wow.. from elite champion to uspro champ. his display of emotion when he crossed the line actually brought a tear to my eye. congrats huffy! the elite race went well.. but not a well as we (mercy) had hoped - a super strong chad cagle was 5th. the team plan was for a couple of us to try and conserve as much a possible to get chad a clean shot to the line on the last lap. i think the team rode well but just came up a little short in the end. i'm proud of the mercy team (chad cagle, mat ankney, alex welch, doug greek, brian dziewa, and brian wyrick (sp?)) as they rode great but very disappointed in myself cause i wasn't able to contribute in a way that i'm accustomed to. it was nice to see some of my fellow texans in the front mixing it up. the mexican maffia (leo, edgar, and jaime) we tearing it up at the front of the field all day. fellow transplant texan, phil wicoff, rode a great race and was a respectable 7th. minturn has his name announced as he chased a break early in the race - he also smoked me in the sprint for 97th. oh well... it was a fitting end to a rough week. next up.. hotter n' hell surfy