Six Ommegangsters headed up to Oswego for the Tour de Loop Sat. morning for an unusually early start (bike racing at 8:15 am?). Lot's of familiar faces from the TNTS series there as well as the recent OCC Weds eve ride entering both the 30 mile and 50 mile events.
This race circuit seems to bring a somewhat unique flavor for the area in that there is not a big deciding climb, nor is it flat by any means -- it sort of just keeps slowly jabbing away at you with each cumulative hill or roller to slowly add an extra ounce or two of lead to the legs.
Ray W and Big Dave M represented in the 30 mile field which had over 200 people with decent finishes in the top quarter of the field. For the 50 miler, Drummroll pointed out a very strong regional rider to the other Ommegnagsters Fred H, Craig N and Eric K as they lined up for the start. About half way through, Craig made a move on one of the tougher hills with this "strong" rider and one other guy for a three-man break. Behind the break, Drummroll, Eric, and Fred sat in a 15 or so person chase group covering any attempts to pop off and close in on the break. The break lasted the whole way with Craig taking the honors of first overall across the line in a well executed sprint. Behind the break, the chase group was winding it up about a mile out when they came upon a fire truck moving very slowly as a follow vehicle for the 30 mile event (definitely an "Oh Sh*t" moment). A bit of scrambling and reshuffling around the fire truck and a big field sprint with two more Ommegangsters making the top 10.
Results here ..... http://www.yellowjacketracing.com/2010
Post race included the usual retelling of the days battle stories with teammates and friends even including Fred's daughter recounting the kid's race. Excellent post race assortment of fruit, muffins, local cider and even a kids bouncy house just steps from the lake front capped off a pretty darn good start to the weekend.
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