Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Skinny on TOKV

I hold this race dear to my heart as it was the first road race I ever did years back. I thrive on the attrition it requires and the attention to detail it takes to race it.

Despite some tactful mistakes I committed this year, I admit it was a fun race and another rung on the ladder leading to the Big Show.


Frankly, I’m kind of exhausted from writing/reading detailed race reports to the likes of, “then I did this, then that happened, then I dug deep, then blah blah blah attacked, yada yada yada”. So I’ll simply break it down to this: this race was the first time the WSC has been put in a defensive position this season and needless to say, we were caught with our pants down gasping for air. The fact of the matter is, two teams in particular flat out bested our ride and as a result, claimed a deserved victory. It was a well fought battle, and to every battle comes a victor and a spoil…we were the spoil.

The top WSC finishers were Cruise at 11th, Myself at 13th, and Mr. Cavender at 16th (I call him that now because he’s a big 21 year old as of Wednesday). My head is not hanging low as many big name riders did not even finish the race. Chalk it up to a learning experience…until next time.