tour of americas dairyland

hey all

the past few days i was up in WI racing the tour of americas dairyland. its a new 10 day series and seems really well run. the 1st stage was awesome. 4x22 mile loops with ~2200 ft of climbing per lap and then a 8% finish climb. i was feeling OK, and making splits on the climb. as the race passed the halfway point, i still had some gas and bridged to some breakaway groups. the race would shatter up the climbs and we would drill it on the flats, but it would still come back together , which was annoying. i eventually rolled in 12th/26 finishers out of 79 starters, so i was pleased considering the caliber of the field (riders from bmc, kbs, bissell, amore...)

the next day was a neat 1.6 mile circuit race with a slight hill. i felt great this day and was very active. i missed the main 2 man breakaway of the day, and worked some to bring it back for my teammate mike, who is sprinting really well. i stayed up front until the final laps, when it started to rain. i fell back because i was tired, and with the rain, i couldnt get back up to the front as the corners were too slick.

saturday was the grafton crit. a cool .8mile crit with another slight hill. i tried to be active at the beginning, but only lasted about halfway through until i started to tire from the previous days. i wasnt much help in the finish, but mike was able to get 9th in the sprint.

a couple of days off for me, and ill be back racing tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. then its home to CT for a while, and fitchburg will be the racing highlight of that trip.

hope all is well, and congrats to our seniors who just graduated!