The blustery winds and the uncertainty of the rain dampened the attendance.  Also we had at least 3 regulars participate in the NYS TT championship in Tioga on Sunday.  I know Amy Kneale and Susan Andersson podiumed, but, after an extensive search I cannot find a posting of the results. Crazy.

Usually the winds are a bit lower than predicted by start time.   Last night it appeared to me that the wind was stronger than predicted... possibly gusting to 15mph from the WNW.  That makes for a tough first 3 miles.

Three TTers rolled to the line to do battle with the course, the wind and their inner demons.  Our Fastest Man Time was established by Junior Jon Taber who flew through the course in an impressive time of 27:07 (22.13mph).  That's only 4 seconds away from his PR!    Rich and Phil came out for their first TT of the season and have now established benchmarks for the rest of the season.

Thanks to Tim Taber for manning the backup timing at the finish.  

Ten stages completed so far.  It's been a pretty good start.  

Brought tears to my eyes to see Fabio Jakobsen win a sprint finish after his horrific crash 2 years ago.  

Magnus Cort fighting for every breakaway.  

VanAert is a Cyborg!

Can any one unhinge Pogacar?  He covers all of the moves.

I miss Alaphillipe's combativeness.

Sad to see Roglic crash again in the tour.  Tough guy.  Reset his problematic dislocated shoulder after a crash. 

    Brandon McNulty one of Pogacar's primary lieutenants in the mtns.  Riding strong so far.

    Quinn Simmons -  mixing it up in the breakaways.  Youngest rider in the tour

    Nielson Powless -  ridng well.  Finished 4th in Tour de Suisse last month.  Next EF team leader?   

    Matteo Jorgenson  -  rode a strong stage 10 and contested for victory in the breakaway.

    Sepp Kuss -  haven't seen much from him.  May be more active in the mtn stages of week  2 and 3 helping Vingegaard and Roglic.

Today's stage is one to watch!!   They will go over the Col du Galibier.

    Col de Galibier 11 miles at 7%   4000 ft  up to around 8500ft of altitude

Alpe d'Huez coming tomorrow!!

Enjoy!

Brian

TT Directeur

315-727-1458