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Jon Wins 41st Place in Tabor, Czech Republic

We figured out Jon's race was on Channel One about 30 seconds before the start- perfect timing! This is the first time I have watched a live, televised, cyclocross race featuring my husband and I must say it was very cool!! We got a really great shot of him in the first lap heading through the barriers section.

His start position was in the back because he only had 15 UCI points but he managed to come around a lot of other guys (very hard to do in 'cross). He said no one passed him which basically means he was riding behind a group that, had he started with them, he would've been able to keep up with them.

We're happy with the result as October is really part of a building period for him. We expect better results in November and December. Thankfully the mechnicals got out of the way in warm-up, where 2 tubular front tires came unglued from their respective rims! This would be at least the 4th tubular he has rolled this season- all from the batch he glued himself. Ugh. I heard that tape and glue combined are a more reliable combo, especially for the do-it-yourselfers. In a nod to Jon's bike shop in Boulder, Vecchio's, all of the tires they glued have held strong.

Both velonews.com and cyclingnews.com have mentioned Jon in their articles about the Tabor race. I think ever since the article about his do-it-yourself Euro-cross campaign, he has become something of a working class hero, akin to the Philadelphia Eagles' Vince Papale (the guy Mark Wahlberg played in the movie Invincible).

Comments

Mr. Pooks said…
Sorry 'bout the misinformation re: channel. I guess there is more than one VTM station? We know for next time now though. Dad and I celebrated with a nice meal at the hotel nautilus in the historic square in Tabor.