Paul, rolled away from the peloton and
won !!! 1st place @ Snelling RR, Masters Cat 4 35+, Snelling California. Paul is very familiar with the rolling course
along with changing wind direction. The
day of the race was typical, up to 15mph winds.
He had a plan and he executed it perfectly. He was very efficient during the first three
laps of the race staying well below his FTP.
With 5 miles to go, to took advantage of the sleeping peloton and rolled
away into a head wind. He looked back
and no one was chasing, without drawing attention, he pushed the pace
eventually gaping the peloton by 5 seconds.
As he came to the cross wind section, he slowly picked up the pace
increasing the gap to 20 seconds. The
Moto pulls up and tells him he has 40 seconds.
He made the final right turn, picking the best line, through the cobble
section, now having a tail wind. Within
seconds he could see the 1K marker and the peloton was just rounding the
corner.
Time to celebrate, first win in two
years!!
PCG Coach: Earl Zimmermann
