Greenville Spring Series, weekend #1
Team CTM was out in force for our first team races of the season. The Greenville Spring Series always excites the cycling masses with people traveling from Florida to New England to take advantage of the huge fields and excellent caliber of racers.
The P/1/2 road race on Saturday started with close to 100 riders but had a high attrition rate as the group experienced a strong wind that made one section of the course a tough side wind. No quarter was given by anyone, as each of the 8 laps saw the entire field single file in the gutter with no where to hide.
On lap 2, a good break formed which Team CTM rider Jim Taylor bridged up to as it went off. With good team representation from some of the heavy hitting teams, the group was content to let them roll. The rest of Team CTM, made ourselves busy by following any good looking chase groups. However, the breakaway stuck till the end, with Jim taking 5th overall.
I fared the best in the field sprint, keeping good positioning throughout the last lap to keep near the end for the sprint.
On Sunday:
Team CTM tackled 2 races at the BMW test track, a crit-like course with gently curved turns. In the 35+ race, Sean Weddell ended up in a 2 man breakaway that stayed away to the finish with Sean taking 2nd. Rodney Dender followed up winning the field sprint for 3rd.
In the P/1/2 race, attacks went from the gun and continued with no rest to the finish. Team CTM was in many good looking moves that got small gaps on the field, but were quickly reeled back in. Being mostly a breakaway team, we had a tough go in the final big group sprint, but I fared the best in 14th with Sean Weddell giving me a good tow up the back side of the course to get me in better position.
We are all pleased with the weekend and worked well together as a team. We're all looking forward to next weekend and the Fork Shoals course where Team CTM member Jim Cunningham won the SC State championships last year.
The P/1/2 road race on Saturday started with close to 100 riders but had a high attrition rate as the group experienced a strong wind that made one section of the course a tough side wind. No quarter was given by anyone, as each of the 8 laps saw the entire field single file in the gutter with no where to hide.
On lap 2, a good break formed which Team CTM rider Jim Taylor bridged up to as it went off. With good team representation from some of the heavy hitting teams, the group was content to let them roll. The rest of Team CTM, made ourselves busy by following any good looking chase groups. However, the breakaway stuck till the end, with Jim taking 5th overall.
I fared the best in the field sprint, keeping good positioning throughout the last lap to keep near the end for the sprint.
On Sunday:
Team CTM tackled 2 races at the BMW test track, a crit-like course with gently curved turns. In the 35+ race, Sean Weddell ended up in a 2 man breakaway that stayed away to the finish with Sean taking 2nd. Rodney Dender followed up winning the field sprint for 3rd.
In the P/1/2 race, attacks went from the gun and continued with no rest to the finish. Team CTM was in many good looking moves that got small gaps on the field, but were quickly reeled back in. Being mostly a breakaway team, we had a tough go in the final big group sprint, but I fared the best in 14th with Sean Weddell giving me a good tow up the back side of the course to get me in better position.
We are all pleased with the weekend and worked well together as a team. We're all looking forward to next weekend and the Fork Shoals course where Team CTM member Jim Cunningham won the SC State championships last year.
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