With the end of the road racing season in sight, some members of Team Get A Grip Cycles are bookending their season by racing in lovely St. Louis, Missouri. The Gateway Cup features four days of lung-busting criterium racing in some of the most attractive neighborhoods of the Gateway to the West.
After two days of near-misses, the team finally earned the victory they had come to claim when Steven Vandeven sprinted to victory in the Giro della Montagna. "Those other dudes just delivered me to the finish. I did not have to put my nose out into the wind until there were 150 meters left. It was the easiest sprint I have ever done," he said. James Holton, last year's winner, nearly placed second after another team member, Jonathan Gray, put Holton in an ideal position to also go for the win. The space between second and third was close enough that the line judge resorted to the film, and awarded Holton with third. "I would have liked to win this race again, since I have won it the last two years. I was in a good position to finish first, but Steve was in a better one."
No comments:
Post a Comment