Tour of Holy Hill, International Cycling Classic, Hartford, WI -- July 17, 2006 Cat 3 Men  Hey Mark, I don't know if you've gotten any feedback from Ross or Ron yet but it was a pretty decent day for Team Brone's on Monday.  Ross put himself in a good position on the finishing straight and that was good to see.  As for me, I tried repeatedly to get something going but was unable.  It's a long story but basically there were several teams working together and they were only going to let certain friends of theirs go up the road.  They would let some people just plain ride away but the second you tried to bridge it or get something going they would chase like mad and then sit on.  It was really frustrating as I was in three or four break attempts on the 4th lap alone, most having very good chances of survival on a normal day but nothing would go.  Heck, I even counterattacked my own attack - twice!  I was getting pretty pissed off by the last lap and it took all I had not to start bitching at them every time they closed one.  Even on the very last hill I was pushing the front and nobody would get on or pull through.  I turned around to one guy and asked him WTF and he just said he was too tired.  For cripes sakes, there's less than two miles to go!  Anyway, I was up front for the finish but had spent most of my energy working for a break.  I had one burst left and made the most out of it but unfortunately forgot that the finish line is actually 50 meters past the peak of the roller.  Hit the base of it and gave it what I had left.  Should have saved one more ounce because at the top I was top 5 but faded over the last 50 meters and gave up a few easy spots to finish 8th.  What really made me mad was that there were guys I hadn't seen since rolling out of the park who were contesting the sprint.  Never put in a single effort up to then.  I just hate that.  Gimme a big hill and we'll see who's there at the end of the day - no freeloaders!  --Chris

Place	Race No.	Name	Team	Hometown
1	431	Jason Kozicki	Team Bellin Health	Green Bay, WI
2	409	Shaun Harless	Arete' Racing/Vellum Cycles	San Francisco, CA
3	342	Josh Nagode	PCW Cycling	Sheboygan, WI
4	307	Casey Masterson	Velo Trocadero	Milwaukee, WI
5	353	Ross White	Brone's Bike Shop	Independence, WI
6	418	Brandon Wood	Endeavour Cycling	Verona, WI
7	325	John Meyers	Turin Bicycle/Life Fitness	Barrington, IL
8	358	Chris Ripp	Brone's Bike Shop	Onalaska, WI
9	551	Ali Camara	Team Major Taylor
10	361	Brian Boyle	Team Clif Bar Midwest	Chicago, IL
11	380	Howard Smith	2CC/Pony Shop	Batavia, IL
12	355	Adam Mitchell	Silver Cycling	Minneapolis, MN
13	534	Terry Huss	Raleigh All-stars	Raleigh, NC
14	336	Pete Lawrence	Advantage Benefits Endeavour Cycling Club	Mesa, AZ
15	421	Kip Spaude	IS Corp Cycling Team	Watertown, WI
16	324	Joel Jacobson	Hampshire Cycle Club	San Mateo, CA
17		(unknown rider)
18	363	Mike Trecker	Denver Boulder Couriers	Aspen, CO
19	341	David Nagode	PCW Cycling	Sheboygan, WI
20	525	Mark Hotchkin	Alta Alpina	Carson City, NV
21	337	Timothy Clark	Great Dane Velo Club (GDVC)	Middleton, WI
22	362	Phillip Perard	Denver Boulder Couriers	Boulder, CO
23	506	Jonathan Carlson	Metromint Cycling	San Francisco, CA
24	423	Noah Metzler	Mama Mimis/Lenders Loan	Columbus, OH
25	301	Chris Mantel	Velo Trocadero	Milwaukee, WI
26	408	Eric Wiecek	ABD Cycling Team	Chicago, IL
27	552	Dave Lippold	Iowa State University Cycling Club	Des Moines, IA
28	510	Joseph Reynolds	Breakaway Racing	Folsom, NJ
29	529	William Hickey	CSU Rams Cycling Team	Carlisle, MA
30	520	Rutger VanDijk	IS Corp Cycling Team	Milwaukee, WI
31	553	Benjamin Wizner	Borah	Onalaska, WI
32	414	Salvatore Scotto Divetta	Kenosha Velosport
33	389	Erik Meier	Baraboo Sharks	Baraboo, WI
34	367	Uwe Krueger	ABD Cycle Club	Chicago, IL
35	555	Chad Chenoweth	Proctor Cycling Team	Normal, IL
36	334	Joseph Kraynick	Beans & Barley	Milwaukee, WI
37	401	Casey Lamers	Great Dane Velo Club	Madison, WI

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