The Perfect Race

         It has been said that there is no such thing as a perfect race.  There are always things that can be done better or slight changes that could change the outcome of a race.  Well,  at the Panoche District Championships there wasn't much that we could have done to have a better race.
         The team was in complete control of the 105km race from start to finish  We all worked for Torey to win solo.  And as the race turned out thats exactly what happened.  Team Swift launched an attack going into a strong cross wind section, Torey covered it and since we put the whole field in the gutter the field was shattered and none of us were going to chase Torey.  After the turn around Alistar attacked, I followed.  Marcus was trying hard to bridge to Torey and Swift's John Piasta.  When Torey went past us after the turn around alone I knew we had won the race.  With Marcus on his way to John and just behind them Alistar and myself we clearly had the right odds if for some reason Torey was brought back.  With Torey well out front the first chase group of four including, Marcus Smith and myself, we just followed the attacks doing little work all the way to the finish.  I led the sprint into the last 500m when Alistar was the first to jump I was on his wheel when John came past me with Marcus right on his heels.
    Although a podium sweep would have been great we raced this race exactly how we had planned it.  With Torey winning Marcus in third and me in fourth it was a very good day for Team Specialized!

Thanks for reading,

       Willy Zellmer