This was my year of affirmation. Doig was a newly upgraded Cat 2 and really wanted the win. Not so fast little shaver. I travelled to the race with Ron Gallas and was feeling the pressure of having to be team leader as Scott Flanders was not at the race. Kyle and I made a huge effort that started a break of big gear pushers: Lazlo Alberti, Banning Ostrow and a few others. The course was awesome. It had a sinuous little suburban type climb that finished in front of a grocery store on top of the hill. it was the first time I had seen a crowd at a state championship race in a number of years. It was a tough hill that would make me pecimistic obout my chances in the sprint. On the last lap on a long decent before the final climb Kyle made a solo effort. it was the perfect move. One I thought he would stick. He didn’t but it set me up for the perfect sprint win over Lazlo who would protest the sprint finish. But there was no questioning who was fastest that day. Cleve Petterson won the masters and Jim Williams won the Cat 3.. all three of us with Flanders. (I have good pics and jersey)
Andy Dahl
It was a great race…100 mile road race…first real year of Super Team. I initially went off the front in a small break with two guys (unknown and Thorsen) but my real motivation was to take a major piss and then regroup with the field. The break included Kyle, Tim, Laslo, Matt Gates, one WI guy and myself. On the way up the climb to the line for one to go…Kyle nailed it with all of us following and Gates cracked. I waited for Gates but had to leave him to catch back up. At that point Kyle went off the front again with no one chasing. Laslo and I chased Kyle back down and caught him at the bottom of the final climb at which point he blew. I led the group up the final climb, but Tim, fresh because he’d sat in while we were chasing his teammate, came around with Laslo for the win. I limped in at third. Flandeenees do it again.
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It was a great race…100 mile road race…first real year of Super Team. I initially went off the front in a small break with two guys (unknown and Thorsen) but my real motivation was to take a major piss and then regroup with the field. The break included Kyle, Tim, Laslo, Matt Gates, one WI guy and myself. On the way up the climb to the line for one to go…Kyle nailed it with all of us following and Gates cracked. I waited for Gates but had to leave him to catch back up. At that point Kyle went off the front again with no one chasing. Laslo and I chased Kyle back down and caught him at the bottom of the final climb at which point he blew. I led the group up the final climb, but Tim, fresh because he’d sat in while we were chasing his teammate, came around with Laslo for the win. I limped in at third. Flandeenees do it again.
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 10:49 am ¶sorry man.. thought it was banning. it’s coming back to me now
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 10:57 am ¶3rd that year was John Wallace, from Bayport, MN.
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 12:12 pm ¶Ron Trebesch was also in the break, and ended up 5th.
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 12:14 pm ¶Doh! I thought he was a WI rider so that put him out of contention…my bad. Yes, I recall Ron being there now. Oh how time depletes the memory banks.
Posted 19 Dec 2007 at 9:35 am ¶The only think I can remember about that race was driving though town, or was that somewhere else.
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