Hey gang,
Monday here in Vegas and the local thunderstorms have kept me busy. I got
lots to talk about this week. It seems some of you are not ready to let
the season end. Here is the latest.
TNW Report:
Last week saw the PT team a little exhausted from the weekend of racing in
Utah and you could tell. It seems that nobody had the power to get away
and most of the chasing and attacks were feeble at best. The field stayed
together and Lance showed off what he does best. He covered multiple
attacks and than lit up the field sprint to take the belt for another week.
Did you get a good look at the lead out speed at the end of the race. That
was none other than the Chicken ramping up the pace.
San Pete RR
The fat man, the chicken and Robocop went up to Utah for another dose of
road racing. We decided it was time that the Utah boys got introduced to
Robocop. We had a lot of pressure going in as Chicken pointed out that we
needed to prove we could close the deal without the boss there to put in
the finishing touches. It was a 70 mile loop which circled around a scenic
farm valley. The terrain was rolling with some nice headwinds just to make
the course interesting. We started with 8 miles of single file pacing
behind Steve. One of the Canyon guys rolled up to me and asked when Steve
was going to come off of the front and I replied he might just pull all
day. I attacked at the 9 mile mark and got a good gap quickly. Of course
I did not pay attention at the start and took the wrong turn at the Y in th
road. I had to turn around and come back which allowed the field to catch
me. At this point Kircher attacked and all the Utah gang were left looking
at each other to try and decide if they should chase since we still had 60
miles left in the race. Bruce from Canyon tried to bridge and was about
half way to Kircher when I launched to bridge up with one of his riders in
tow. I told them that if we caught Steve, this was the break and we would
take the day. Steve stopped at a Y in the road and the 4 of us got
together and said goodbye to the field for good. I am not sure if Bruce
was in for 55 miles of break away riding but Steve was focused like I have
never seen him. Robocop pulled like a machine and made sure that he was
not going to be caught. At the end of the race Bruce's team mate from
Canyon was dropped and Bruce put in a nice attack to pop me out of the
break. Kircher answered by upping the pace at the last kilometer to drop
Bruce and solo in for the win. Bruce from Canyon was second and I dragged
ass to come in for third. You think that would be a good performance but
the Chicken would not be denied. He did a great job of monitoring the
field for 60 miles and than pulled out some serious speed to take the field
sprint for 5th. NICE!!
AZ Skull Valley RR
Polocko convinced the Boss to head down to AZ to do some more racing. The
boss did the 35+ race and Polocko got in the 50+ race. I did not know that
Polocko was 50 so his latest shows of strength is damn impressive. Polocko
punked the AZ riders to take another win for Paul Tracy. I am sure they
were all scratching there heads when he attacked and went off the front.
It seems that Polocko has a distinct racing style called "pound you into
submission". He soloed for a strong win. Louie did the 35+ race. Him
being so well known, the field allowed a break of two riders to get away
and than all sat on the boss to wait for him to chase. He decided to let
them hang themselves and placed 3rd in the field sprint to get 5th overall.
Nice job considering he did not have any help in the race.
Ontario crit:
It seems Lance is still riding on some excellent form. He took the win in
the 30+ race. I also saw that Mikey Houtz from Collins placed 18th. Nice
job Lance. In the 40+ race Anthony Luna wa 14th. I did not see any other
riders of note but please feel free to add in if I missed anyone. I know
Lance has been gunning hard for an end of season win. GOOD JOB!!
Random Thoughts:
OH MY GOD!!! Kircher is killing it right now. Not only did he ride out of
his mind in the race Saturday, he dragged me up Potosi on Sunday and than
fed me to the coyotes in the loop. My legs are scarred and empty from
being gnawed on by carrion. Just kill me now!!
Mark, we took it to your utah boys. Let me know what comments you hear.
The Chicken had a nice sprint on Saturday. It seems that he is on top of
his game right now. I am curious to see how the hill climb goes this
weekend.
Lance looks like he is flying. I wonder how those legs are going to do on
the Mountain. Should be fun to see if those sprint miles had helped his
climbing.
Polocko is back. Nice win!! Louie told me you crushed those guys.
Awesome!!
Boss, you are off the team! You are not allowed to race without your
troops.
Little inside scoop. We had a nice chat with Burke Swindlehurst. He will
be on a different team next year. So will Jeff Louder. I can not put it
in print but see me at the crit if you want to know where they will end up.
Burke is riding well. Look for him to be strong this weekend at the US Pro
RR Championships.
Hope to see all of you on the mountain. I will be the fat guy begging
Kircher to push me up the mountain.
Nice to see Mikey Houtz out racing. He is a class guy. Pokey, hope to see
more of you in the peloton next year.
Jim Robbins
Monday here in Vegas and the local thunderstorms have kept me busy. I got
lots to talk about this week. It seems some of you are not ready to let
the season end. Here is the latest.
TNW Report:
Last week saw the PT team a little exhausted from the weekend of racing in
Utah and you could tell. It seems that nobody had the power to get away
and most of the chasing and attacks were feeble at best. The field stayed
together and Lance showed off what he does best. He covered multiple
attacks and than lit up the field sprint to take the belt for another week.
Did you get a good look at the lead out speed at the end of the race. That
was none other than the Chicken ramping up the pace.
San Pete RR
The fat man, the chicken and Robocop went up to Utah for another dose of
road racing. We decided it was time that the Utah boys got introduced to
Robocop. We had a lot of pressure going in as Chicken pointed out that we
needed to prove we could close the deal without the boss there to put in
the finishing touches. It was a 70 mile loop which circled around a scenic
farm valley. The terrain was rolling with some nice headwinds just to make
the course interesting. We started with 8 miles of single file pacing
behind Steve. One of the Canyon guys rolled up to me and asked when Steve
was going to come off of the front and I replied he might just pull all
day. I attacked at the 9 mile mark and got a good gap quickly. Of course
I did not pay attention at the start and took the wrong turn at the Y in th
road. I had to turn around and come back which allowed the field to catch
me. At this point Kircher attacked and all the Utah gang were left looking
at each other to try and decide if they should chase since we still had 60
miles left in the race. Bruce from Canyon tried to bridge and was about
half way to Kircher when I launched to bridge up with one of his riders in
tow. I told them that if we caught Steve, this was the break and we would
take the day. Steve stopped at a Y in the road and the 4 of us got
together and said goodbye to the field for good. I am not sure if Bruce
was in for 55 miles of break away riding but Steve was focused like I have
never seen him. Robocop pulled like a machine and made sure that he was
not going to be caught. At the end of the race Bruce's team mate from
Canyon was dropped and Bruce put in a nice attack to pop me out of the
break. Kircher answered by upping the pace at the last kilometer to drop
Bruce and solo in for the win. Bruce from Canyon was second and I dragged
ass to come in for third. You think that would be a good performance but
the Chicken would not be denied. He did a great job of monitoring the
field for 60 miles and than pulled out some serious speed to take the field
sprint for 5th. NICE!!
AZ Skull Valley RR
Polocko convinced the Boss to head down to AZ to do some more racing. The
boss did the 35+ race and Polocko got in the 50+ race. I did not know that
Polocko was 50 so his latest shows of strength is damn impressive. Polocko
punked the AZ riders to take another win for Paul Tracy. I am sure they
were all scratching there heads when he attacked and went off the front.
It seems that Polocko has a distinct racing style called "pound you into
submission". He soloed for a strong win. Louie did the 35+ race. Him
being so well known, the field allowed a break of two riders to get away
and than all sat on the boss to wait for him to chase. He decided to let
them hang themselves and placed 3rd in the field sprint to get 5th overall.
Nice job considering he did not have any help in the race.
Ontario crit:
It seems Lance is still riding on some excellent form. He took the win in
the 30+ race. I also saw that Mikey Houtz from Collins placed 18th. Nice
job Lance. In the 40+ race Anthony Luna wa 14th. I did not see any other
riders of note but please feel free to add in if I missed anyone. I know
Lance has been gunning hard for an end of season win. GOOD JOB!!
Random Thoughts:
OH MY GOD!!! Kircher is killing it right now. Not only did he ride out of
his mind in the race Saturday, he dragged me up Potosi on Sunday and than
fed me to the coyotes in the loop. My legs are scarred and empty from
being gnawed on by carrion. Just kill me now!!
Mark, we took it to your utah boys. Let me know what comments you hear.
The Chicken had a nice sprint on Saturday. It seems that he is on top of
his game right now. I am curious to see how the hill climb goes this
weekend.
Lance looks like he is flying. I wonder how those legs are going to do on
the Mountain. Should be fun to see if those sprint miles had helped his
climbing.
Polocko is back. Nice win!! Louie told me you crushed those guys.
Awesome!!
Boss, you are off the team! You are not allowed to race without your
troops.
Little inside scoop. We had a nice chat with Burke Swindlehurst. He will
be on a different team next year. So will Jeff Louder. I can not put it
in print but see me at the crit if you want to know where they will end up.
Burke is riding well. Look for him to be strong this weekend at the US Pro
RR Championships.
Hope to see all of you on the mountain. I will be the fat guy begging
Kircher to push me up the mountain.
Nice to see Mikey Houtz out racing. He is a class guy. Pokey, hope to see
more of you in the peloton next year.
Jim Robbins
