Merco Road Race

(Posted By Matt Willinger)

Yo, Sounds like the 2's field was rough. I know how negative the racing can be there P/1/2 is much more fun, I'm looking forward to it. Glad you are all ok for the most part.
I was nervous before my race. Mclane is always difficult for me, crosswinds and being guttered for 120 miles are definitely not my strong points. Also there was a lot of hype about how hard it would be, the big teams are intimidating. Randy and I agreed that the race was for training and we just wanted to finish, it being Randy's first P/1 road race and I having never actually finished it. But even with the big guys there it began totally civilized and no real attacks were started until the second lap, except for our boy Andy/Jesse who launched his trademark 'way to early' attack. It was hilarious to see him take the first dig against a field like that, props to the Mendonca! Anyway, when the attacks did start it was totally random. There was no wind so nothing was hard enough to break legs it was just a roll of the dice as to who would get up the road. I went with a few moves but they were all broke back. I had just come back one finally went. If we had a couple more guys we would definitly have had someone in there. Once it was gone I tried to bridge with a symetrics guy and a couple others rode up but they brought the field with them and then it was over.

Great training though. Thanks for all you guys who came out to watch us ride around in circles, Etienne, Steele, Martin, I drank 6 bottles and wouldn't have finished without you. Next up, results. Matt