Mark and I arrived at Frankenmuth to some unwanted rain which luckily cleared up and just left us with damp roads.  The race started and within a half mile on a straight there was a crash in the middle of the field, it took down several guys. Mark and I were unscathed.  Mac Brennan and another rider I didn’t know shortly took leave of the field, knowing that we shouldn’t let this one go Mark and I head to the front to try to do some work and get some other people involved in reeling them in also. The peloton didn’t feel the need to bring them back. I got pretty frustrated at one point then figured ok, no one wants to reel them in so, i won’t worry about it and save my energy. Nothing eventful really took place for most of the race and it came down to a field sprint minus Mac and his breakaway companion.  It was a long downhill sprint so my mental note to myself was to go earlier rather than later since it was downhill I figured I could keep it longer. As the sprint wound up nobody was accelerating so I got anxious and went and managed to open up a solid gap which I managed to hold all the way to the line for a solid third.

Peter