Robbed! (TBA)

Did you see the results to yesterday's race?

No. Of course not. I'm not sure it's easy to find....or is it? Anyway, here's the deal...
1. Katie rocked today and even though I missed her at the second feed zone, she hustled in with the field and held on to a deceptive 42nd place in a cruel 2.2 mile finishing circuit (read: mean, mean climb they had to do FOUR times).

2. I am extremely impressed by the feat that Carrie, Tamyra and Lisa made this afternoon. They hung on to the nearly impossible hope of entering the finishing circuit after getting tangled in a crash around mile 22? 25? Twenty-something. Nearly 60 miles they rode (hard) clinging to the hope of making the timing point before that judge closed them off the finishing circuit and subjected them to a "calculated" time.

Well, long story short is that apparently, even though they were allowed to enter the circuit, they WERE assigned an estimated time. While on the course, volunteers started stripping the course of its barricades and apparent time-keeping. They weren't allowed to complete more two laps. We assumed it worked like a crit and their time would be recorded on their last lap completed--SINCE THEY WERE NEVER PULLED BY A JUDGE. We were so stoked about their resolve and guts for gritting through the mileage that you can imagine our utter disbelief at reading the "missed time-cut".

I'll be making my case to the officials tomorrow and hopefully Team Revolution will be 100% represented through all 6 stages; as I firmly believe we should and deserve to be. Why fight for 90th place? Because they worked their asses off to be there and to finish this series. It's a slap in the face of reason if they don't allow her to race.

TBA.