Somerville went alright for us yesterday. We had some bad luck but, Dan salvaged it with a podium position. We road hard. Everyone was active early on. Jesse and I ended up getting into a big move of about 15. The move had 5 Navigators, 3 ColaVita and 5 random riders. This move then split to be 3 Navigators, Fratini of Colavita, and myself. The move was looking good. At one point we had 35 seconds, I think. The 3 navigators had the race won with the 2 best sprinters in the move but, they insisted on making sure that Fratini and I were pulling through or gapped off the back. I was pretty torched from the heat. Carney instructed me not to pull through since, I would just get pumbled by attacks from all different directions, by the ending laps, from 3 Navigators. So, I tried to sit on to save some energy for the end but, they were not very happy with that. So, I ended up getting attacked after I rolled through and couldn’t close it with 8 to go. I fell back to the field and tried to help the guys. The guys road great. Our leadout is getting much better. Martin had a mechanical in the final laps so we lost him but, Dan road well and took 3rd for the day.

Famous KGSN Radio words of the day:

Carney: “Jackson, so….Navigators has some fast sprinters in there with Oleg and Hilton….so…you probably, maybe, probably are not going to beat them in the sprint….. so sit on!” 

Carney: “Jackson, if I see you pulling one more time…..I am gonna….gonna….gonna be really mad!”

 Oh an for all those who have asked about the SRAM stuff: The SRAM stuff rocks. “Rock the Nation!”