Kinda nice not having ten pink jerseys attacking every two minutes.
The CCAP's TNC kicked off tonight, so a good portion of the SGR regulars were up in East Hartford. That left a small but nimble group for the ride. As expected, it was pretty smooth, with lots of people rotating through with good efforts. There were a few attacks of course.
Little T jumped on Welch from the base of the turnaround sprint and solo'd to get the first sprint. Behind, Sean M was next across with Turner French in third. Those three stayed on the gas and kept a gap hopeful, but they were eventually got caught at a red light, bringing it back to grouppo compacto as Angry Ron used to say.
From
there the pace stayed steady, and it was great to have new guys getting in the
mix. Matt, the Amity Bike Tri guy, in his second or third week at the SGR, is proving to be pretty strong and
not afraid to work at the front.
Turner French went to the
front going up the Greenhouse Climb. TK came up and took a
good pull to close the gap for his sprinter as everyone approached the light, which was green for everyone. Little T was able to take the sprint with a new guy taking second in a blue jersey (Name???) and
Sean M getting the third spot.
Sean M was not done, and he attacked to ride off the front. He kept up an impressive gap until the base of the final hill prior to the four way stop at Cook Hill. Turner Frnch jumped to close the gap, taking along Little T. Those two bridged up and both passed him by the top of the hill. Then Amity Matt bridged up, pulled through and stayed on the
gas up and over the last bump, and down the hill into the final sprint.
Turner jumped first, which is firstly too soon, and then Little T came around him to get the
last sprint. Turner and Matt rounded out the "podium"
Next week is another TNC, then everyone and their mothers should be back for what will surely be a surly SGR on the 18th.
