[email protected] (harryo) wrote in message news:<
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> "EZ Biker :-\)" <
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> news:<vs0hc.2064$GR.277416@attbi_s01>...
> > Yep, a recumbo WON the race RUNNING away! Good ole John
> > from Bacchetta did the """167 miles""" in """6:49 total
> > time"""! That's with an average of """24.5 for 167
> > MILES""" fokes!!! Here's a link to the local newspaper
> > that did a story on the event.
http://tinyurl.com/35a7x
> > CONGRATULATIONS JOHN of Bacchetta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I wouldn't exactly say that winning by less than a second,
> over the ewcond place finisher, is "RUNNING away". Never
> the less, John's time is quite impessive, especially for
> an event of that distance and I, too, offer my hearty
> congratulations.
>
> The quote from the second place finisher is kind of
> interesting. He states that he didn't think John was "fast
> going up hills or in a sprint" but then admits he made a
> mistake by letting John "get away" from him. It sounds as
> if this was a seasoned racer so you would think that in
> 167 miles, he would have figured out his opponent and not
> let him "get away" at the finish, if he really could have.
>
> Harry Jiles
Harry,
From the 5 hour point till the End of the Race JS set the
pace and tone in the break. He pulled and got the gap from
the pack and was not given much help from the two
wheelsuckers that followed him. There was a big hill and
after john pulled them along for many miles they attacked
and tried to drop him on the climb. They got a slight gap
but John was able to real them in and I bet back to
wheelsucking and no worksharing. I also bet that the
expenditure of there attack cost them the sprint at the end.
john just had more to give at the end. Two against one on a
break and John came up a winner? Great and epic ride IMHO
and with the comments of the second place finisher the
embarasment of being beaten by a recumbent rider. Good for
them to eat that kind of crow. John's response to the attack
was "I guess that was my reward for pulling them along".
Lots of tactics going on in a race with a pack and John
played this perfect as a vet Cat 2 racer he understands the
game. John really deserves this win since he has lost a lot
of weight and has really been training hard this season.
Going to be hard to top this one anytime soon!
Kevin