The year started off with a bang as our newest rider,
Evan Wynn, pulled off a 3rd place finish as the first race in the series against
the biggest teams in the Southeast, including George Hincapie himself! The week
before, Evan Fader, riding solo, won the field sprint for 8th in Raleigh at the
Wolf Pack Classic. Tim Jenkinson (coming off a National Championship team win
at Collegiate Nationals last month) took home a storming win in the Cat. 3 field
the following day, winning solo after attacking early and staying away! He
followed this up with an upgrade to category 2 to join the rest of the team this
year.
While we had some great results and lots of excitement,
we fought against some other big teams (and some of us the pavement) . .
.
Last weekend, Matt led the team in the hardest race of
the series on Saturday after attacking a hilly course over 10 laps. And while
attacking Chris and Evan battled in the wind at the Donaldson Center again. Evan
made the early split with pro Andy Baker, but was brought back early.
Unfortunately, while in the chase of the winning break, Chris' day ended early
when a rider swerved to miss a DEAD CAT and took the rider out behind him. Chris
had nowhere to go but over his bars and hit the pavement hard on his head,
shoulder and left knee. Fortunately only soft tissues injuries ensued and will
all heal in time.
Please see all of our early season race reports here,
pictures from races, and follow us all year long at: http://ashevillegrassrootscycling.wordpress.com/
& http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001680326288
A big thanks to all of our 2012 sponsors: Earthfare,
Industry Nine, Specialized/Cycle Sport Concepts, Highland Brewing, Mamacitas,
Blue Sky M.D., DNA Cycling, Carbo Rocket, DeFeet, HD Coaching, Omnium
Bodyworks, Peak 10, and ABRC (check them all out on our facebook
page!).
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