Circuit of Sauk: The field was dominated by the Fisher riders today = 7 or 8 in total. Team Extreme had the usual suspects = Brain, Rick, and myself. Strategy went out the window as the race started out with an attack by a Fisher rider on the controlled leadout? Brian covered it with me giving chase. Now slightly gassed, the peloton seemed content to soft pedal (if there is such a thing with the long climbs, and in the brisk wind) for a lap. The 2nd lap (15 miles each) did get more taxing with a break being instigated by Fergusen/Fisher. I latched on (thanks for Rick's timley shout) just in time to be part of the 6-man attack. Meanwhile, Team Fisher shut down any chase efforts making life difficult for those in the pack including Rick & Brian; our break went up the road uncontested. We drove the pace with hard Tempo, and a semi-functional paceline (I'm not the only one that needs the Team Extreme Skills Clinic). The pace was hard enough to crack two, and then there were 4. Coming into the long finish straight Fergusen tried getting away and succeeded momentarily. I gave chase without the other two being able to latch on, caught him, waited for the other two to just about bridge, and launched again around Fergusen for the win. Tomorrow will be a change of pace at the LaX Criterium. Hoping that Rick has good legs, and can take the W.

LaX: I'm writing these reports to give credit where credit is due; to confirm what a great thing Team Extreme has going on the road. We were 3 strong once again with Rick, Brian and myself taking to the starting line. LaX had a pretty awesome vibe which seemed to motivate riders to be downright squirely at times. The first few laps were spent figuring out who we didn't want to ride by, and the best lines in the fairly rough turns. The few attacks off the front were being closed quickly, so TE just chilled in the pack. I started moving up for safety reasons if nothing else. Soon after doing so a rider lost control directly in front of me while entering turn #1. Lesson learned is that you never want to take a turn so badly that you lock the rear brake up and skid across the road from inside to outside taking a good part of the pack with you = you don't want to be that guy! Anyhow, I made it through OK and saw 4 guys still riding hard about 5 seconds down the road. So, insticts had me bridge to them; to not do so would have ensured a break with no TE representation. Josh Shively/La Crosse Velo (past Elite MTB'er) was on front cranking the pressure up, 2 guys with us were shelled, I rotated past them, and the rest was a 25 min two man break that lasted until the finish due to some incredible work being done by Rick and Brian back in the pack. I followed Josh out of corner #4, he attacked, I stayed on until 50m to go, jump/sprint to gain a wheel length = win #2. I owe a great part of this success to my team mates. You guys rock! Time to return the hard work at Muskego. Oh yeah, lesson #2 for the weekend = it's better to bridge up after a crash and at least acknowledge the fact that the break was formed because of a crash, and to suggest they wait for what's left of the peleton to get back on? You can tell me your thoughts on this one.

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