It was a big group of riders for the first hour of racing, but just like in the spring classics in Europe, things got serious the second we started to hit the technical quad and dirt road sectors. A small group with myself, Adam Roberge, and a young junior racer name Theo DeGroot got off the front after attacking a long and hard quad road and worked together right until the last couple of KM to keep the chase group at bay. Having done the race a few times before, I figured my best shot at winning was to attack the final muddy descent and hold a gap up the finishing climb. Well, I was not right! Yes, I attacked that descent, but I also managed to crash and twist my bars almost immediately. For a second I thought my race was done, but I managed to get up pretty quickly, realized the bars were straight enough to ride and closed the gap to Adam and Theo on the rest of the descent. From there, I took the front again and immediately got on the gas up the final climb in an attempt to ride the fact that I was a little blown and my legs were one hard effort away from cramping. Well, either it worked or everyone else was as done as I was because I managed to hold it to the line and take my first P2A victory.