Connor had to skip this race altogether due to a cold, but Devan and Ryon both made it out Thursday afternoon in time to check out the TT course before Friday’s test against the clock.
Ryon went off first and put on an awesome display of pacing, holding 317w on the outbound section and 311w on the way back. His time was a 33:10 and based on all of my past data being put into the TT spreadsheet I use on Excel it just doesn’t make any sense. We calibrated our Powertap and everything checks out, but when asking to see the timing sheets we were refused and simply told “it’s right, trust us!” Still this put Ryon in 9th place, and with a neutralized RR and a pack finish in the crit he ended up in 8th place on GC in the 4′s. This was a great weekend of racing, but unfortunately for Ryon he didn’t pick up any points.
Devan (Bahati Foundation Elite Team) wasn’t quite as fortunate with his pacing, going out very hard on the outbound section and totally blowing up on the way back. Still he managed a 30:40 in the 2′s which was good for 4th place. With some savvy racing during the RR, he picked up 3 bonus seconds and a pack finish in the crit put him in 3rd overall on GC.
