Bert and Ryan Cyclocross Report

Ryan Blanchette pulled an IronMan yesterday competing in a SoCal CycloCross race mid morning then playing for his Club team in a soccer match in the afternoon.

The kids a stud! He rolled his Tomac on Kenda rubber to first place with a limited field in his age division…very limited. So 1st place for the young one but his old man could only muster 2nd place. Yes the elder of the two clawed his way back from about 10th place after a 1st lap crash directly in front of him which put him in the pile with bodies, bikes, parts, etc. tangled for a bit. After freeing his ride, he set chase for the lead group and lap by lap slowly worked his way back up finishing in 2nd.



It was a pretty good turn out for a race following a week of bad air quality limiting and/or eliminating most outdoor activity. Didn’t witness any other Backbone racers this time and with Ryan having soccer games on almost each Saturday and Sunday the schedules often conflict. So hopefully we’ll get out to some other races this season.


***Thanks Bert! I am doing this from work, so I have no pix..will add tomorrow!***