Recap Grand Prix SF

Well, it was as hard as we all thought it would be. The 5th edition of the GP San Fran ended up much like last year-- about 150 starters, and only around 40 finishers. I'm sad to report that Zach, Mark or I wern't amongst them. Josh and Andrew had a little harder time this year, but still managed to cross finish line with a sigh of relief and ended their seasons on a high note.

This years "SF/GP" started out a little faster, with a very big group getting away. Most of the riders from the early break got dropped and caught, but there were a few that managed to stick it out for the win. Fabian Wegman of Gerolstiner, John Lieswyn of Health Net, and Jason McCartney of Discovery--who's turning into the stud of SF, after his KOM win and near solo victory last year. Jason took the KOM this year as well. That guy looks euro skinny after his first season with the Disco boys.

I guess Mark, Zach and I can take some consolation in the fact that TDF super star Ivan Basso was in our gruppeto when the officials told us to pull over and stop.

Look for a few more closing thoughts from Andrew or Josh tomorrow or the next day. Untill then here are a few more pictures from today:

more GP SF photos



You can see all our live race day photos in the previous post, and our buzznet account at cyclingteam.buzznet.com