SWEET 6

Unlike previous years where CoMotion essentially dominated the Mountain States Cup team standings, this year it came down to the final race! It was an exciting and tense weekend at the reincarnated famous Breckenridge Fall Classic, full of crashes, mechanicals, and outstanding performances!

As a team, CoMotion came into the final installment of the season trailing Feedback Sports by about 40 points. After Saturday's circuit race, we had pulled even to Feedback, and went into Sunday's long epic course tied for the lead. It came down to the wire, and CoMotion suceeded in beating Feedback by a mere 28 points, and reigning supreme as the BEST mountain bike team in Colorado for 6 years in a row!!!
The team that sealed the win!

Our fearless and comical leader, Stephen Lechner.

A row of beautiful Yetis.
Stepping up on the podium again... another awesome 3rd place!

Happy to be done, after a hard fought and intense race. (Chris also rode a great race on Sunday and finished 11th in his category!)

Rounding the last corner and charging for the line. (I later learned I was only 25 seconds off 2nd place!)

Chris pinning it early in the circuit race. (Chris took his first DNF ever, flatting just after losing his CO2 cartridge and spare tube!)

Suffering after taking a digger in the knee early in the circuit race. (I also took my first DNF ever in the circuit race in a freak mechanical, when my crank came unscrewed and nearly fell off!)

For Chris and me this final race capped off a tumultuous season. While we were dealt a few of life's curveballs this year, we did have a lot of fun racing our bikes, and will surely be back for more in 2009!