The following was provided by John Barton. alp
Great job at Cow Country guys! We’ve got a really strong team. I think there was some good team tactics. Congrats. I think I got away in the beginning of the race because nobody knew who I was, which won’t happen again. I pulled away slowly so I didn’t kill my legs and then picked it up as I got farther away. A Kalispell rider caught me and we worked really well together to stay away. My hope was to give the other Dino’s, especially Brett and Bill, who had dropped me in a Bridger ride 2 weeks earlier, a chance to sit behind the other chasing teams and go for it with “fresh” legs at one of the last hills 2 or 3 miles from the finish. The guy I was with cramped and we almost had to give up the break so you never know.