Tour de Gap

This weekend I was in Cedar, City UT for the Tour de Gap. A 2 day, 4 stage race that pretty much covered every aspect of bike racing. Stage 1 was a 46 mi flat RR. Nothing was happening in the first 15 miles and I put in a couple of frustration attacks to see if anybody would come with me. I was able to get into the breakaway of the day about 20 miles into the race. There was a group of 6 and we worked together just barely good enough to make it to the line 20sec ahead of the main field. Alot of work for 21sec, but oh well. I got to ride with Randy Riechart, one of the top Colorado amatuers. I got 4th out of 21 on the stage. Stage 2 was a crit in on the tarmac at the local airport. I don't think it was even half a mile long as we were doing less than 50sec laps. Stage 3 was a 55mi RR with 5500 ft of climbing. I was in a breakaway all day with Burke Swindlhurst, a navigator pro, and cracked with about 5 miles to go and got caught by the field with 3 to go. Stage 4 was a 4.5 mi TT which I did good enough in to hold my GC spot. A good race weekend and alot of confidence gained. Bring it on!