i remember the first time i raced a race in france that had bad cross winds.. it ws my second race... i was in really bad position because people were going fucking nuts on this straight road out of town with a ton of round-a-bouts... we were doing 53kph curb to curb 'square peloton' as they call it when it gets sick fast but wont line out because guys are that keyed up... and i was like 'fuck this'... so i just rode easy in the middle of 120 guys... then we took a right turn onto a farm road and i swear the race literally blew to ribbons... it was like an old flag shredding in the wind with guys everywhere and forming into echelons... it was beautiful to watch and i remember it still in slow motion... no wonder they were fighting like mad to be near the front... i could see it all really well because i had just decided that it wasn't worth the fight for position and was riding in the middle... little did i know...
and this was 5k into the 180k race... so it was 5k and race over for more than half the field... i was able to make the second big group but the front 20-30 were gone... so for me it was 5k and go training...
the second road stage of nature valley was like this too.. and merced in 2001... and solano in 2002... we dont get to race too many races where it cracks open into echelons and it decides the race... these are my favorite kinds of races...
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Yeah, before you even mentioned it I was gonna bring up Merced '01. You were there rocking a Dare jersey after getting hosed by Not-So-Noble House. I was a first year "pro" with NetZero. We took that 2nd turn and it was like "game over". I looked up and there was a group of 10 200 meters ahead, then another group of ten, then another, then another...
Everyone was trying to jump from group to group instead of riding. Then, I saw Rahsaan go into the ditch...
Ahhh, memories.
RB
Racing is gay
not as gay as you... hollywood hairdresser with tight shirts and biceps...
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