August 25, 2009: IE Bike Girls were ‘ON’ at Ontario!
Race report by Carole
For several of us, the Ontario ‘Summer End Grand Prix’, was the season finale and IE Bikes’ girls showed up in force. Angela arrived early and had her legs ON as she powered through three races……all before 12N!! Angela & Cindy arrived early enough to race in one of the men’s races for a warm-up. Then, the game was ON for the women’s 8:55am womens 3/4 race with a fieldsize of ~35. With Carole in a tie for 2nd place in the intra 5-race series points and a slight chance for the series win, we had a plan to get her up a win. Also on board to help was our PAA/ReMax friend and newest IE Bikes teammate, Linda Stark. From the whistle, it was attack after attack by Rae, Cindy, Angela, Raegan, & Linda. With 3 laps to go, Cindy, in her usual, unrelenting power, bolts on a solo break for almost a full lap. All of the girls had Carole in a great position in the last lap for a 4th place spot and everyone in safely in a pack finish. An hour later, Angela and Linda are still ON….and line up for the women’s 1/2/3 race and both stayed strong throughout! Wow, way to go, girls! What an awesome day of teamwork and was so great to hear the compliments from other teams about ‘those IE Bikes girls’. Seems that everyone appreciates that we push the envelope with speed, attacks, and strategy. We’re excited about the strengh and enthusiasm of our new teammates! Looking forward to next season!
