Greg Saw beste teamrytter i Montebellorittet

I helgen åpnet Montebellorittet årets føreste NorgesCup maraton. Eliteklassen syklet 71km i den tøffe løya med start i Sande og mål i Konnerud. Etter 9 km på toppen av første klatring tok teamets Gres Saw spurtprisen.

– Today’s Montebellorittet started great taking the KOM prize. Out onto the gravel some of us pushed to make a small group… today was always a large group. A couple of times I tried to break it up. After the group caught me from a solo effort the winner from Sweden, Fredrik Edin escaped alone and won with 1 minute. His timing was Deffinately better! I was left in a small bunch that came into a sprint and I went backwards fast – their gunpowder was dryer, says Greg Saw (on his facebook).

Det ble tett kamp om pallen inn til mål og Greg var med i spurten.

– 6th place was far from my hopes. I thought the race was too short, only two and a half hours racing in a Norges Cup Marathon. It was a good race for me, just the last 150 meters I was left behind. 2 seconds behind 2nd, says Greg.

Fredrik Haraldseth og Morten Vaeng på Hard Rocx Abax Racing Team syklet inn til 8. og 17. plass.
Thomas Engelsgjerd stilte også til start, men sliter med brudd i fingeren og måtte dessverre stå av underveis.

Topp 6 – menn elite:
1. Fredrik Edin, 2:36:28
2. Sondre Hurum-Lindstad, +1:00
3. Eskild Evensen-Lie, +1:00
4. Ole Hem, +1:01
5. Emil Hasund Eid, +1:02
6. Greg Saw, +1:02

… 8. Fredrik Haraldseth +3:35
… 17. Morten Vaeng +10:44