The course was 40k and the surface varied with some rough sections and a number of sneaky little potholes. My only real age-group competitor, Phil Bonfiglio (RBM), crashed when he hit a pothole about a kilometer before the turnaround. I was coming back the other way and had to brake hard to keep from hitting him as he slid across the road. I was just about to stop when he let out some loud expletives. OK, he wasn't dead, sounded mad and might get up and resume racing so I decided to go. Checking back over my shoulder it looked like Phil had quit so I lost some motivation to ride hard after that.
My GTC teammates, Bob V. and Shawn T., also scored GA state champ titles in their respective age groups.
Three GTC GA Champs L-R Bob Vezeau (50-54), Dan Coy (55-59), Shawn Tyrrell (45-49)
2009 TT Results - Download PDF file