The course differed from last year with more turns and a shortened climb, but nonetheless presented itself to be much more of a challenge; less recovery made ascending the hill 25+ times during the 60 minute race incredibly demanding.
The race started off at a blistering pace splintering the 45-man field in half within the first two laps. Subsequent laps would see the field dwindle and only 9 riders would emerge to finish the race. Early on, CSU was very aggressive launching attack after attack ultimately leading to Dan Workman and a CSM rider, Zach Grabowski sustaining a two-man break away.
CSU, including Phil Mann, attempted to send support to Dan Workman by bridging several riders to the break away but all attempts failed. The hill was simply too demanding and the final seconds separating the bridging attempt and the break away could not be overcome.
In the end Zach launched a powerful attack to overtake Dan Workman on the climb deferring Dan to second place in the finale. Caley Fretz of CSU was able to initiate a powerful leadout to propel Phil Mann to third place and allowing himself to finish in fourth, and CSU rounded out the top five with Dan Lionberg finishing in fifth.
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