Snow and More Coming-The Tour of the Depot

Here's what I'm seeing out my hotel window at 7:33 a.m.

More to come.

It snowed the entire race.  Hard, driving snow such that it was difficult to see at times.  Enough wind to drive it painfully into our faces.  There was a long uphill grade (couldn't really call it a climb, just several miles of 3% or so) about one third of the way in.  I went to the front and stayed there.  My team mate, Dirk Cowley, was off the front in a two man break.  He was with a 35+ Master's B rider (we rode a combined field:  55+ and 35+ B), so I covered all the chase attempts.  A couple of guys really drilled it up the grade, and we shed more than a few riders.  I stayed at number two or three for much of the time, only dropping back a few when my other team mate, Lorin Ronnow, would take over.  The two of us covered pretty much everything until the last turn with about four or five miles to go.  We hit a downhill section and we drilled it into the wind.  More than once I had to throw myself out into the wind to keep a front spot; I didn't want to get drowned in the sprint.  As it turned out, it was a steep uphill sprint and I took it for all I was worth.  There were a few ahead of me, but I believe top ten overall, maybe 7th or 8th in the combined fields.  It was brutally cold and miserable.  It's now thirty three outside and still snowing.  I'm taking a hot bath... bye for now.

3:30 p.m.

The TT has been cancelled because of deteriorating conditions and the possibility of ice forming on the road.  Grr.  All suited up and no where to go!

Road Race Results:  These are the combined field results.  I've highlighted in bold the 55+ field, so Dirk was first, John Lauck was 2nd, Lorin Ronnow was third, I was fourth, Vic Meira was 5th, Ken Louder was sixth, and so on.  So my club took first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth.


1.   851  7974 COWLEY Dirk FFKR/Sportsbaseonline p/b Tour of Utah MAS 55+ 2.15'54"     
2.   810  244438 MORRISON Scott Independent MAS 35+ B 2.16'05"   11"
3.   809  339556 LARSON Eric Revolution Cafe Rio MAS 35+ B 2.17'07"   1'13"
4.   853  228846 LAUCK John Bountiful Mazda MAS 55+ 2.17'15"   1'21"  
5.   850  264904 RONNOW Lorin FFKR Architects/SportsBaseOnline.com MAS 55+ 2.17'15"   ...  
6.   801  3363 BENSON Dave Utah Mt Biking MAS 35+ B 2.17'15"   ...
7.   857  283640 MOREHOUSE James FFKR/Sportsbaseonline p/b Tour of Utah MAS 55+ 2.17'22"   1'28"  
8.   806  326152 GOWSKI Bill Sonora Grill/Bicycle Center MAS 35+ B 2.17'22"   ...
9.   818  1698 ANDERSON Keith Logan Race Club MAS 35+ B 2.17'26"   1'32"
10.   803  303618 BRUBAKER Joseph CONTENDER BICYCLES MAS 35+ B 2.17'26"   ...
11.   856  280155 MIERA Vic FFKR/Sportsbaseonline p/b Tour of Utah MAS 55+ 2.17'26"   ...  
12.   854  179491 LOUDER Ken FFKR/Sportsbaseonline p/b Tour of Utah MAS 55+ 2.17'26"   ...
13.   811  294175 PETERSEN Greg Sonora Grill/Bicycle Center MAS 35+ B 2.17'26"   ...
14.   847  142960 HUNSAKER Jerald Bountiful Mazda MAS 55+ 2.20'06"   4'12"  
15.   816  344188 THOMPSON David MAS 35+ B 2.24'42"   8'48"
16.   805  175833 FISHER Mark RMCC MAS 35+ B 2.24'55"   9'01"
17.   815  272884 STOKES Clark Canyon Bicycles Draper MAS 35+ B 2.25'55"   10'01"
18.   802  202151 BERCAW John Ski Utah Cycling Team MAS 35+ B 2.25'55"   ...
19.   852  16081 HIBDON Dwight Velo Sports Racing MAS 55+ 2.26'06"   10'12"  
20.   814  265715 SAURMAN David David Saurman MAS 35+ B 2.26'32"   10'38"
21.   819  165677 FESSENDEN Sean Canyon Bicycles -Draper MAS 35+ B 2.28'33"   12'39"
22.   859  291027 PINCKARD Bill Barry Lasko DDS.Paul Tracy.com MAS 55+ 2.29'35"   13'41"  
23.   807  280609 HARDER Chris Fitzgerald's Bicycles MAS 35+ B 2.34'39"   18'45"
24.   813  51897 ROUNDY Guy MAS 35+ B 2.35'49"   19'55"
25.   804  223619 COLONNA Jim Infinite Cycles MAS 35+ B 2.36'29"   20'35"
26.   855  146521 MACDONALD Michael Bountiful Mazda MAS 55+ 2.42'02"   26'08"  
27.   849  242162 STORRUD Shannon Porcupine Racing MAS 55+ 2.45'43"   29'49"  
28.   820  295234 ADINARO James Porcupine Racing MAS 35+ B 3.03'36"   47'42"