BISSELL Protects the Leader

Thursday night's 60 mile Cannon Falls Road Race was a race of strategy between BISSELL and OUCH. BISSELL did a great job controlling the race even in the face of added pressure from 2 crashes involving Pete Latham and Frank Pipp. “BISSELL raced well, aggressively covered moves, and forced OUCH to chase us”, says race director, Eric Wohlberg. Attacking was the name of the game for the first 50 miles in Minnesota’s rolling farmland; however, the battle for the win came in the 5 two-mile finishing circuits. Colavita came to the front in the very fast last laps, and Sebastian Haedo (Colavita) led out teammate, Alejando Borrajo, for the win. BISSELL’s Kirk O’Bee and Pete Latham finished in the top ten. Tom Zirbel (BISSELL) maintained his 7 second lead over OUCH’s Rory Sutherland and Pete remains in third. BISSELL and OUCH will continue to battle it out for the GC; however, Colavita is slowly inching up with time bonuses for stage wins. Friday’s crit will continue to be key with a 15 second time bonus available for the win.

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