okay, so i never finished up the story from valley of the sun.  you're dying to hear it, right?  everything went peachy keen and minty fresh, right?  wrong.  we lost.  uneventful race until...  crash.  failure to communicate.  flat tire.  we lost.  no more GC points - no $300 payout - no nuthin.  that's bike racing.  suck it up.  end of story.