The night before Friday's races was prime for a team dinner with pasta, roasted vegetables and salad-just as it has been for many years. Having dinners at the team house is a tradition going back since the beginning of the team in 2004. Friday would have Max and Andy riding in their respective age-group races.
Max was first to race at 9:00 AM and had a front row call up. He made the most of it and rode away from the field with two other riders. Soon he had only one other rider with him and a real battle for the win went on for nearly half the race. Max wound up second with a silver medal and the first podium of the trip for the team. He really rode a great race and left it all out on the course.
The next race at 10:00 was Andy's first race of the season after a couple of months of illness. Nobody knew how he would roll and having the last call up in a field of nearly 40 riders would make things even more difficult. As soon as the race started Andy began to pass riders and wound up 7th at the end-a remarkable ride and a heroic one for sure-one of the most memorable in years.
Tomorrow the elite races are happening so another big dinner tonight-big day tomorrow with Andy, Max and Dan English riding .
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