Masters 50+ Results:
1st Doug O'Neill
4th Brian Rafferty (2006 Winner)
9th Ken Hochman
Course: 55 miles 4100 ft vertical, 16% grade section, climbs of 2 miles, 12 miles of dirt roads
Report:1st:At mile 2 (!!!), with a rider 100 yards dangling off the front, Doug O'Neill jumps up to him and those two ride away. Doug drops that guy on the first stiff climb (8 mile mark) and rides 40+ miles to solo victory. Nice of Doug to do his training ride in front of the 50+ field., Brian Rafferty drives the field hard & often for the first 30+ miles, and when he isn't driving it, the field is recovering. Great blocking by Brian to keep the field hurting and NOT chasing Doug. The front of the Peloton is whittled down to 30 over the early climbs, but regrouping mid race on flats, Lead group knocked down again thru the second steep dirt sections, and with about 10 miles to go Brian gets away (with 3 others?) to a great 4th place. Ken Hockman's hardest race ever done. He is dropped by lead group at the peak of the 2nd steep (mile 10) & 7 min solo to chase back,, dropped again at the last of the steep dirt sections (mile 30) and 40 minutes with one guy helping to chase back on. Downhill run in to the line & 4th in the sprint from the group of 20 survivors. Damian rode strong and his fall at 2 miles to finish is a big ouch, but he's fine.
Report: 40+ Tony Settel 28th spends 30 miles off the front with Bill Thompson, Tom Luzio 40th has a very rough day with stomach cramps, Tony Maisto 63rd rides the whole race with no water bottles, but survives the climbs JT 61st , who catches back to Tony at mile 40 and they finish together.
Report: 30+ Titus Leung 24th and Jerry Kapo 41st
