On the up and up

Today was the classic Ada Criterium in Ada, Michigan. The course was set up a little bit different, but the race was great and exciting. Coming of a long break on the bike. I wasn't sure how I would feel. I shot my first bullet off bridging to a break that I knew was dangerous. It contained Priority Health rider Sven Howard, Derek Witte and WMCR Jason Switlowski. I knew I had a good chance to make the bridge but unfortunately Derek Graham from PH tagged my wheel and wouldn't lend a hand in the pursuit of the break. After 4 laps I blew up pretty hard. Derek jumped accross while I went back to the field. After the break lapped the field there was a chase group off the front containing my teammate Meurig and 4 others. Since the break lapped they were racing for 5th place. I attacked and bridged to the chase group bringing Sven Howard along who had just lapped the field and this put him up as the easy winner of the day if we stayed away. With PH having the numbers Meurig and I sat comfortable and chilled. As the race wore on I began to get a little tired and wasn't able to give as good of a kick as I would have liked. I ended up 9th on the day, with Meurig getting 6th. We placed all our guys in the top 20 which was a pretty decent showing. I am starting to feel better and hopefully a win is not too far away.