Scratch The Pad, Miss The Boat

Hello, 2010 road season, it’s nice to meet you! Pie? Why sure, we’d love some.

Many thanks to the fine folks at Pacific Power/Blue Sky for putting on another edition of the dessert race, it was a good’un. Ironclad sent down some boys and girls to take a swing, and we came up good, scratching the pad with our first win of the season in the first race of the season. Our new transplant from Minnesota, Anna Grace Christiansen, having never pinned on a number in any kind of bike race, took to the 4’s race with Lana Pressey and Stephanie Croy, and got the W with a fine solo effort towards the end of the race. Of course, no victory comes without teamwork of some sort, and Pressey and Croy slayed themselves to set up the winning move. Pat Malach of Oregon Cycling Action caught the moment wonderfully in this picture.

Steph, Lana, and The Ace celebrate the teamwork

Another new Ironclad rider, Anona Whitley, took to the women’s 3’s all by her lonesome and hung tough in a tough field to have a solid chase pack finish – after sorting out the 1,2,3 and masters, we find her in 10th. A great first race for OBRA for the transplant.

nice shot, kid

For the 3’s lads, a bit of snake biting occurred. If we had a race report to tell, we’d tell it, but due to an early race start by the promoters, our boys missed the boat. And the race. Um, oops. The good news is refunds all around and a good training ride, the bad news is our boys had come ready and drove down from Portland, and didn’t get a chance to mix it up with a fine field of 3’s, as did another few riders from other teams. Oh well, shit happens, everybody makes mistakes and as long as our entries are refunded, you just have to chalk it up as an honest promoter error.

all dressed up and nowhere to go……