Starting at the bottom of the Village always add a bit more Punch to the start, but I felt really good in the warm up had a strong start.... chased down the Lone Lead Out Man that created an early gap... I came around him at the top of the extended climb but got jumped by a late charging racer before the single track.... which is always tough to ride clean - especially with this year's lapped traffic. A few dismounts and runs later, the 2 of us were away and rolling for the first lap, where i then took charge of the pace for the 2nd lap. I could tell he was having a hard time holding my pace, so a little extra on the extended climb on the 3rd lap (with 2 to go - we did 5 laps this year) and i got the gap i needed... from there it was just a game of trying to ride smooth and powerful while putting riders between myself and my Chaser....
All in all it was a great day, and i rolled across the line just over 2min ahead. Turns out, my Chaser was the Trek rep from Western Quebec / Eastern Ontario and the 40-44 Road National Champ... so we had some things to talk about!!
Great day also for the rest of the Team, with Soren winning by a comfortable margin, PG having a great ride to come in 13th, Tyler riding well until getting bumped off a bridge before finishing 15th ... but Adam ran into some tough luck crashing hard in a small group on a high speed downhill.
Always a great time in Tremblant with the Team..... and the Beaver Tails make it all worth while!!!!
Check out our Trek Canada Team site for full details.... www.trekcanada.ca
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