Yes, Jon has finally cracked the top 20 in Belgium. He was actually riding 10th for half the race until a crash set him back to 13th. I was in the pit with Bart Wellens' and Klaas Vantornout's mechanics who were asking about Jon as he remained toward the front for the whole race. Here is a photo of Jon 2 nights ago when we ate at Hotel Erasamus in Brugge:
At Sint-Niklaas Jon developed new super-fans as he was ROCKING one very technical section of the course on every lap. After the finish, he was even stopped to be photographed with an entire Belgian family. Some fans approached me in the pit to find out more about this Jonathan Baker person. They said what is his nickname? I said that he has many nicknames but my favorite is The Beast. They liked that and chanted Beast, Beast, Beast as Jon hammered past.
The fans that chanted for he Beast.
Today's 13th place was even sweeter after Loenhout on Tuesday- in which Jon was again doing very well, but then his chain broke just past the pits and it was over.
At least his wheel didn't look like this. For a non-muddy race, Loenhout was hard on bikes.
At Sint-Niklaas Jon developed new super-fans as he was ROCKING one very technical section of the course on every lap. After the finish, he was even stopped to be photographed with an entire Belgian family. Some fans approached me in the pit to find out more about this Jonathan Baker person. They said what is his nickname? I said that he has many nicknames but my favorite is The Beast. They liked that and chanted Beast, Beast, Beast as Jon hammered past.
The fans that chanted for he Beast.
Today's 13th place was even sweeter after Loenhout on Tuesday- in which Jon was again doing very well, but then his chain broke just past the pits and it was over.
At least his wheel didn't look like this. For a non-muddy race, Loenhout was hard on bikes.
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-Axel