a white glove operation

Just got back from the first Mountain States Cup race in Fruita, CO (1 mile from the CO/UT border).

Trek-VW had an impressive showing - along with our friend, Brian Fuentes, who threw down and got 2nd!



They don't call him Rad Ross for nothin' . . . He swept the weekend with wins in both the time trial and cross country. Not only that, but he put us up in his house for the weekend, made us dinner Friday night AND gave us a banjo lesson.



Brian ended up 4th in the xc, I ended up 6th in the tt and 8th in the xc, and Josh finished strong as well. (Even though he says he's not quite race ready - he's pretty damn fast. He dropped me like a brick in a race last year where I thought I was flyin')

Martini, who's no slouch as a racer, has decided to focus on being manager over racer this year. He sported the old school wool Trek jersey this weekend.



I'm really excited about the fitness level right now. This is the first time I've ever started the season out with decent results. I've done some homework, but it's a very long season - and when you line up with guys like Ross, you have to be on top of it to stay in the same zip-code . . .



Thanks for reading.

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