Nice job at Walla Walla guys. Mattm, nice sprint against TJ in the crit. I raced the 40+ race and had an up and down weekend.

First RR went well with a teamate in 2nd, 3rd and me in 5th. Field blew up on the finish climb - good stuff!

I screwed up the crit and got stuffed in the curb with a couple to go and ended up in the teens. As a team we kinda screwed up getting time bonuses too, oh well. The TT was pure suck for me - couldn't get my watts up and since I was starting 5th from last I ended up getting passed by the top 4 in GC. Not good when your two teammates pass you in a TT.

Final RR was better for me. Unfortunately, our guy in 3rd on GC was up all night puking before the final stage so he didn't finish. Luckly we still had a guy in 4th. The race stayed mostly together with the top GC unable to drop each other. Race had a break go after 9 miles and we had a rider in it. Break finally came back in the last 6 miles all the attacks in our lead group on the last lap were fast and furious! 2nd on GC got a gap with 5 km to go and I went to the front with one of my teammates and a few others to bring him back, that hurt! Our 4th on GC did some counters but couldn't get anything. Came into the finish with 20 guys for a fast sprint and I was able to get 2nd. I should have won...

Good road races but sucky TT. First year back into racing for me since the late 90's and the first TT since 96. I've got some work to do!!