Well, after a week off from racing, another double header is on tap for the weekend. Saturday's race is a nice mix of up and down, grass and some sand. Sunday is all new, a first in CO for some time, up in Bergen Park. Weather is supposed to be cold, high of mid 40's with snow/rain mix.
Last week down in Gunnison, Mike had some excellent finishes with a 3rd and 7th. Moved up to 11th in BCR points for the SM4's.
As Mike was out killing it for points, alot of us were out celebrating Dash's 45th birthday down at the Cheeky Monk. It is kinda crazy that you can spend 6 hrs at any place and still have money in your pocket at the end of the night. Started out with dinner and big 1/2 Litre of Hoegaardens. Then moved to the Leffe Blond, Kwak, Delirium, Blanch de Bruxelles and then to finish it off with De Koninck. Let's just say that Saturday's ride was a bit slower because of it. We did get to meet the owners of Urthel Brewery in Belgium. Located betweek Gent and Weveglem, it seems to have everything that you would want.....good beer, great food and ever better bike rides. Might have to look them up during the hard man's tour of the Spring Classics.
On Sunday, we got together with our wellies on and did some laps over at GP Betz in the rain for about an hour. A couple of flat tires, crashes and soggy chamois and we were done and looking for some warm drinks and food.
In other racing news from around the US and World:
Catie killed it again at the 2 UCI races in Ohio. She won both days with a handy margin at the end. Boulder's own one man dope crusader, Brandon Dwight had a great showing with a 4th and an 8th against some very stiff competition.
On the East Coast, Lyne Bessette won both days in Gloucester with Jeremy Powers winning on Saturday and Jesse Anthony winning on Sunday.
Across the pond on Saturday at the GP de la Region Wallonne, Sven Nys was warming up with a win in anticipation of Sundays opening round of the Superprestige. A great ride for both Ryan Trebon and Jonathan Page to a 7th and 9th place finish, respectfully.
On Sunday, a request for a later start to show it on TV4 in Belgium, had Bart Wellens panties in a uproar. The opening round of the SuperPrestige in Rudervoorde had Bart "walking over every obstacle, I couldn't pass wherever I wanted" and "I was 40 riders down on the best in the world after the first lap" had him chasing from the gun. Nys won over Zdenek Sybar and our whining Belgium Champion Bart.
Suck it up Bart, that is how alot of us race from time to time.
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