From Darin...

I owe a race report for the 35+ 4/5 "A" race and planned to send tonight, but I'm already getting pinged by Rod. So, while I planned a more in depth report, this will have to suffice. We had a good DBC turnout, rode hard,didn't crash (I love that part) and represented well, but we weren't able tocome together as a team towards the end and hit our goal of getting Brian Halkett his upgrade point. That said, for most it was the first Road Race of the season and our team strategy and tactics, comfort level racing withone another and team "trust" will only get better and better. Throughout the 4 laps, we did cover all break attempts effectively (not that many), and we did our best to attack and string out the field, butsustainable breaks proved to be impossible. Nelson Frink tried, Tim Roberts tried, Rod Fernandez tried, Brian H tried, Tom Clementi tried, and Robin tried.hey he was successful, but then our DBC Race Director got "DQ'd" by the fussy moto ref since it was during a confused neutral section. Our attempts were probably too often solo instead of with multiple DBC mates. Brian worked off or near the front a bit too much on the chip-seal back stretch and came out of the last turn in 1st or 2nd. He tried to hop on wheels to follow for the final sprint, but he didn't have many options asriders started popping right and left. We did however pick up some BATpoints with a 7-8-9 finish (dsalk-7th and 1st BAT points..weehoo.ok, I hit my season goal, am I done now??, rfernandez-8th, bhalkett-9th). I think TomC was 14th and Tim R was there as well but didn't see his place. We missedJason E who was ill and Hal S. Take aways for future races: 1) need to work on better team coordination towards the end of a race if it's going to come down to a large group sprint.how the heck do the pro's always seem to get their designated mates to the front near the end of a road race?; 2) natural tendency for designated rider (in this case Brian) to stay too close to the frontcan/will backfire if designated rider isn't effectively protected,particularly when it counts; Brian said afterward he might not have been patient enough. I can totally relate to that and often have to fight my old triathlete mentality to try to go off the front, typically way too early when it serves no purpose - I suppose all of this comes from experience andthat's what we're all out getting. All-in-all, a pretty good day for DBC.Congrats to all who raced. Nice win Andreas! Best wishes to your dad(Roland) for a quick recovery. Thanks Big CB for driving!