Georgia Cup Series
Team Time Trial
July 23, 2005 Rome, Georgia - GTC Masters brought three riders to the start line for this 25k mostly flat time trial. On the roster was Steve Simpson, Dan Coy and Marshall Millard. Most teams had three, four or five riders, there were a couple of two-man teams and one team had ten riders.
The rules stated that the clock stopped on the second rider (fourth rider for the Pro/1/2 teams). The GTC strategy was for Simpson and Coy to pull and have Millard in tow for insurance against a flat or mechanical.
The team started off a little bit conservative, but by about a mile into it the pace was heating up. Millard dropped off as Simpson and Coy began riding at their absolute limit. Simpson was riding well and took the lion's share of the pulls, Coy came to the front as often as possible giving Simpson a hand.
With four turnarounds on the course the riders were able to gauge the nearest competition, and team GTC was gaining on both the team 2 minutes before (RBM w/Randy Prunty & G.W. Wenzel) as well as the team 2 minutes after (Geri Atrix w/George Heagerty & Tom Bain).
The unofficial results had GTC as 4th place in the Master 35+ and first place for the 45+ bonus (not bad for a couple of fifty-something riders). As expected, team Smith Barney took the top spot and possibly the fastest time of the day overall.
Team GTC time (Coy/Simpson) :
25k @ 0:34:02 = 27.39 MPH (44.07 KmPH)
Photos and official results coming soon.
You are awesome....in so many ways! Love B.
Posted by: Bev at July 26, 2005 12:24 PMDan,
It looks like you still have a lot of energy for these races. Probably strategy is even more important. It seems you do a lot of planning for these races with the desired results. A good planner with teammates can beat power if not properly used.