Jordan wins at Superweek

Jordan won the Cat 4/5 Tour of Holy Hill Road Race at Superweek in Milwaukee, WI Friday. It came down to a field sprint, which he won by a bikethrow.

The name of the race led me to believe it was a difficult circuit. It was not easy, but certainly not hard. Apparently the race used to go up "Holy Hill" which was a serious challenge, but no more.

The wind was a factor. On the tailwind stretch, Jordan said he would start on the front, and by the end, he was all the way at the back. Tough to spin the 52x14 up to 40mph. On the crosswinds, Jordan would attack and gutter it at the center line, and the entire field was across the center line.

Jordan attacked right from the gun, and was solo for a few miles, then another XXX racing rider bridged, but couldn't help Jordan much, so they were caught. Jordan said he attacked like 20 times, but they didn't give him any leash at all.

Coming into the finish, Jordan was up front coming into the final turn with 300m to the finish. With a cross wind on the finish stretch, I thought he went to early, but only 2 other guys were able to draw alongside him, with Jordan holding them off with a bike throw. The video showed it was a matter of an inch or two. Huge congrats are in order Jordan.

In the parking lot after the race, I kept hearing other Cat 4/5 racers talking about Jordan, and how they couldn't believe how aggressive he was, and then won the race. I kidded them about talking about my kid, and one guy said "Is he your son? I was sure to get his name, so I'll remember it for the future."