First real Throw Down...

Last weekend was the first OCup of the year (sorry for the delayed post...) and it turned out to be a great day.  After many days of snow / rain / cold leading up to the race, the day turned out to be cold and windy, but the course was in perfect condition.... no mud, hard berms and tons of traction.  After a short delay for the start of our race, we were off and racing.. in a slightly less-than-formal procedure.

As expected, it didn't take long before Rob and I were out front and attacking each other... just where we left off last year!!  We passed a lot of people, and were overtaken by an Elite Train (wish i had a picture of me leading Rob, Morka, Zanstra, Leandre and McSneeky) since they had a longer head start on us...

Rob and I changed the lead a few times, and I lead heading into and out of the final singletrack.... after punching it hard up the final climb ... i forgot about the final piece of trail that was not singletrack... a short piece that Rob punched it on and just got around me... after that point, there really is no other spot to get around, so i ended up finishing a close 2nd.... 

Proud of the new Trek Canada Team today.... Soren finished up 2nd, Karlee had a pain-free race finishing 4th, PG rode to a strong 8th and Mitch was still recovering from a P2A crash and came in 10th...

Next Stop - Tremblant's Canada Cup!!!