Last weekend, I was in Arizona! It was beautiful weather; upper 70's and just great weather down there. The 3-day stage race started with a time trial. It was 13 miles...I manage to finish with a 9th place result with a time of 34:20 in the 13- mile course. My teammates: Eamon, Andrew, and Torey went 1-2-3!! The next day was the Road Race. It was mostly flat. It was 57 miles long and I got in a break literally 2 km into the race. I eventually got caught , got in another break and more...by the end of the race, I had been away for about 45 of the 57 miles!! Also, with 1.5 laps of the 3.5 lap race, Torey got away and soloed to the line! It came down to a sprint and Eamon got that...I cramped up pretty bad with 2 km left in the race, but I definitely got in a great workout!
The last day of the stage race was the criterium, which means it's my day to win! Except there was one guy in the way: Cory Williams. He's the current National criterium champion and I have been waiting for this moment for a while now. We started ur 30 minute race, both of stayed in the group and whenever attacks would go, somebody would follow...it was clear that people wanted a field sprint. With one lap to go, we started our leadout...got through all the turns...2 more turns left until the finish and it slows up when Torey is still on the front trying to drive the pace. Unfortuanatly, it wasn't fast enough and so Erik Volotzky attacked going into the last 2 quick turns...I was too far back (8th or so). I gt out of the last turn, ansd started my sprint...I caught some guys, but 2 guys were far enough ahead ( Eamon OLucs (my teammate) and Ryan Gadow (SJBC). With 1st and 2nd taken...it was between Cory and I for 3ed. We both sprinted...he started coming around me at the last second and bam!! Bike throw!! I thought I had 3rd and beat Cory, but wasn't 100%...I eventaully saw results and noticed I did in fact finish 3rd! I still haven't seen a photo finish of in the bike throw, but I'm sure it was very close!!
Thanks for reading
James LaBerge
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