Bristol Recap

We had some great results. 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15. Sweet.

Adam L's report ...

So I didn't exactly have the best vantage point to observe the finish, so I'll defer those details to Eric K's report, but from my perspective...  The weather on the drive out didn't look so promising, but a little more than half way out from Syracuse the solid grey gave way to partly sunny skies. With the high winds and the break in the rain the roads were in great shape for the race, with the next wave of rain coming within 5 mins of the race's conclusion, so we got real lucky. The race went off without a hitch. The RRR guys have their sheet together and put on a really well run event.  The lines were at a minimum, the groups were sent out on time, and the results were recorded via chip timing. I'm not exactly sure how many racers there were in the 4 field, but I thought it looked to be about 50-60 strong. The first part of the 17 mile loop was pretty flat and I think a solo break went here and there, but with the heavy wind, they got reeled in by the peloton pretty quickly.  After the opening flats, the course got the legs warm with a couple small rollers which slowly grew in size giving way to the first of two notable climbs where we started to see the field thin out.

After some descending we hit notable climb #2, a two-ish mile climb that got things started off with a short, steep pitch. The field thinned out a lot more with this climb and I almost got thinned out myself, having to dig deep to rejoin the group after getting dropped near the top of the climb. At the top of the climb there were some gradual rollers that eventually gave way to some long descents including a bomber that lead to a 2-3% false-flat where the start/finish was located. The picture on the RRR website (http://www.rochesterroadracing.com/) is from the vantage point of the top of the descent and the finish was approx adjacent to the blue warehouse. Long story short, one dude went solo somewhere over the second half of the first lap for the win and I held tight with the chase group until the final climb, finishing in 15th. Eric brought it home in 3rd and Skinny came in at 10th.