereports ? Awesome job.
Go
> > jason
> > > > go!!
> > > >
> > > > Danny Callen
> > >
> > > Bring donuts to New Britain in June. I'll seeya there!
> > >
> > > -WG
> >
> > You'll hate that race; it's too easy for you slick California dudes.
> >
> > Danny Callen
>
> I've been 2nd there and my brother has won it. Deja vu?
>
> -WG

Where is Dave? Has he started his own Dunkin' Donut franchise? I haven't seen him in a while?? BTW,
this year just jump on the "BOB" Train for a free ride to the finsih...

Danny Callen