The road race was in Cedar Point IL. Course
was a 9-mile loop done 4 times for a 36-mile race. This was the
longest race of the year for the team. The Cat. 4/5 had 77 riders
and was split about in half for Cat. 4's and Cat. 5's. The race
went out at a controlled pace for the half of a lap. The hill
on the back of the course split the field with one Team Tazi member
in the front group. The second lap the hill was a factor again,
and I was in a small chase group. The last 2 laps was in this
group, everyone worked together and made the remainder of the
race fun. With 1 mile to go one of the South Chicago Wheelmen
(SCW) attacked and nobody covered so I had to take up the chase.
With 300 meters to go the SCW rider pulled off forcing me to start
my sprint early. By this time the other SCW was on me wheel and
started his sprint crossing the line ahead of me by 2 feet. The
SCW rider was Cat. 4 so they were scored separate. When it was
all over Team Tazi had a 9th place finish.
Mike Wakeley
Team Tazi / Exelon