An awesome race! mass start, up a huge climb. the guys were HURTING!!! I've never seen guys like this look behind them so many times.
Bird said – “This was a good lesson in going out too hard, I got a big lead early on the climb ahead of Simons, but he and Flora started coming too close for comfort in the last pitch”.
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<BR><font size=1 face=verdana>Early morning ferry across Lake Champlain</font></center><BR><BR><center><img decoding=)
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