On The Pegs July 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 7 | Page 136

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Although falling just short of a place on the podium, Alfredo Gomez put in one
of the event’s strongest performances to place fourth having got tangled up in a
multi-bike pile-up on the first climb following the start. Battling hard to catch-up
with the race leaders, Alfredo charged his way through the power-sapping Carl’s
Dinner section to close in on countryman Mario Roman. Moving ahead of Wade
Young and into fourth at check point 23 Alfredo eventually finished fourth, just
over four minutes from third.
Continuing his return from an injury enforced lay-off, Billy Bolt endured a chal-
lenging Erzbergrodeo to eventually finish seventh. Running into troubles on
some of the earlier climbs, Billy gave his all and despite his relative lack of race
fitness battled his way to a deserved top-10 result.