Thanks

You betcha about getting a few people to work towards a common goal being more successful than getting 20 people to agree on anything. Ironic how a bike race can be like real life

Next race is in two weeks or so. Now that I have some idea of who's who and maybe who to watch, hopefully I can anticipate things better. Probably something that comes with experience.

I read so many grueling accounts of people's first races, getting shelled out the back, etc, that I was as happy that that didn't happen as I was to get a nice result.