1-2 at Yarmouth Clam Festival
As told by Sally…
NEBC had the most team members in the field and as a result we set the lofty goals of winning every prime and getting 1st and 2nd in the race. It was a 6 lap circuit race and every lap was a prime lap.
NEBC team members took turns at the front, launched some mini-attacks and then worked on leading each other out for the primes. On a few of the leadouts, the person doing the leadout had enough of a lead that they would take the prime and the person they were leading out, did not need to come around. At one point, one of the other racers said “you all certainly have “stage race” legs” as she was getting tired of us going for every prime, and generally pushing the pace.
the finishing stretch was a short uphill followed by a fast, downhill straight-away to the line. At the top of the last uphill climb to the finish, I found myself on rebecca’s wheel and told her I had her wheel. She then proceeded to give me a sweet leadout… she was going so well, i thought she could win it so i yelled at her to “go, go, go”... rebecca, thinking she had to go faster for the leadout proceeded to completely bury herself and motored toward the line at 39mph thinking I was going to come around her… however, i saw she could win the race, so i sat on her wheel making sure no-one came around her and crossed the line in 2nd place. With that finish, we completed our goals of winning every prime and finishing 1-2.
overall, a nice team effort.