Tony started the race in the first chase group with the lead group in sight, and making good time. A perk this year was that the cold weather had kept the rail trail frozen keeping it from becoming the sloppy mess that it was last year.
Tony's race took a bit of a change when he gave up his place with the chase group to check on a rider that had crashed. Even with this slow down he had a very strong race finishing 9th in his age category and 30th overall.
Amazing start to the season Tony. Congratulations!!!