Incredible performance

[Tritonrider]

In the last stage of the GMSR this weekend Mark McCormack and Mark Wauters went off the front at
about lap 43 to stretch the field and get the points bonus at lap 40. They did. They kept cruising
and the field never came back. Great show from them. What they didn't see, but what McCormack knew
would happen was Tim Johnson. Tim was awesome. He was trying to protect a 3rd on GC for himself and
protect Mark's lead. Tim busted his ass, covered/disrupted every attempt to bridge up to/reel in the
leaders and still avoiding blowing up and kept his GC place too. It was an incredibly tactical race
behind the Mark and Mark show, and Tim eas THE man. In an aside, Do you guys know how fast JT is? He
was in the wrong half of the pack when it split in the Masters 30+, after a couple of laps in a
brutal race JT went to the front and tried to lead a bridge. JT went but couldn't make it without
help and fell back, but he was he only one with enough left to go. Bill C

 

[Otto]

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> In an aside, Do you guys know how fast JT is? He was in the wrong half of the pack when it split
> in the Masters 30+, after a couple of laps in a brutal race JT went to the front and tried to
> lead a bridge. JT went but couldn't make it without help and fell back, but he was he only one
> with enough left to go. Bill C

If you're talking about JT 'Nails' Tomlinson, then yes I know how fast he is (from past
experiences).

 

[Wade Summers]

"otto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] (TritonRider) wrote in message
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>
> > In an aside, Do you guys know how fast JT is? He was in the wrong half of the pack when it
> > split in the Masters 30+,
after a
> > couple of laps in a brutal race JT went to the front and tried to lead a bridge. JT went but
> > couldn't make it without help and fell back, but he
was he
> > only one with enough left to go. Bill C
>
> If you're talking about JT 'Nails' Tomlinson, then yes I know how fast he is (from past
> experiences).

JT wasn't the only one with enough left to go... I bridged up to JT, making contact just after the
first turn. I looked back, saw the field was strung out single file chasing hard. I eased up and
took my place back in the line as we rounded turn two.

That crit is great! Has to be one of the harder crits around. 1K, six corners and a hill. And now it
is the 4th day of a hard stage race. It is not uncommon for top 20 GC riders to get shelled out very
early on (in all the categories).

Wade

 

[Jerry]

"Wade Summers" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<29l5b.43055$xf.36887@lakeread06>...
> "otto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > [email protected] (TritonRider) wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> >
> > > In an aside, Do you guys know how fast JT is? He was in the wrong half of the pack when it
> > > split in the Masters 30+,
> after a
> > > couple of laps in a brutal race JT went to the front and tried to lead a bridge. JT went but
> > > couldn't make it without help and fell back, but he
> was he
> > > only one with enough left to go. Bill C
> >
> > If you're talking about JT 'Nails' Tomlinson, then yes I know how fast he is (from past
> > experiences).
>
> JT wasn't the only one with enough left to go... I bridged up to JT, making contact just after the
> first turn. I looked back, saw the field was strung out single file chasing hard. I eased up and
> took my place back in the line as we rounded turn two.
>
> That crit is great! Has to be one of the harder crits around. 1K, six corners and a hill. And now
> it is the 4th day of a hard stage race. It is not uncommon for top 20 GC riders to get shelled out
> very early on (in all the categories).
>
> Wade

I was the pit official all day. M30 was a good race. It is a great course. Fast, hard, and safe. I
wish we could get a big NRC race on that course in mid summer. Its a great town for it.

I have never been able to race the crit it cause I always end up working the race. The whole stage
race I thought was very well run, except for the lack of Mavic on the App Gap stage. That should
have been announced more clearly.

But still, great job by Gary Kessler getting such professional support for a still small stage race.
He is really trying to build a reputation for the race first, and then I think perhaps the sponsor
package will continue to grow and we can be the new Killington.

Jerry