All in the Family

Jet Fuel/Sympatico MSN goes 1-2 at Springbank. Today was confirmation that the Jet Fuel team of 2005 is as good as - if not better than - the team from years past. All the disparate elements of the squad: Buck and Pozzy - the new kid - who were away in the sunny south; Tim who is working at school towards a teaching degree; the local yokels Matt, Andrew and Josh; and Joe who was out in the wilderness for a couple of seasons with Italpasta finally came together to race as a cohesive unit. Together we dominated the race. Jet Fuel was well represented in the break of the day by Joe and me, and when that came back the team put ourselves on the front to do a strong leadout for Buck and Tim. They pulled out an impressive one-two finish, with Joe rolling in for fifth after the leadout had splintered the field behind.

All in all not a bad day for what felt like, with all the teams at full strength, the real start of the season. One nice thing to see was that the racing in Ontario seems to be coming up a notch. When Joe and I were away in the break that would have been the race winning move in the past, but this year the Gears and La Bicicletta teams worked to pull us back. The more challenging the racing, the more fun it is for everyone. Now it's time for some of us to head off to Europe and for the rest of the squad to keep the home fires burning.

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We've had some photos sent in from Jim Davis. Thanks Jim.
Springbank photos by J.Davis
Buck's first win/ Fayettville TX
Buck's 2nd win/ Coldspring TX
Tim's Springbank race report/ pedalmag.com