CapTech Classic
CapTech June 1st 2006
All I have to say is Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate. Okay that’s enough Danny Pate’s. This guy single handedly dropped at least 25-30 guys by taking 4 lap pulls to bring back the break. Bow down!!
There were times when I thought I would get dropped if he continued at this pass, but I had a lot of determination. Last year I didn’t even make it pass 10 laps, this year I made the final selection of 30 riders.
The Captech classic has to be one of the toughest races in the United States. With the hill’s, turns and decent, it makes it really difficult and demanding and also makes you focus.
I kelp good position pretty much throughout the whole race while the team spent time attacking and covering moves. After only ten laps of the 42 lap race, I felt really bad and almost had some bad thoughts run into my head by I quickly pushed those out and just suffered for laps to come until I felt normal again and that came around the half way mark at 25 laps, but that is still an 1hr of racing and going up the hill.
Well at the end, after Danny Pate dogged the whole feel, I was the last TIAA-CREF man standing and the break was 50seconds up the road. With no one in the group willing to chase, we were racing for 6th place.
Going into the last 10 laps, single attacks were going and it put just enough tension on the field to loose a few more riders. This went on all the way to the end.
Well…I finished the race I think at 19th (un official). Very big improvement from last year this time and I hope CSC Saturday will be the winning race for the team and I. (there are no hills) haha and I always do well there anyways. So, of we go driving to Arlington, VA.
See you guys.
All I have to say is Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate, Danny Pate. Okay that’s enough Danny Pate’s. This guy single handedly dropped at least 25-30 guys by taking 4 lap pulls to bring back the break. Bow down!!
There were times when I thought I would get dropped if he continued at this pass, but I had a lot of determination. Last year I didn’t even make it pass 10 laps, this year I made the final selection of 30 riders.
The Captech classic has to be one of the toughest races in the United States. With the hill’s, turns and decent, it makes it really difficult and demanding and also makes you focus.
I kelp good position pretty much throughout the whole race while the team spent time attacking and covering moves. After only ten laps of the 42 lap race, I felt really bad and almost had some bad thoughts run into my head by I quickly pushed those out and just suffered for laps to come until I felt normal again and that came around the half way mark at 25 laps, but that is still an 1hr of racing and going up the hill.
Well at the end, after Danny Pate dogged the whole feel, I was the last TIAA-CREF man standing and the break was 50seconds up the road. With no one in the group willing to chase, we were racing for 6th place.
Going into the last 10 laps, single attacks were going and it put just enough tension on the field to loose a few more riders. This went on all the way to the end.
Well…I finished the race I think at 19th (un official). Very big improvement from last year this time and I hope CSC Saturday will be the winning race for the team and I. (there are no hills) haha and I always do well there anyways. So, of we go driving to Arlington, VA.
See you guys.
posted by Rahsaan Bahati @ 7:21 AM
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